Climate Change and Sentinel Monitoring Work Group

Purpose

The purpose of the Climate Change and Sentinel Monitoring Work Group (CCSM) is to assist the Long Island Sound Study (LISS) Management Conference in developing, maintaining, and enhancing a dynamic climate change monitoring program for the ecosystems of the Long Island Sound (LIS) and its coastal ecoregions. The CCSM will oversee implementation of a broader dynamic monitoring program to evaluate and make recommendations regarding the scope and magnitude of potential climate change impacts to LISS, and develop adaptive management strategies to address the impacts.

Work Group Members

Connecticut Co-chairs

• Kathleen Knight, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

New York Co-chair

• Samarra Scantlebury, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Members

• Casey Abel, EPA Region 1
• James Ammerman, PhD, NEIWPCC
• Juliana Barrett, Connecticut Sea Grant
• Jordan Bishop, PhD, NEIWPCC
• Robert Burg, NEIWPCC
• Sarah Crosby, PhD, Maritime Aquarium
• Richard Friesner, PhD, NEIWPCC
• Shannon Meseck, NOAA
• James O’Donnell, PhD, University of Connecticut & CIRCA Executive Director
• Leah O’Neill, EPA Region 1
• Victoria O’Neill, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation/NEIWPCC
• Ron Rozsa, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (ret.)
• Cayla Sullivan, EPA Long Island Sound Office
• Nicole Tachiki, EPA Long Island Sound Office
• Mark Tedesco, EPA Long Island Sound Office
• Maria Tzortziou, PhD, The City College of the City University of New York,
• Penny Vlahos, PhD, University of Connecticut
• Harry Yamalis, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection