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Steering CommitteeIn order to assure that the quality of the research at the MWERF would be of the highest standards and that the direction of this research would be focused in the most strategic and pertinent way, MeadWestvaco invited a panel of accomplished scientists and natural resource leaders to serve on a Steering Committee for the Forest. The nine members are drawn from organizations that have demonstrated an uncommon commitment to the stewardship of natural resources through education, research, and conservation activities. These organizations encompass a broad spectrum of the natural resources community and bring a diverse and comprehensive perspective to many compelling issues that face us today. Members serve at the pleasure of their respective organizations for an open-ended term. The Steering Committee solicits, reviews, and recommends research proposals for the Forest. In addition they provide overall guidance and direction to the research program. Members also contribute through supporting and/or initiating grants for funding research. From its inception in 1994, this group has played a key role in the development of this Forest. The excellent contribution that they have made to this living laboratory, and wildlife conservation in general was recently recognized by The Wildlife Society's 2000 Wildlife Stewardship Group Award. MeadWestvaco is appreciative of the hard work and dedication of this group and the valuable contributions that they have made, and will continue to make, to the success of the Forest. Committee MembersDr. Mary Beth Adams is the Project Leader for the USFS Northeast Forest Experiment Station's Fernow Experimental Forest in Parsons WV, where she directs a multidisciplinary team of scientists. Dr. Mary Beth Adams Mr. Mark Banker is a Wildlife Biologist with the Ruffed Grouse Society with expertise in a variety of issues related to forestry and forest wildlife. Mark oversees a broad range of for wildlife issues and initiatives for the RGS throughout the Appalachian states. Mr. Mark Banker Dr. Dave Canavera is Leader for the Forest Ecosystem Project and has been with MeadWestvaco Forest Research for 25 years serving in a variety of leadership capacities during that time. Prior to coming to Westvaco, he was associate professor of forestry at the University of Maine. Dave serves as the Chairman of the Steering Committee.width=400 Dr. Dave Canavera Dr. Tina Hall served as the Director of Science and Conservation for the West Virginia Chapter of The Nature Conservancy and played a key role in identifying and protecting that state's rich natural heritage. She now serves with TNC in the Lake States area. Dr. Tina Hall Dr. Joe McNeel is Director of the Division of Forestry at West Virginia University's Davis College of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences since1997. He was Associate Professor of Forestry at the University of British Columbia during 1996 and 1997 and served jointly as Senior Researcher for Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada. Prior to his work in Canada, Joe was a research engineer with the USDA Forest Service in Seattle, and an Associate Professor at the University of Washington from 1992-96. Dr. Joe McNeel Dr. Don Orth is Professor of Wildlife Sciences at Virginia Tech and Head of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences. He has conducted extensive research on a wide variety of topics in fisheries including population dynamics and stream fish ecology. Dr. Don Orth Dr. David E. Samuel was Professor of Wildlife at West Virginia University until his retirement in 1999. Dave is very active in a wide variety of conservation organizations and is a noted speaker and author. Dr. David E. Samuel Mr. Curtis Taylor is the Chief of the Wildlife Resources Section for the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources with responsibility for both fish and wildlife management and research.Curtis has extensive experience with all aspects of wildlife management spanning more than two decades. Mr. Curtis Taylor Dr. T. Bently Wigley is Senior Scientist with the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement and heads the Eastern Wildlife Task Group for NCASI. Ben has worked over the past twenty years on numerous issues related to wildlife and managed forests throughout the eastern United States. Dr. T. Bently Wigley |
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