The Executive Committee responsible for Regional project management consists of:
Art Gold, Project Director and Committee for Shared Leadership Member; Professor, Natural Resources and Environment
Program Leader, Water Quality Coordinator Department of Natural
Resources Science. University of Rhode Island. 1 Greenhouse Road,
Kingtson, RI 02881. Ph: (401)874-2903. Fax: (401)874-4561. Email: agold@uri.edu
Chester Arnold,
Region 1 Liaison to External Programs; Extension Educator; Director Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials
(NEMO) Program
Associate Director, Center for Land use Education and Research.
University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System
1376 Storrs Road, Storrs, CT 06269-4134.Ph: (860) 345-4511.
Fax: (860) 345-3357. Email: carnold@canr.cag.uconn.edu
Rafael F. Davila Lopez, Islands Initiative Leader; Professor Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department. University of Puerto Rico 1204 Ceiba Street South Botanical Garden, Rio Piedras, PR 00926-1116. Ph: (787) 751-1679. Fax: (787)765-8000. Email: rafael.davila4@upr.edu
Alyson McCann, Project Coodination and Reporting; Extension Water Quality Coordinator for the URI Cooperative Extension Water Quality Program University of Rhode Island, 1 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881. Ph: (401) 874-5398. Fax: (401) 874-4561 Email: alyson@uri.edu
Christopher C. Obropta, Region 2 Liaison to External Programs and Committee for Shared Leadership Member; Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Road New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8551, Ph: (732) 932-9800 x6209. Fax: (732)-932-8644. Email: obropta@envsci.rutgers.edu
Julia Peterson, Planning and Assessment Coordinator; Extension Associate Professor/Specialist, Water Resources, New Hampshire Sea Grant, University of New Hampshire - Kingman Farm, Durham, NH 03824-3512 Phone: 603-749-1565 Fax: 603-743-3997 Email: julia.peterson@unh.edu
Planning Committee
The Planning Committee responsible for communication and coordination of project activities consists of:
Cornell University
Tammo Steenhuis*, Professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, 206 Riley-Robb, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-5601. Phone: (607) 255-2489. Fax: (607) 255-4080 Email: tss1@cornell.edu
Amy Galford; Extension Associate, Water Quality Program; Cornell University; FSAD, MVR Hall; Ithaca, NY 14853; Phone: 607-255-1943; Fax: (607) 255-1093; aeg1@cornell.edu
Ann Lemley; Professor and Chair, Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design; Cornell University; 209 MVR Hall; Ithaca, NY 14853; Phone: (607) 255-3151; Fax: (607) 255-1093; atl2@cornell.edu
Quirine Ketterings, Associate Professor, Dept. of Crop and Soil Science, 817 Bradfield Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Phone: (607) 255-3061 E-mail: qmk2@cornell.edu
Rutgers
Christopher C. Obropta*, Assistant Extension Specialist, Water Resources Program, Rutgers Cooperative Research & Extension, 14 College Farm Road New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8551. Phone: (732) 932-9800 x6209 Fax: (732) 932-8644 Email: obropta@envsci.rutgers.edu
Michael L. Westendorf, Associate Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 84 Lipman Drive, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901-8525 Phonel: (732) 932-9408. Fax: (732) 932-6996. Email: westendorf@aesop.rutgers.eduUniversity of Connecticut (UConn)
Chester Arnold*, Extension Educator; Director, Nonpoint
Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO) Program; Associate Director,
Center for Land use Education and Research. University of Connecticut
Cooperative Extension System, 1376 Storrs Road, Storrs, CT 06269-4134.
Phone: (860) 345-4511. Fax: (860) 345-3357. Email: carnold@canr.cag.uconn.edu
David Dickson, Assistant Cooperative Extension Educator; Connecticut NEMO, University of Connecticut, Middlesex County Extension Center, 1066 Saybrook Rd. BOX 70, Haddam, CT 06438. Phone: (860) 345-4511. Fax: (860) 345-3357. Email:david.dickson@uconn.edu
Karen Filchak, University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension, 139 Wolf Den Road, Brooklyn , CT 06234. Phone: (860) 774-9600 karen.filchak@uconn.edu
Karl Guillard, Professor, Department of Plant Science, University of Connecticut, 1376 Storrs Rd. Unit 4067, W.B. Young Building , Storrs, Connecticut 06269. Phone: (860) 486-6309 Fax: (860) 486-0682 Email: karl.guillard@uconn.edu
University of Maine (UMaine)
John Jemison*, Extension Professor – Water Quality and Soil Specialist. Water Quality Program Coordinator, University of Maine. 495 College Ave. Orono, ME 04473-1294. Phone: (207) 581-3241. Email: jjemison@umext.maine.edu
Laura Wilson, Research Scientist,
University of Maine. 495 College Ave. Orono, ME 04473-1294.
