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Northeastern Area | State | NASF/NAASF Committee A Watershed Team was established to strengthen cooperative forestry efforts in the arena of watershed management and water quality. Just as streams are the integrators of our watersheds, members of the NA Watershed Team work to integrate watershed issues and objectives in the conduct of cooperative forestry programs across the 20 state Northeastern Area. Team members are stationed at NA Field Offices or with Watershed Partners. |
Steve Davis |
Role: Provides technical support and program leadership to States, Area and Field Office staff and the NAASF and NASF Water Resources Committee. Coordinates with other Program Specialists, Watershed Partnership Coordinators (Chesapeake Bay, NYC Watershed, Highlands, etc.) and other agencies and partners to formulate strategies or approaches to address emerging watershed issues and develops and initiates watershed projects to meet Area goals. Provides specific oversight of the Chesapeake Bay Program.
| Address | Phone | |
11 Campus Boulevard, Suite 200 |
Office: 610-557-4151 |
stevendavis@fs.fed.us |
| Dave Welsch Watershed Specialist |
| Address | Phone | |
| P.O. Box 640, 271 Mast Road Durham, NH 03824 |
603-868-7616 FAX 603-868-1066 |
dwelsch@fs.fed.us |
| Karen Sykes Watershed Specialist |
Role: Implements NA Watershed Program activities in the States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, and Ohio. Serves as an area expert on forest watershed management. Actively develop partnerships in assigned states to further NA goals and integrate watershed objectives and activities.
| Address | Phone | |
| 180 Canfield Street Morgantown, WV 26505 |
304-285-1532 FAX 304-285-1508 |
ksykes@fs.fed.us |
| Terri Heyer Watershed Specialist |
Role: Implements NA Watershed Program activities in the States of Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Serves as an area expert on forest watershed management. Actively develop partnerships in assigned states to further NA goals and integrate watershed objectives and activities, and is the point of contact for Midwest state BMP Monitoring data collection and review. Terri also serves as the Forest Service Coordinator for the Upper Mississippi Forest Partnership.
| Address | Phone | |
| 1992 Folwell Avenue St. Paul, MN 55108 |
651-649-5239 FAX 651-649-5238 |
theyer@fs.fed.us |
| Sally Claggett Chesapeake Bay Program Liaison |
Role: Provides leadership to and support of the interagency Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership. Provides technical watershed assistance to states of PA, DC, MD, and VA, coordinates forestry activities with EPA and other federal agencies as well as the Forestry Work Group, manages financial assistance to states and other groups, develops watershed forestry strategies and programs to meet Bay Restoration goals. Sally also serves as steering committee member and primary liaison to the Potomac Watershed Partnership.
| Address | Phone | |
| 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 109 Annapolis, MD 21403 |
410-267-5706 800-968-7229 x 706 FAX 410-267-5777 |
sclaggett@fs.fed.us |
| Dr. Paul Barten Forest-to-Faucet Partnership Director |
Role: The Director of the Forest-to-Faucet Partnership at the University of Massachusetts works with the Watershed Team to advance the transfer of information important to the protection and stewardship of forests for watershed health and drinking water supply. Provides area-wide technology transfer, training and communications on watershed management and restoration, water supply protection, and other watershed issues and needs. Forest-to-Faucet projects include scientific reports, guidance manuals, briefing papers, reviews of current and emerging research, watershed training programs, and design and conduct demonstration projects, assessment models, and watershed exchanges.
| Address | Phone | |
| University of Massachusetts Holdsworth Natural Resources Center Box 34210 Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-4210 |
(413) 545-4853 or 2665 FAX (413) 545-4358 |
pkbarten@forwild.umass.edu |
