Habitat Restoration Work Group

Purpose

The Habitat Restoration Work Group is responsible for planning, coordinating and implementing restoration of the twelve priority habitat types as outlined in the LISS Habitat Restoration Strategy adopted by the Policy Committee in 1998.

Work Group Members

CT Co-chair

• Harry Yamalis, Coordinator, CTDEEP

NY Co-chair

• Heather Young, Coordinator, NYSDEC

Members

• Nancy Balcolm, CT Sea Grant
• Juliana Barrett, CT Sea Grant
• Georgia Basso, US Fish and Wildlife Service, liaison to the EPA Long Island Sound Office
• Allan Connell, Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Chris Cryder, CT Fund for the Environment
• Sylvain De Guise, CT Sea Grant
• Tessa Getchis, CT Sea Grant
• Larissa Graham, NY Sea Grant
• David Gumbart, The Nature Conservancy – CT Chapter

• Leonard Houston, US Army Corps of Engineers
• William Hubbard, US Army Corps of Engineers
• Mark Johnson, CTDEEP
• Diana Kohtio, US Army Corps of Engineers
• Suzanne Paton, US Fish & Wildlife Service Coastal Program
• Victoria Ruzicka, New York City Parks and Recreation
• Mark Tedesco, US EPA Long Island Sound Office
• Jim Turek, NOAA Northeast Restoration Center
• Tim Visel, The Sound School
• Tim Wenskus, NYC Parks and Recreation Natural Resources Group
• Peter Weppler, US Army Corps of Engineers
• Adam Whelchel, The Nature Conservancy – CT Chapter