Navigating scales of knowledge and decision-making in the Intermountain West: implications for science policy
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Eric S. Gordon1, Lisa Dilling1,2, Elizabeth McNie1 and Andrea J. Ray1,3 1Western Water Assessment, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, 216 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA 2Environmental Studies Program and Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, 4001 Discovery Drive, Boulder, CO 80309-0397, USA 3Physical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, 325 Broadway, R/PSD1, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
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