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The
New Jersey Field Office Conducts the Fourth
Stakeholders Work Session for the
Hackensack Meadowlands Initiative
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13, 2005 at the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission |
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Cosponsors
of the Fourth Stakeholders Work Session
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Clifford
Day
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
New Jersey Field Office
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Lynne
Dwyer
National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation
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Leonard
Houston
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
New York District
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Martin
McHugh
New Jersey Division
of Fish and Wildlife
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Robert
Ceberio
New Jersey
Meadowlands Commission
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The
New Jersey Field Office
Conducts the Fourth Stakeholders Work Session
for the Hackensack Meadowlands Initiative
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On
June 13, 2005, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service's New Jersey Field Office sponsored
the Fourth Stakeholders Work Session for the
Hackensack Meadowlands Initiative at the headquarters
of the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission in
Lyndhurst, New Jersey, continuing the series
of work sessions held by the New Jersey Field
Office since October 2000. Seventy representatives
of governmental agencies, environmental groups,
elected officials, and researchers met to
discuss partnering for remediation, restoration,
protection, and management of the Meadowlands
ecosystem, which comprises some 5,400 acres
of wetlands in Bergen and Hudson Counties
and is an important stopover for migratory
birds on the Atlantic Flyway. The New Jersey
Meadowlands Commission, the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, the National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation, and the New Jersey Division of
Fish and Wildlife cosponsored the event. The
New Jersey Field Office's Supervisor, Clifford
G. Day, presented Special Appreciation Awards
to Leonard Houston of the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, New York District, Martin McHugh
of the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife,
and Robert Ceberio of the New Jersey Meadowlands
Commission in recognition of their noteworthy
contribution to supporting the Hackensack
Meadowlands Initiative. The New Jersey Meadowlands
Commission provided not only the facility
but also breakfast and lunch for the day.
Speakers
from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
and five other panels presented information
on activities being conducted. New Jersey
Field Office Senior Biologist Stan Hales provided
an overview of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service's preliminary conservation planning
for the Meadowlands. James Souder, Projects
Director for U.S. Senator Jon Corzine, and
Lisa Plevin, Deputy State Director for U.S.
Senator Frank Lautenberg's office also spoke
to the stakeholders.
At
the session, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service's Northeast Regional Director Marvin
Moriarty presented Congressman Steven R. Rothman
(NJ9th) with the North American Waterfowl
Management Plan Committee's prestigious National
Great Blue Heron Award. Past recipients include
former Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson and
Vermont's Senator Patrick Leahy. During his
tenure in office, Mr. Rothman has secured
$7.5 million for Meadowlands research, study,
restoration, remediation, and land acquisition.
Congressman Rothman addressed the stakeholders,
encouraging them once again to persevere in
the effort to transform the Meadowlands into
an environmental park. President Theodore
Roosevelt (New Jersey Field Office Communications
Specialist Jim Cramer) then put in a surprise
appearance, admonishing his audience to further
his dream for conservation in the restoration
of the Meadowlands.
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The
New Jersey Field Office conducted four stakeholder
work sessions for the Hackensack Meadowlands
Initiative: October 17, 2000; May 23, 2001;
October 31, 2001; and June 13, 2005. We are
pleased to cosponsor the fourth stakeholder
work session with the National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
New York District, the New Jersey Division
of Fish and Wildlife, and the New Jersey Meadowlands
Commission. The fourth work session updated
stakeholders on recent on-the-ground activities
as well as conservation planning efforts,
introduced the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's
preliminary conservation planning efforts
for the Hackensack Meadowlands, and provided
an open forum to discuss opportunities and
strategies to integrate fish and wildlife
conservation into long-term planning and to
promote the remediation, restoration, protection,
and management of the Meadowlands ecosystem.
More detailed information is presented in
the following fact sheets.
