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Identity: A state advisory and technical assistance agency within MCZM with a mission to protect and restore the environment of Buzzards Bay and its watershed.Principal Customers: Municipal Boards of Health, Conservation Commissions, Planning Boards, Boards of Selectman, citizens, nonprofits.
Services: Proposal writing, wetland delineations, stormwater remediation, plan review, permitting assistance, technical evaluations, planning, environmental analysis.
Cost: Free!
Who can help you at the Project?
Dr. Joe Costa is Executive Director of the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program. Besides overseeing and administering the Project, Joe provides technical assistance on nitrogen loading assessment and management, water quality analysis, watershed planning, build-out analysis, data analysis, and software support. Joe's research in Marine Ecology, particularly nitrogen loading effects on eelgrass beds and coastal ecosystems has been put to use in the Project-Coalition citizen monitoring program and the Program's nitrogen management approach.
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MaryJo Feuerbach is the EPA Project Officer for the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program, and is responsible for administering EPA's side of things. MaryJo is a land use and water resource planner at EPA. In addition to her involvement with the Buzzards Bay NEP, she currently works on nonpoint source control activities in Massachusetts. She has helped communities across Massachusetts with drinking water source protection, growth management, master planning, environmental education, land conservation, and coastal resource management activities.
John Rockwell is the BBNEP's wetland specialist. John completed a Master's thesis on wetlands delineation techniques, and as a former conservation agent, conservation commission chair, and MACC board member, John brings with him a wealth of experience on wetland protection. John conducts workshops, drafts bylaws, and conducts wetland delineations for towns.
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Bernadette Taber is the BBNEP's Stormwater Specialist, and is an employee of the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service. She has been detailed to the Buzzards Bay NEP office since 1991. Bernie evaluates and develops engineering solutions for stormwater remediation in both agricultural and urban environments. Bernie has reviewed many engineering plans at the request of Buzzards Bay municipalities, and has also developed the preliminary designs identified in many Buzzards Bay NEP and town grant proposals.
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Tracy Warncke is the BBNEP's Administrative Assistant. She not only handles administrative duties at the Buzzards Bay NEP office, but has designed many reports, brochures, and fact sheets for the Project and municipalities alike. If you need a report or information from the Project, Tracy is the one to call. Tracy spent four years with the Bourne Board of Health testing water for fecal coliform bacteria, experience she has put to work at the Project. Email Tracy
Sarah Williams is the BBNEP's Regional Planner. She provides assistance to municipalities on land use and watershed planning, land conservation, buildout analysis, habitat restoration, and mapping. She is also responsible for the administration of the Program's Municipal Grant Program, and is preparing the Program's Regional Open Space Plan. Sarah was also a member of the Fairhaven-Acushnet Land preservation Trust. Email Sarah