Winter 2009 Newsletter - Lower Farmington River & Salmon Brook ...

W I L D & S C E N I CAbout the Study Committee...The study committee’s membership includes locally appointed representatives from each townin the study area, and representatives from The Stanley Works, CT Department ofEnvironmental Protection (CT DEP), National Park Service, the Farmington River WatershedAssociation (FRWA), the Tariffville Village Association (TVA), Connecticut Forest and ParkAssociation (CFPA) and the Salmon Brook Watershed Association (SBWA).Avon:Diane Field * - Riparian LandownerHarry Spring * - Former Inland WetlandsCommissionerRob House - ConservationistBloomfield:Paula Jones* - ConservationistKevin Gough* - ConservationistBurlington:Paul Rochford * - Burlington Land TrustThomas Small * - Burlington Land TrustCanton:Cynthia Griggs - ConservationistDavid Leff * - Author, Former DeputyCommissioner of DEPEast Granby:Ian Clark * - East Granby Land TrustMike Krammen * - EngineerFarmington:Walter Sargent * - Executive Director,Farmington Land TrustLarry Schlegel * - AnglerJosef Treggor - Ecologist/Educator, MERAGranby:Carolyn Flint * - ConservationCommission, SBWA BoardEric Lukingbeal * - Land-use attorney,Wetlands Commission memberHartland:Sue Murray * - Hartland Plan of C&DCommittee, Hartland Land TrustKathy Dunn * - Hartland Land TrustSimsbury:Sally Rieger * - Simsbury Land Trust,FRWA volunteerMargery Winters * - Simsbury InlandWetlands & Conservation CommissionSuzanne Battos - ConservationistWindsor:Frank Davis * - Chair, ConservationCommission, Riparian LandownerBetsy Conger - Loomis Chafee SchoolScience Dept.Terry Langevin - Friends of Northwest ParkBoard MemberMelissa Vanek - Environmental/ScienceEducatorThe Stanley Works:Kurt Link * - Lean, Productivity &Facilities Mgr., TSWFRWA:Sarah Hincks * - FRWA Board, VolunteerEileen Fielding* - FRWA Executive DirectorAimee Petras - FRWA StaffCFPA:Eric Hammerling* - Executive DirectorTVA:Wanda Coleman - Member, PhotographerSBWA:David Tolli* - SBWA BoardPRWA:Mary Moulton - PRWA PresidentCT DEP:Susan Peterson*Maryann Nusom Haverstock*National Park Service:Jamie Fosburgh - Rivers Program ManagerJoyce Kennedy Raymes - Study Coordinator* Officially AppointedMeet the Committee MembersDiane Erickson Field: Resident of an Avon home on theFarmington River since autumn of 2001, Diane is arecreational kayaker, osprey watcher, and long time crosscountry skier. As a former Boston inhabitant, she finds theriver valley offers a rare natural beauty. In inclementmonths, hand weaving in silk, wool, cotton or linen is anenjoyable pastime. But occasionally, she’ll step out for anadventure in faraway places like Peru, Egypt, or Sweden.Professionally, she specializes in customer research for thehealth insurance industry.Harry Spring has been an Avon Resident since 1974. He is a retired teacher ofBiology, Earth Science and Chemistry at Hartford Public High School. He has beena member and chair of the Avon Natural Resources Commission, served on theAvon Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission, was an Avon delegate toand subsequently chair of the Hartford County Association of Conservation andInland WetlandsCommissions, a member ofthe Avon Land Trust whichhe served as a member of itsBoard of Directors and asVice-president for severalyears. He was also a memberof the Fisher MeadowsBuilding Committee and adelegate from the Avon LandTrust to the Farmington RiverWatershed Association’sOpen Space Consortium.More recently he has served atthe Waterfowl Sanctuary in Farmington as a docentand in its Incubator in the Classroom Program.www.lowerfarmingtonriver.org / www.salmonbrookwildandscenic.org