Peconic
Estuary
Program
CCMP
i
Acknowledgements
Program
Director
Vito
Minei,
Suffolk
County
Department
of
Health
Services
Deputy
Program
Director
Walter
Dawydiak,
Suffolk
County
Department
of
Health
Services
Policy
Committee
Kathleen
Callahan,
United
States
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Chair
Jean
Cochran,
Town
of
Southold,
on
behalf
of
the
Local
Government
Committee
Ray
Cowen,
New
York
State
Department
of
Environmental
Conservation
Robert
Gaffney,
Suffolk
County
Executive
Management
Committee
Janice
Rollwagen,
United
States
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Chair
*

Jean
Cochran,
Town
of
Southold,
on
behalf
of
the
Local
Government
Committee
*
David
Stillwell,
United
States
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
Darrel
J.
Kost,
New
York
State
Department
of
Transportation
Lisa
Liquori,
Town
of
East
Hampton
(
1993­
2000),
on
behalf
of
the
Technical
Advisory
Committee
*
Charles
McCaffrey,
New
York
State
Department
of
State
Kevin
McDonald,
Group
for
the
South
Fork,
on
behalf
of
the
Citizens
Advisory
Committee
*
Arthur
Newell,
New
York
State
Department
of
Environmental
Conservation
*
Bill
O'Beirne,
National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric
Administration
George
Proios,
on
behalf
of
the
Suffolk
County
Executive
*
Fred
Thiele,
New
York
State
Assemblyman,
on
behalf
of
the
New
York
State
Legislature
*
Voting
Members
Coordinators
Federal:
Rick
Balla,
United
States
Environmental
Protection
Agency
State:
Dr.
Matthew
Sclafani,
New
York
State
Department
of
Environmental
Conservation
County:
Laura
Klahre,
Suffolk
County
Department
of
Health
Services
Public
Outreach:
Gayle
Marriner­
Smith,
Ecovision,
Inc.
Marine
Conservation
Planner:
Dr.
Marci
Bortman,
The
Nature
Conservancy
Key
Partners
Cornell
Cooperative
Extension
Suffolk
County
Planning
Department
(
Dr.
DeWitt
Davies)
The
Nature
Conservancy
(
Susan
Antenen)
United
States
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
(
Tom
Halavik)
United
States
Geological
Survey
(
Chris
Schubert)

Other
Key
Participants
New
York
Sea
Grant
(
Dr.
Jack
Mattice,
Cornelia
Schlenk,
Bob
Kent)
North
Fork
Environmental
Council
(
Debbie
O'Kane)
SUNY
at
Stony
Brook
 
Marine
Sciences
Research
Center
(
Dr.
Kirk
Cochran,
Dr.
Robert
Cerrato)
Suffolk
County
Department
of
Public
Works
(
Charles
Bartha,
Ed
Lynch,
Dominick
Ninivaggi)
Peconic
Estuary
Program
CCMP
Federal,
State,
and
County
Elected
Officials
U.
S.
Congressman
Felix
Grucci
Former
U.
S.
Congressman
Michael
Forbes
Former
U.
S.
Congressman
George
Hochbrueckner
New
York
State
Senator
Kenneth
LaValle
New
York
State
Assemblyman
Fred
Thiele
New
York
State
Assemblywoman
Patricia
Acampora
Suffolk
County
Legislator
Michael
Caracciolo
Suffolk
County
Legislator
George
Guldi
Special
Appreciation
Association
of
Marine
Industries
Long
Island
Farm
Bureau
(
Joseph
Gergela)
Towns
of
Brookhaven,
East
Hampton,
Riverhead,
Shelter
Island,
Southampton
and
Southold
Former
Staff
Members
Jon
Gorin
Dr.
Cynthia
Decker
Mario
Paula
Max
Strieb
Sponsoring
Agency
Acknowledgements
The
United
States
Environmental
Protection
For
their
leadership,
guidance
and
assistance,
we
wish
to
thank
Jeanne
Fox,
Bill
Muszynski,
Rich
Caspe,
Kevin
Bricke,
Felix
Locicero,
Noemi
Mercado,
Betsy
Tam
Salter,
Mario
Del
Vicario,
Jon
Gorin,
Mario
Paula,
Bob
Vaughn,
Patrick
Durack,
Paul
Giardina,
Mary
Logan,
Mary
Mears,
Pat
Carr,
Terry
Ippolito,
Dennis
McChesney,
Jim
Ferretti,
Towana
Joseph,
Eric
Simpson,
Jim
Olander,
Donna
Somboonlakana,
Doug
Pabst,
Steve
Ferreira,
and
Tristan
Gillespie.

The
New
York
State
Department
of
Environmental
Conservation
We
wish
to
thank
Gordon
Colvin,
Karen
Chytalo,
Byron
Young,
Alice
Weber,
Ken
Koetzner,
Chris
LaPorta,
and
Debra
Barnes
of
the
Bureau
of
Marine
Resources
for
their
technical
assistance
and
support
of
this
document.
The
technical
guidance
of
Phil
DeGaetano,
Dick
Draper,
Alan
Fuchs,
Robert
Schneck,
Anthony
Leung,
and
Laura
Star
of
the
Division
of
Water
are
also
greatly
appreciated.
Thanks
also
to
Stephen
Hammond,
Vinnie
Palmer,
and
Chart
Guthrie
for
their
critical
input
and
assistance.

Suffolk
County
Department
of
Health
Services
Special
appreciation
is
extended
to
Robert
Gaffney,
the
Suffolk
County
Executive,
for
his
guidance
and
support,
and
the
Suffolk
County
Legislature
for
its
continuing
commitment
to
the
Program.
Clare
Bradley,
M.
D.,
M.
P.
H.,
Commissioner
of
the
Suffolk
County
Department
of
Health
Services,
is
also
recognized
for
her
unfailing
dedication.
The
Bureau
of
Marine
Resources,
including
Dr.
Robert
Nuzzi,
Robert
Waters,
John
Bredemeyer,
Gary
Chmurzynski,
Charles
Schell,
Cindy
MacArthur,
and
Mike
Jensen
are
much
appreciated
for
their
hard
work
in
collecting
monitoring
data
in
all
types
of
weather
conditions.
The
clerical
and
cartographic
staff
at
the
Office
of
Ecology,
especially
Arlene
Freudenberg,
Jeanine
Schlosser,
Barbara
Harrison,
and
Thomas
Keenan,
must
be
acknowledged
for
their
attention
and
willingness
to
contribute
to
the
Peconic
Estuary
Program.

NOTE:
A
complete
PEP
Management
Conference
membership
listing
is
located
in
Appendix
C.
