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Massachusetts Estuary Project(MEP) <br /> - --- --- --Linked Watershed EmbaymentModel Peer Review --------- --- ----------------...---------_.____ �.—__._ <br /> Dr. Kenworthy is recently retired from the Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research,NCCOS, <br /> NOS,NOAA after 33 years of federal service. Currently Dr.Kenworthy is working as a sub-contractor <br /> with NOAA's Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Technical Working Group assessing the impacts of the <br /> Gulf of Mexico oil spill on seagrass ecosystems. As a student and NOAA research scientist Dr. <br /> Kenworthy has over 35 years of experience in coastal ecology with particular emphasis on seagrasses and <br /> the effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbance on coastal environments. Dr. Kenworthy's areas of <br /> expertise in applied science include research on water quality impacts on seagrasses, seagrass restoration, <br /> designing and implementing environmental assessments and resource monitoring programs and assisting <br /> State,Federal and International Resource Management Agencies in planning and implementing <br /> conservation and restoration programs. <br /> TAIDL Policy&Regulatory Issues <br /> Paul E.Stacey,M.S. <br /> Paul E. Stacey received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester,MA; <br /> a Bachelor of Science Degree from Utah State University; and a Master of Science Degree from Colorado <br /> State University. <br /> He was hired by New Hampshire Fish and Game in February 2011 as the Research Coordinator for the <br /> Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.From 2006--2011,he served as Director of Planning and <br /> Standards with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Water Protection <br /> and Land Reuse where he led Connecticut's involvement in all surface water quality matters.From 1985- <br /> 2006 he had served as state coordinator for the National Estuary Program Long Island Sound Study, <br /> which included development of the TMDL for Long Island Sound and Connecticut's Nitrogen Credit <br /> Exchange. His areas of expertise include nutrient dynamics and impacts on freshwater and estuarine <br /> ecosystems,climate change effects and adaptation, and multi-media and ecosystem-based approaches for <br /> management of pollutant sources from air, land and water.He was previously employed by the Academy <br /> of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia in the Applied Ecology program from 1977-1985. <br /> Decenrber30,2011 _ �3—�_ -� <br />