Phone: (207) 581-2971.
Email: lwilson@umext.maine.edu
University of Massachusetts (UMass)
Scott Jackson*, Program Director, Department of Natural
Resources Conservation. University of Massachusetts. UMASS Extension
Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation Program, Holdsworth
Natural Resource Center. Amherst, MA 01003.
Phone: (413) 545-4743. Fax: (413) 545-4358. Email: sjackson@umext.umass.edu
Stephen Herbert, Professor Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences. University of Massachusetts. Bowditch Hall 207, Box 30910, Amherst, MA 01003-0910. Phone: (413) 545-2250. Email: sherbert@pssci.umass.edu
University of New Hampshire (UNH) 
Julia Peterson*, Extension Associate Professor/Specialist – Water Resources. University of New Hampshire Sea Grant Extension. Kingman julia.peterson@unh.edu
Jeff Schloss, Extension Professor/Specialist - Water Resources. University of New Hampshire, Spaulding Hall, 38 Academic Way, Durham, NH 03824-2617 Phone: (603) 862-3848. Fax: (603) 862-2717. Email: Jeff.Schloss@unh.edu
University of Puerto Rico (UPR)
Rafael F. Davila Lopez*, Professor, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department, University of Puerto Rico, 1204 Ceiba Street, South Botanical Garden, Rio Piedras, PR 00926-1116. Phone: rafael.davila4@upr.edu
University of Rhode Island (URI)
Art Gold*, Professor, Natural Resources and Environment Program Leader, Water Quality Coordinator, Department of Natural Resources Science. University of Rhode Island. 1 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881. Phone: (401) 874-2903. Fax: (401) 874-4561. Email: agold@uri.edu
Alyson McCann, Extension Water Quality Coordinator for the URI Cooperative Extension Water Quality Program, University of Rhode Island. 1 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881. Phone: (401) 874-5398. Fax: (401) 874-4561. Email: alyson@uri.edu
Kelly Addy, Research Associate, Regional and National Water Program Website Coordinator. Department of Natural Resources Science. University of Rhode Island. 1 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881. Phone:(401) 874-7532. Fax: (401) 874-4561. Email: kaddy@uri.edu
Linda Green, Program Director, University of Rhode Island Watershed Watch. University of Rhode Island. 1 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881. Phone: (401)874-2905. Fax: (401) 874-4561. Email: lgreen@uri.edu
Elizabeth Herron, Research Associate, University of Rhode Island Watershed Watch. University of Rhode Island. 1 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881. Phone: (401) 874-4552. Fax (401) 874-4561. Email: emh@uri.edu
George Loomis, Program Director, New England On-Site Wastewater Training Program, University of Rhode Island, 1 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881 Phone: (401) 874-4558 Email: gloomis@uri.edu
University of Vermont (UVM)
Douglas Ovila Lantagne*, Extension Associate Professor. University of Vermont Extension, 19 Roosevelt Highway, Colchester, VT 05446. Phone: (802) 656-2990 Fax: (802) 656-8642. Email: Douglas.Lantagne@uvm.edu
Heather Darby, Extension Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont. 278 South Main Street, Suite 2, St. Albans, VT 05478. Phone: (802) 524-6501. Email: Heather.Darby@uvm.edu
Sarah Lovell, Assistant Professor, The University of Vermont, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Hills Agricultural Building , 105 Carrigan Drive, Burlington, VT 05405-0082. Phone: ( 802) 656-0466 Email: Sarah.Lovell@uvm.edu
University of the Virgin Islands
Kofi Boateng*, Cooperative Extension Associate Director, University of the Virgin Islands, RR #2, Box 10,000 , Kingshill, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 00850-9781, Phone:(340)-692-4066 Fax: (340) 692-4085. Email: kboaten@uvi.edu
State Principal Investigators (PI)
* State PI's are members of the Planning Committee designated with a "*" in the above section.
Website Staff
Kelly Addy, Regional and National Website Content Developer; Research Associate. Department of Natural Resources Science. University of Rhode Island. 1 Greenhouse Road, Kingtson, RI 02881. Ph:(401) 874-7532. Fax: (401) 874-4561. Email: kaddy@uri.edu
Aimee Mandeville, Regional and National Website Code Developer; Research Associate, Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, 1 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881 Ph: (401) 874-2930 Fax: (401) 874-4561 Email: aimee@edc.uri.edu
