Chesapeake Bay Program - A Watershed Partnership

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Master Watershed Stewards Action Team

Scope and Purpose

This Action Team will work with federal, state, and local partners to determine how best to expand the existing model master watershed stewards programs for training citizens to organize and conduct restoration in a series of priority landscapes and watersheds. The Action Team is currently working to define collective and individual program functions, goals, and needs to help outline options for developing a broader strategy.

Members

Amy Handen - Chair, National Park Service
Julie Winters - Co Chair, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Sarah Brzezinski - Staff, Chesapeake Research Consortium
Steve Barry - Arlington Echo
Amanda Bassow - National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Ron Bowen - Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works
Carrie Decker - Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Suzanne Etgen - Arlington Echo
Kate Fritz - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Kit Gage - National Capital Region Watershed Stewards Academy
Carl Hershner - Virginia Institue of Marine Science
Julie Hester - The Campbell Foundation
Hye Yeong Kwon - Center for Watershed Protection
Doug Lipton - University of MD
Wanda MacLachlan - University of Maryland Extensions
John Maounis - National Park Service
Leopoldo Miranda - US Fish and Wildlife Service
Michelle Prysby - Virginia Master Naturalist Program, Virginia Tech
Michele Richards-Williams - PA Institute for Conservation Education
Amanda Rockler - University of Maryland, Sea Grant Extension Programs
Julie Vastine - Dickinson College, ALLARM
Kacey Wetzel - Chesapeake Bay Trust