Alaskan state biologists and environmental groups disagreed with Palin's position.
"Probably no one, including state biologists, understands the Hudson River the way the fishermen do."
Tests by state marine biologists in 1990 found the fish to be free of contaminants but still few in number.
In 1989, the program ended due to an observation made by state biologists.
Then, suddenly, thanks to successful management by state biologists, Louisiana was up to its subdivisions in alligators.
His father called state biologists, and for the last two years they have been trying to figure out what happened to the frogs.
"On the surface it looks just fine," said Tom Crowe, a state biologist.
Sampling by state biologists over the last 22 years has revealed a precipitous drop.
Today there are only about 35, according to state biologists.
Then one day some state biologists showed up and told them the turtles had been spotted nearby.