Ecosystem Contact Groups

The Ecosystem Contact Groups are made up of individuals who participated in development of the 2002 State of the Nation’s Ecosystems Report in the first phase of the project (before 2002). Between 2002 and 2008, these individuals were kept informed of progress on the project and provided advice, input, and recommendations, particularly on matters that might affect indicators in their areas of ecosystem expertise.

Coasts and Oceans

Walter Boynton, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
James Cloern, U.S. Geological Survey
Robert Bailey, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development
Brock Bernstein, Independent Consultant
David J. Detlor, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
William S. Fisher, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jim Good, Oregon State University
Robert Howarth, Cornell University
Dale Kiefer, University of Southern California
Patrick O’Brien, Chevron Energy Technology Company
John C. Ogden, Florida Institute of Oceanography
Andrew Robertson, The Earth Institute of Columbia University
Linda Sheehan, California Coastkeeper Alliance
J. Kevin Summers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mike Weber, Resources Legacy Foundation
Steve Weisberg, Southern California Coastal Water Research Program

Farmlands

Frank Casey, Defenders of Wildlife
Jerry L. Hatfield, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ralph Heimlich, Agricultural Conservation Economics
James A. LaGro, Jr., University of Wisconsin
Daryl Lund, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Deborah Neher, University of Vermont
Thomas E. Nickson, Monsanto Company
Steven Peck, Brigham Young University
B. A. Stewart, West Texas A&M University
Dennis Tierney, Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc
Paul W. Unger, U.S. Department of Agriculture
William G. Wilber, U.S. Geological Survey

Fresh Waters

Robin Abell, World Wildlife Fund
Barbara Bedford, Cornell University
Paul Bertram, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Patrick Brezonik, University of Minnesota
Scott Dyer, Procter and Gamble, Inc.
Leo M. Eisel, Brown and Caldwell
Otto Gutenson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Patrick Havens, Dow AgroSciences LLC
Jonathan Higgins, The Nature Conservancy
Dave Lenat, Lenat Consulting Services
Gail Mallard, U.S. Geological Survey
Daniel Markowitz, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
Larry Master, NatureServe (retired)
Judy L. Meyer, University of Georgia and American Rivers
Robert Putz, Freshwater Institute (retired)
Charles Spooner, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ralph Stahl, DuPont Corporation
Ralph Tiner, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Bill Wilen, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Terry Young, Environmental Defense Fund

Grasslands - Shrublands

Carl Bock, University of Colorado at Boulder
Jane Bock, University of Colorado at Boulder
Bob Budd, Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust
Len Carpenter, The Wildlife Management Institute
Alison Hill, USDA Forest Service
Richard Mayberry, Bureau of Land Management
John McLain, Resource Concepts, Inc.
Bill Miller, Malpai Borderlands Group
John E. Mitchell, USDA Forest Service
Rachel Muir, U.S. Geological Survey
James T. O’Rourke, Chadron State College
J. Michael Scott, U.S. Geological Survey
Michael L. Scott, U.S. Geological Survey
Timothy Seastedt, University of Colorado
Gregg Simonds, Open Range Consulting
Phillip L. Sims, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Thomas J. Stohlgren, U.S. Geological Survey and Colorado State University
John Tanaka, Society for Range Management
Steven C. Torbit, National Wildlife Federation
Johanna Wald, Natural Resources Defense Council
Neil West, Utah State University
George Wuerthner, Freelance Writer/Photographer/Ecologist

Urban-Suburban

William Alverson, Field Museum
Roger Bannerman, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Margaret M. Carreiro, University of Louisville
Caren Glotfelty, The Heinz Endowments
Richard Hammerschlag, U.S. Geological Survey
George R. Hess, North Carolina State University
David Hulse, University of Oregon
Michael W. Klemens, Wildlife Conservation Society
Michael Pawlukiewicz, The Urban Land Institute
Richard Pouyat, USDA Forest Service
Pete Sandrock, Sandrock Consulting Services
Jeff Tryens, Oregon Progress Board (retired)
Sara Vickerman, Defenders of Wildlife
Jianguo Wu, Arizona State University and Inner Mongolia University
Wayne Zipperer, USDA Forest Service