Core and Technical Teams

Core Team

Our team structure consisted of seven key scientists and planners, three from the US-based Nature Conservancy (TNC) and four from the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), each of whom contributed a portion of their time. We had no single individual whose time was solely allocated towards completing this project. However, it is the charter of The Nature Conservancy’s Eastern Conservation Science team to coordinate the maintenance and revision of ecoregional assessments.

The Core Planning Team was convened in 2003 by TNC’s Regional Director of Conservation Science, Dr. Mark Anderson, and communicated monthly via a team conference call. Three country leaders, Barbara Vickery for the U.S., Martha Gorman for Maritime Canada and Louise Gratton for Québec, were essential in getting the work completed. Technical services were provided by Greg Kehm, Charles Ferree, and Arlene Olivero from TNC’s Eastern regional office (ERO) and by Josette Maillet, Kasia Rozalska and Margo Morrison, from the Atlantic Canada Regional Office of NCC.

Additional core team members included Kara Brodribb and John Riley of NCC, Vince Zelazny of the New Brunswick DNR, Rosemary Curley, Bill Glen and Mary Lynn McCourt from Prince Edward Island DAF, David MacKinnon and Robert Cameron of Nova Scotia DEL, Peter Neily of Nova Scotia DNR and Sean Basquill of ACCDC.
The core team provided the leadership for the technical teams.

Technical Teams

Each team assembled a panel of experts to identify conservation targets, contribute information, develop viability criteria, and review the results of occurrence selection.

Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish (Non-avian Vertebrates)

Team leader:
Josette Maillet

Reviewers:
Maritimes: Tom Herman, Mark Elderkin, Dwayne Sabine

Québec: Jacques Jutras, Claude Daigle, Nathalie Desrosiers, Walter Bertacchi, Norman Courtemanche, Alain Demers
US: Merry Gallagher, Fred Kircheis, Ken Sprankle, Phillip deMaynadier, Michale Glennon, Mark Ferguson, Rose Paul, John Roe

Birds

Team leader: Barbara Vickery

Reviewers:

Experts who provided input to this list include Kate Bredin, ACCDC, Dan Busby, CWS, Richard Elliot, CWS, Tony Erskine, CWS, Mark Elderkin, NSDNR, Dwayne Sabine, NBDNR, Tom Hodgman, MDIFW, Peter Vickery, ME, Nancy Sferra, METNC, Paul Novak, NY, Pam Hunt of NH Audubon Society, John Roe, Rose Paul and Mark Ferguson of TNC VT and from Québec, Josée Tardif of CWS.
Additional information regarding specific locations for primary target birds was provided by Diane Amirault, Andrew Boyne, Yves Aubry, François Shaffer all of CWS, François Morneau of QC, Robert Houston of USFWS, Lindsay Tutor and Brad Allen of MDIFW, Barbara Louks NY, Margaret Fowle of VT, Michael Amaral of USFWS and Dan Lambert of VINS .

Invertebrates (Mussels, Odonates, Lepidoptera and Tiger beetles)

Team leaders: Barbara Vickery (2003), Josette Maillet (2004)

Reviewers:

Input from the following reviewers was included in this compilation: Paul Brunelle, Mark Elderkin, Dwayne Sabine, Reg Webster, NB, Phillip DeMaynadier, ME, Paul Novak, NY, John Roe, Rose Paul and Mark Ferguson of VT. To date little input has been received from Québec or NH.

Plants

Team Leaders :

Josh Royte / Louise Gratton

Reviewers:

Jacques Labrecque, Gildo Lavoie (Ministère de l'Environnement du Québec); Louise Gratton (Nature Conservancy of Canada, Québec); Josh Royte (The Nature Conservancy, Maine); Maureen Toner (NBDNR); Sean Blaney (Atlantic CDC) ; Marian Munro (Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History), Gart Bishop (B&B; Botanical), Dwayne Sabine (NBDNR), Mark Elderkin (NSDNR), Kate MacQuarrie (Island Nature Trust).

Matrix Forest, Terrestrial, Palustrine and Estuarine Ecosystems

Team Leader:
Mark Anderson

Reviewers:

Louise Gratton (QC); Vince Zelazny and Judy Loo (NB); Sean Basquill (Atlantic CDC); Peter Neily (NSDNR); Kate MacQuarrie and Jon Hutchinson (PEI); Eric Sorenson and Liz Thompson (VT); David Hunt (NYADK); Greg Edinger (NY); Doug Bechtel and Dan Sperduto (NH); Stephanie Neid (NatureServe); Sue Gawler, Andy Cutko, and Josh Royte (ME).

Freshwater Stream Networks and Lakes (U.S.)

Team Leader:
Arlene Olivero

Reviewers:

Barbara Vickery, ME; Josh Royte, ME; Kathy Jensen, ME; Peter Vaux, ME; Doug Bechtel, NH; Bill Brown, New York Adirondack (NYADK); Dirk Bryant, NYADK; Craig Cheeseman, NYADK; David Hunt, NYADK; Mark Anderson, ERO

Secured Lands

Team Leaders:
Martha Gorman / Greg Kehm

Reviewers:

TNC and Natural Heritage Programs: Craig Cheeseman, Bill Brown, Tim Tear, Michelle Brown, David Hunt (NY); Sarah Wakefield, John Roe, Eric Sorenson, Liz Thompson (VT); Lora Gerard, Mark Zankel, Doug Bechtel, Dan Sperduto (NH); Dan Coker, Barbara Vickery, Joshua Royte, Nancy Sferra, Sue Gawler (ME)
ERO: Mark Anderson, Charles Ferree, Dan Morse
NCC and provincial agencies: Louise Gratton (QC); Kasia Rozalska (Atlantic Canada); Vince Zelazny (NBDNR); Rosemary Curley, Bill Glen, Mary Lynn McCourt (PEI DAF); David MacKinnon (NSDEL), Peter Neily (NSDNR)

Ecoregion Boundaries

Team Leaders:
Martha Gorman and Mark Anderson

Reviewers:

Ting Li, Vince Gerardin, and Guy Jolicoeur (QC); Vince Zelazny (NBDNR), Connie Carpenter (USDA Forest Service NH); Peter Neily (NSDNR); Greg Kehm (ERO)