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The
Columbus Iselin Personnel and
Partners
From
the moment the R/V Columbus Iselin ran
aground on Looe Key reef, the effort to respond to
the emergency, assess the natural resource
injuries, pursue the damage assessment and legal
case, and plan the restoration has been a
partnership project. Without the strong support of
all those involved, restoring the reef would not
have been possible.
Many
program offices within the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have played key
roles at different points in the process. In
addition to the National Marine Sanctuary Program's
staff in the Florida Keys and at the headquarters
office, NOAA's Damage Assessment and Restoration
Program brought to bear legal, economic, and
biological expertise from the National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), and the Office of General Counsel. The
State of Florida and the U.S. Coast Guard also were
partners in the effort.
A
comprehensive list of all the participants would be
too long to offer here, but below are a number of
the key individuals without whom this project would
not have been possible. If we have inadvertently
missed any other principal partners, we apologize.
This listing is organized in rough chronological
order from the initial event through the
implementation of restoration.
Emergency
Response
• Billy Causey, Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary, NOS
• Alan Bunn, formerly Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary, NOS
• G.P. Schmahl, Flower Garden Banks National
Marine Sanctuary, NOS
• John Halas, Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary, NOS
• Mac Fuss, formerly NOAA Office of
Enforcement
• William Goodwin, Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary, NOS
• Bill Green, Florida Marine Patrol
• Kenny Hartsing, formerly Florida Marine
Patrol
• Patti Hartsing, Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary, NOS
• Harold Hudson, Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary, NOS
• John Illif, National Marine Fisheries
Service
• Beau Jackson, formerly Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary, NOS
• Pam James, formerly Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary, NOS
• Laurie MacLaughlin, Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary, NOS
• Paul Moen, formerly Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary, NOS
• Bill Valley, Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary, NOS
• Richard Wingrove, formerly Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary, NOS
Case
Team Coordination
• Charles Wahle, formerly Marine
Sanctuaries Division, NOS
• Janice Sessing, formerly Marine Sanctuaries
Division, NOS
Injury
Assessment
• Harold Hudson, Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary, NOS
• William Goodwin, Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary, NOS
• Walter Jaap, Florida Marine Research
Institute
• Pete Lerner, formerly Marine Sanctuaries
Division
• G.P. Schmahl, Flower Garden Banks National
Marine Sanctuary, NOS
Legal
Guidance
• John Mueller, US Department of
Justice
• Cheryl Scannell, NOAA Office of General
Counsel
• Sharon Shutler, NOAA Office of General
Counsel
Damage
Assessment
• Norman Meade, Damage Assessment
Center, NOS
Cultural
Resource Assessment
• Bruce Terrell, Marine Sanctuaries
Division, NOS
Restoration
Planning
• Jim Bohnsack, Southeast Fisheries
Science Center, NMFS
• Jerry Britton, Support Center, NOAA
• Joseph D'Felio, Support Center, NOAA
• William Goodwin, Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary, NOS
• Harold Hudson, Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary, NOS
• Charles Wahle, formerly Marine Sanctuaries
Division, NOS
• Erik Zobrist, Restoration Center, NMFS
• Tetra Tech, planning and engineering
contractor
• Coastal Planning and Engineering,
engineering design sub-contractor
Restoration
Implementation
• Jerry Britton, Support Center,
NOAA
• Joseph D'Felio, Support Center, NOAA
• William Goodwin, Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary, NOS
• Harold Hudson, Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary, NOS
• Laurie MacLaughlin, Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary, NOS
• Harriet Sopher Marine Sanctuaries Division,
NOS
• Lisa Symons, Marine Sanctuaries Division,
NOS
• Erik Zobrist, Restoration Center, NMFS
• Tetra Tech, planning and engineering
contractor
• Coastal Planning and Engineering,
engineering design sub-contractor
• Team Land Development, construction
contractor
Public
Relations and Media
• Cheva Heck, Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary, NOS
• Justin Kenney, formerly Marine Sanctuaries
Division, NOS
• Alyson Matley, formerly Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary, NOS
WebTechnical
Development
• Lisa Symons, Marine Sanctuaries
Division, NOS
• Tom Shyka, Marine Sanctuaries Division,
NOS
• Lawrence Charters, Special Projects Office,
NOS
• Sandy Gant, Marine Sanctuaries Division,
NOS
• Nancy O'Donnell, Marine Sanctuaries
Division, NOS
• Harriet Sopher, Marine Sanctuaries Division,
NOS
• Paula Souik, Marine Sanctuaries Division,
NOS
Additional
Resources
To learn more about the Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary, check: http://www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov
NOAA's
natural resource trustee responsibilities and the
NOAA Damage Assessment and Restoration Program, are
described at: http://www.darp.noaa.gov
NOAA's
Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP)
Homepage is an excellent resource for coral reef
information, contacts and links:
http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/
Other
partners in this project:
• Damage Assessment and Restoration
Program: http://www.darp.noaa.gov
• Florida Marine Research Institute:
http://www.fmri.usf.edu/
• NOAA Central Administrative Service Center:
http://www.casc.noaa.gov
• Tetra Tech EMI: http://www.ttemi.com
• Coastal Planning and Engineering, Inc.:
http://www.cpeboca.com
• Team Land Development, Inc.:
http://welcome.to/teamland
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