Abstract: Background: Hydrologic uncertainty is unavoidable in watershed management, yet it is often poorly communicated to stakeholders and decision-makers. Overstating certainty causes poor decisions and credibility loss; understating evidence delays necessary action. The challenge is not to eliminate uncertainty but to communicate it in ways...
Keywords: Aleatory uncertainty; Decision support; Epistemic uncertainty; Ethical claim boundary; Evidence type; Hydrologic uncertainty; Process inference; Public decision-making; Risk communication; Science communication; Translational discourse; Uncertainty communication; Watershed management.
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