Appendix B: NCW Team Members

Active or historic members of the North Coastal Watersheds Team 2002-2004. Active members are bolded.

 

Last Name	First Name	Organization
Barber	Judy	DEP Municipal Assistance Program
Blair	James	DEP/DWM Monitoring Coordinator
Blanchard	William	EOEA & MDAR (DFA)
Cademortori	Emilie	8 Towns and the Bay
Cassotis	Rebecca	Project Assistant, North Coastal Watersheds Team EOEA
Chase	Bradford	DFWELE (DFG) Division of Marine Fisheries
Cleaves	Sam	Regional Planner, Metropolitan Area Planning Commission
Comeau	James	DCR (MDC) Right of Way Agent
Cooper	Andrea	MA CZM North Shore
Davis	Rebecca	Wakefield Conservation Agent
Dawe	Richard	Lynn Water and Sewer Commission
Della Pena	Craig	Rails to Trails
Delpapa	Cindy	DFG Riverways Program
Dunn	Cynthia	Salem Sound Coastwatch
Ferris	David	MA Division of Water Pollution Control
Fortier	Scott	EOEA Office of Technical Assistance
Galazka	Marzie	Planner, City of Everett
Gil	Lawrence	Former North Coastal Watersheds Team Leader (EOEA)
Glenn	Kathryn	CZM North Shore Regional Office and SRWC
Gough	Rob	Salem Sound Coastwatch
Hall	Andrew	Lynn Water and Sewer Commission
Harris	Annie	Essex County Heritage District
Heath	Doug	Friends of Lake Quannapowitt
Hill	Michael	EPA, Region I NCW liaison
Hopkins Young	Karen	Salem Sound Coastwatch
Hutchins	Eric	National Marine Fisheries Service
Inglefinger	Franz	TTOR regional ecologist
Johnson	David	Chief Environmental Officer, GE Aircraft Engines, Lynn
Johnston	Patrick	Everett Police Marine Unit
LeBlanc	Joan	Program Director, SRWC
Marler	Linda	Geologist, DCR (DEM)
Marx	Lise	MWRA
McQueen	Mark	National Resource Conservation Service, USDA
Mieta	Bob	Lakes and Ponds program
Millhouse	Christine	Environmental Engineer, City of Gloucester
O’Connell	Nathanial	MET
Pahlavan	Dominique	Mass GIS and EOEA
Phippen	Peter	8 Towns and the Bay
Port	Andy	Dept. of Community Dev. and Planning City of Peabody
Purinton	Tim	Massachusetts Audubon Society North Shore Chapter
Rasmussen	Christine	Ward 5 Councilor, City of Gloucester, and Essex County “Buy Local” project manager
Richards	Todd	DFWELE fish counts
Smith	Timothy	Circuit Rider, Wetlands Banking and Restoration Program
Sorenson	Elizabeth	DCR (DEM) ACEC Program Coordinator
Straub	James	DCR (DEM) Lakes and Ponds Program
Stringi	Frank	Planner, City of Revere
Warren	Barbara	Salem Sound Coastwatch
Watson	Gregory	Planner, City of Malden
Wollenhaupt	Rosalia	DEP/NERO, North Shore Grant Coordinator
Wrynn	Kathy	President, Saugus River Watershed Council

 

Community Groups

The following list of community groups were contacted during the course of writing this Action Plan. Website references are included where available. Groups that are not included on the Watershed Team Member list above should be considered potential Team Members for the future.

