
| Who are
the Wetland Health Assessment Scientists? |
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Jan Smith Director of the Mass Bays Program Jan leads the WHAT volunteers whenever they go birding. Jan's expertise in identifying birds has led him on trips all around the world from Kazakhstan to India and back to the North Shore! Whether by call or sight, Jan easily identifies salt marsh species and many WHAT participants marvel at his ability to repeat calls as a teaching aid. |
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Bruce Carisle Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Bruce offers his support in many areas of the WHAT program, including the vegetation, salinity, land use, and tidal influence parameters. Bruce's energy and commitment to the WHAT program makes it an ongoing success. |
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Tony Wilbur Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management A self-professed 'fish-geek', a.k.a. 'ichthyologist' and marine ecologist, Tony has incorporated fish sampling into the WHAT program. We are very excited and pleased to have Tony assist us with our volunteer biomonitoring efforts. |