(Photo: Peg Van Patten)

Conference Planning Committee:

Robert A. Askins, Professor of Zoology Director, Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology & Environmental Studies, Connecticut College

Glenn D. Dreyer, Charles and Sarah P. Becker '27 Arboretum Director, Executive Director, Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology & Environmental Studies, Connecticut College

Paul Fell, Katherine Blunt Professor of Zoology, Connecticut College

Jared Fertman, Connecticut College Senior, Major Environmental Studies

Patti Handy, Assistant, Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology & Environmental Studies, Connecticut College

Lindsey Kravitz, Connecticut College Senior, Major Environmental Studies

Virginia Lee, Assistant Director, RI Sea Grant College ProgramCoordinator, US Programs, URI Coastal Resources Center

Ralph Lewis, Connecticut State Geologist, Connecticut DEP Natural Resources Center

Edward C. Monahan, Director, Connecticut Sea Grant College Program, Professor Marine Sciences and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut

Hatsy Moore,Yale University Graduate Student

Judy Preston, Director Coastal Marine Program, The Nature Conservancy

Margaret ("Peg") Van Patten, Communications Director, Connecticut Sea Grant, University of Connecticut, Avery Point

Gerald Visgilio, Professor of Zoology, Associate Director, Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology & Environmental Studies, Connecticut College

R. Scott Warren, Jean C. Tempel '65 Professor of Botany, Connecticut College

Diana M. Whitelaw, Assistant Director, Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology & Environmental Studies, Connecticut College

Special Thanks to Katherine K. Roessner, Associate Director of Publications, Connecticut College.