Donald L. Carcieri
Governor

Former Governor J. Joseph Garrahy
Chairman of the Commission

James Boyd
Staff for the Commission

Administered by the Coastal Institute at the University of Rhode Island

Monitoring, Assessment, Data Management & Environmental Response Panel
Chair: Peter August (URI)
Staff Support: Jim Boyd (Coastal Institute)

Purpose: Address monitoring needs, assessment, data management and accessibility, and environmental response.

Short-term Charges: By March 2004, as part of the Phase I Strategic Plan: (1) establish one or more Strategic Assessment Teams to identify and assess, in a proactive way, conditions that can lead to such Bay and watershed problems as large scale fish kills and beach closures; (2) determine what would constitute the optimal data management system for the Bay and watershed, to be implemented by January 2005; and (3) in coordination with DEM’s efforts to establish a Comprehensive Statewide Monitoring Strategy for Rhode Island, develop a framework for a Bay and watershed wide water quality and biological monitoring program.

Panel Members

Peter August, URI
Jim Boyd, URI/CI
Ernest Julian, RIDOH
Candace Oviatt, URI
Norm Rubinstein, EPA
Linda Green, URI
Sue Kiernan, RIDEM
Lisa Gould, RINHS
Tom Collins, RI CIO
Chris Deacutis, NBEP
Roger Greene, RIDEM/NOAA
Michael Mulhare, RIDEM
Terry Gray, RIDEM
Tom Uva, Narragansett Bay Commission
John Torgan, STB
Harold Ward, Brown
Jon Witman, Brown
Chris D’Ovidio, CLF
John King, URI
Ted Smayda, URI
Warren Angell, DEM
Chuck LaBash, URI EDC
John Stachelhaus, RIGIS / Statewide Planning

Panel Resources

Meetings