
PART
VI: LIST OF PREPARERS
& ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
List of Preparers
Mr. Mark Murray-Brown
Mr. Murray-Brown was responsible for the overall supervision of
this project and preparation of the draft and final EIS/MP and
regulations. His academic background includes a Bachelor's degree
in Biology from Bates College, ME; a Master's Degree in Oceanography
from the Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode
Island (URI), RI; and Master's Degree in Marine Policy from the
Marine Affairs Department, URI.
Mr. Joseph Flanagan - Environmental Protection Specialist,
Ocean Minerals and Energy Division, NOAA.
Mr. Flanagan was responsible for synthesising and collating the
information and then writing Part II, Section II of the draft
EIS/MP, which describes the resources and uses of the Monterey
Bay area. His academic background includes a Bachelor's Degree
in Geology and Chemistry from the University of Miami, Florida;
and a Master's Degree in Environmental Systems Management from
American University, Washington D.C.
Ms. Vicki Nichols - Program Specialist, Santuaries and Reserves
Division, NOAA.
Ms. Nichols was responsible for organizing and summarizing comments
on the draft EIS/MP and preparing the Responses to Comments in
Appendix F of the final EIS/MP. Her academic background includes
a Bachelor's degree in Biology from the College of the Atlantic,
ME; and a Master's Degree in Environmental Studies from Yale University,
New Haven, CT.
Acknowledgments
The preparers would like to offer special thanks to the Strategic Environmental Assessments Division, ORCA/NOS/NOAA, particularly, Dan Basta, Tom Culliton, Lisa Volgenau, Mitch Katz and Kevin McMahon for providing and applying data used in the final EIS/MP. Thanks to Sonja Taylor and Shirley Pippin for helping type the draft EIS/MP and mailing list. Stephanie Campbell, Ole Varmer, Mark Haflich and Ted Beuttler's legal advice is also gratefully acknowledged. Acknowledgment is hereby given to the Boxwood Press for its kind permission to use the cover illustration of a Southern California sea otter.
Below is a partial list of people, many of whom are from the Monterey Bay area, who provided much of the information for this document. Their input was invaluable.
J. Anderson, A. and S. Baldridge, R. Barber, C. Baxter, L. Breaker, W. Broenkow, G. Cailliet, J. Cano, M. Croom, W. Doyle, R. Felty, E. Garrison, H. Greene, K. Gray, K. Greenberg, D. Haifley, J. Heimlich - Boran, P. Jagger, M. Jenard, H. Kolb, J. Martin, M. Martin, A. Matthews, J. McCleod, E. Melvin, LT. J. Morris, J. Nybakken, J. Oliver, S. Olson, N. Papadakis, W. Pierce, J. Rote, R. Saunders, S. Shane, M. Silberstein, J. Sobel, B. Stewart, L. Strnad, R. Tyler, K. Van Velsor, S. Webster, J. Wieland.