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stakeholder work sessions may focus
on a specific area, such as dealing
with invasive species or contaminants
in the Meadowlands. There is no way
to reason or plan effective partnerships
into being; building partnerships is
accomplished only by working in close
collaboration. Perhaps a good way forward
would be via work sessions in which
stakeholders actually plan the actions
that will resolve a problem and agree
on the responsibilities of each partner
in those actions. Perhaps you have suggestions
for future stakeholder work sessions.
If you do, please contact the New Jersey
Field Office or any of the work session's
cosponsors. Help us to achieve our goal:
to restore and protect the Hackensack
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Robert
Ceberio, Executive Director of the New Jersey
Meadowlands Commission, speaks to the work
session.
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New
Jersey Field Office Supervisor Clifford Day
welcomes the stakeholders.
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Stakeholders
visit over a continental breakfast as they
arrive for the Work Session.
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Stan
Hales, Senior Biologist, New Jersey Field Office,
summarizes the Service's preliminary conservation
planning efforts in the Hackensack Meadowlands. |
A
banner stresses the history of the Service's
Hackensack Meadowlands Stakeholders Work Sessions.
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Ralph Tiner
talks about the National Wetlands Inventory. |
Timothy
Kubiak, Assistant Supervisor, New Jersey Field
Office, addresses environmental contaminant
concerns and remediation requirements. |
Jim
Cramer, Communication Specialist, New Jersey
Field Office, discusses education and outreach
opportunities to be gained under the Hackensack
Meadowlands Initiative. |
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Henne, Project Leader of the U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service's Southern New England / New
York Bight Office discusses the Meadowlands
in regard to ecosystem planning and the Service's
Coastal Program. ...Fact
Sheet... |
Stakeholders
attend a panelist's presentation. |
The
U.S. Army Corps' Leonard Houston calls for closer
cooperation and partnership. |
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Martin
McHugh, Director of the New Jersey Division
of Fish and Wildlife, emphasizes his Division's
committed interest in the Meadowlands. |
The
stakeholders in session. |
Lynne
Dwyer discusses the National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation's concerns for the Meadowlands. |
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Joseph Dowhan
moderates a panel. |
New
Jersey Field Office Supervisor Clifford Day
presents Robert Ceberio Executive Director of
the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission with a
Special Appreciation Award. |
Leonard
Houston U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chief Environmental
Analyst, New York District, receives a Special
Appreciation Award from New Jersey Field Office
Supervisor Clifford Day. |
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| Martin
McHugh, Director of the New Jersey Division
of Fish and Wildlife, accepts a Special Appreciation
Award from New Jersey Field Office Supervisor
Clifford Day. |
The
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Northeast
Regional Director Marvin Moriarty speaks to
the stakeholders. |
Congressman
Rothman addresses the work session. |
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Rothman (on right) receives the North American
Waterfowl Management Plan Committee's National
Great Blue Heron Award from the U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service's Northeast Regional Director
Marvin Moriarty. |
Congressman
Rothman accepts the North American Waterfowl
Management Plan Committee's National Great Blue
Heron Award. |
Congressman
Rothman articulates his vision for the Hackensack
Meadowlands. |
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Plevin, Deputy State Director for U.S. Senator
Frank Lautenberg, speaks to the stakeholders. |
The
New Jersey Meadowlands Commission's Robert Ceberio,
the Division of Fish and Wildlife's Martin McHugh,
the New Jersey Field Office's Clifford Day,
and the U.S. Army Corps' Leonard Houston. |
Martin
McHugh, Director of the New Jersey Division
of Fish and Wildlife, Clifford Day, Supervisor
of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's New
Jersey Field Office, and James Souder, Projects
Director to U.S. Senator Jon Corzine. |
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"Theodore
Roosevelt" addresses the stakeholders
and poses with Congressman Rothman.
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All
Photographs USFWS / Gene Nieminen
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Additional
Links for Information
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Hackensack Meadowlands Work Session IV - Last Revised |
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Monday September 26, 2005
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