Advisory Board

This study was designed to answer fundamental questions about ecosystem control, but the research will also have major practical value for resolving technical questions about Great Lakes water level regulation. For this reason, a management and policy advisory panel was organized with representatives of key international, federal, New York State, intergovernmental, and academic organizations. Panel involvement in the research will allow these organizations to understand the details of NSF sponsored research, and it will provide opportunities for them to be early adopters of the results.

Dale Baker
New York Sea Grant Program
Associate Director and Program Leader
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Sea Grant is a local, state, and federal partnership designed to help people solve coastal problems. In New York, it is administered through the State University of New York (SUNY) and Cornell University's Cooperative Extension Sea Grant Program. Sea Grant transfers science-based information to a variety of audiences on a wide range of coastal issues through: factsheets, periodicals, books, and videos; seminars, training programs, and satellite conferences; demonstration projects; and contacts with the general public, county, state, and federal agencies, scientists, industry, the media and schools.

John Barko
US Army Corps of Engineers
Research Biologist
Engineer Research and Development Center
Waterways Experiment Station
Vicksburg, MS
The Waterways Experiment Station (WES) is headquarters for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). Part of the Department of Defense laboratory system, the ERDC's mission is to conceive, plan, study and execute engineering investigations and research and development studies in support of the civil and military missions of the Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies.

Gerald Barnhart
NY Department of Environmental Conservation
Director, Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources
Albany, NY
The missions assigned to DEC in 1970 remain its missions today: detecting and controlling sources of pollution, protecting and managing New York's natural resources, and informing and educating the public about environment, natural resources and government's actions to protect them.

Gerry Galloway
International Joint Commission
Secretary, US section
Washington, D.C.
Canada and the United States created the International Joint Commission because they recognized that each country is affected by the other's actions in lake and river systems along the border. The two countries cooperate to manage these waters wisely and to protect them for the benefit of today's citizens and future generations.

Theodore Hullar
International St. Lawrence River Board of Control
Board member, Cornell University faculty
Ithaca, NY
The International St. Lawrence River Board of Control was established by the International Joint Commission (IJC) in its 1952 order of approval. Its main duty is to ensure that outflows from Lake Ontario meet the requirements of the IJC's order. The Board also develops regulation plans and conducts special studies as requested by the IJC.