 

Community Group	Web site
Chebacco Lake Association	David Lash, president; David Kerr, former president
Coastal Zone Management – North Shore Regional Office	http://www.state.ma.us/czm/NS.HTM
Eight Towns and the Bay	http://www.8tb.org/
Essex County Buy Local Program	http://www.buyfresh.org
Essex County Greenbelt Association	http://www.ecga.org/
Friends of Lake Quannapowitt	http://www.wakefield.org/folq/folq.htm
Friends of Lynn Woods	http://www.flw.org/
HealthLink – North Shore Citizens Environmental Group	http://www.healthlink.org/
Ipswich River Watershed Association	http://www.ipswichriver.org/
Massachusetts Audubon Society	http://www.massaudubon.org/index.php
Nahant SWIM, Inc.	http://www.nahant.org/community/swim.shtml
National Marine Fisheries Service – Northeast Regional Office	http://www.nero.noaa.gov/ro/doc/nero.htm
Salem Sound Coastwatch	http://www.salemsound.org/
Saugus Iron Works – National Park Service Historic Site	http://www.nps.gov/sair/
Saugus River Watershed Council	http://www.saugusriver.org/
The Trustees of Reservations – Northeast Massachusetts Region	http://www.thetrustees.org
Wenham Lake Watershed Association	http://www.wlwa.org/templates/homepage.cfm

 

 

Primary Watershed Team Contact Groups

The Saugus River Watershed Council is a non-profit organization founded in 1991 to protect the natural resources of the watershed.  Their priorities include restoring water quality, expanding public access, restoring habitat for anadromous fish and other wildlife, and protecting critical resources such as Rumney Marsh.

The council works with schools in Lynn, Revere, Wakefield and Saugus for watershed field studies.  They also organize volunteers for river cleanups, conduct water quality testing programs, organize interpretive walks and educational exhibits, work with other organizations and various other activities to enhance and protect the Saugus River Watershed.

 

SRWC                                                                    Email: srw@shore.net

PO Box 1092                                                          Website:  www.saugusriver.org

Saugus, MA  01906                                             Executive Director:  Joan LeBlanc

Salem Sound Coastwatch (formerly Salem Sound 2000) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit coastal watershed association that works in partnership with local governments, businesses and non-profit organizations from the communities of Peabody, Marblehead, Salem, Danvers and Beverly.  Established in 1991, Salem Sound Coastwatch is dedicated to taking cooperative action to protect and enhance the environmental quality of Salem Sound.  Their top priorities are to protect public health, restore coastal wildlife habitat, and increase recreational and sustainable commercial opportunities.  They generate vast amounts of water quality data, work to educate and promote active participation of all stakeholders, and support local governments in a number of ways.

 

Salem Sound Coastwatch                                   info@salemsound.org

201 Washington Street                                       www.salemsound.org

Salem, MA                                                           

978-741-7900                                                        

Eight Towns and the Bay (8T&B) is a coalition of nine communities located along Ipswich Bay.  The coalition includes educators, state and local officials, nonprofit organizations, and interested citizens who are concerned with protecting and restoring the area’s coastal environment.  8T&B works with communities and the general public to foster stewardship of coastal resources by heightening public awareness of solutions to pollution problems, providing technical assistance, and supporting local research and education projects.  8T&B is sponsored by the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission and the Massachusetts Bays Program.

 

Merrimac Valley Planning Commission            978-374-0519

160 Main Street                                                    info@mvpc.org

Haverhill, MA  01830                                           www.thecompass.org/8TB/

The Nahant Bay/Broad Sound Subgroup, part of the Metro Boston Local Governance Committee, covers the communities of Lynn, Nahant, Revere, Saugus and Swampscott.  The members of this group work to implement the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan - the guidance document of the Massachusetts Bays Program.  The Nahant Bay/Broad Sound Subgroup meets bi-monthly, and works closely with local officials, citizens, nonprofit groups and state agencies.  Some of the projects they are currently working on are a water quality assessment of Flax Pond in Lynn and a storm drain stenciling project in Lynn as well.

 

Metropolitan Area Planning Council                Technical Assistant/Environmental Planner:  Sam Cleaves

60 Temple Place, 6^th Floor                                   scleaves@mapc.org

Boston, MA  02111                                              www.state.ma.us/massbays/metroboston.html

617-451-2770 ext. 2061

 

The Essex County Conservation District sponsors the Essex County Buy Local Program and other farm-related programs.

 

Essex Conservation District                               Project manager: Christine Rasmussen

P.O. Box 346                                                          christine@ward5.com

Hawthorne, MA