ESA blawg :: Obama's NOAA appointee, Lubchenko, an environmental science heavyweight

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PETE DAVID (Albuquerque, NM). Pete is a Certified Wildlife Biologist with 25 years experience with land stewardship and natural resources programs. He previously worked with the South Florida Water Management District, Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Forest Service, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). His project experience includes reintroducing the federally endangered red-cockaded woodpecker to South Florida, and the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Act Collaborative Program in New Mexico. Today, Pete continues to work on endangered species issues as a Senior Project Manager for SWCA Environmental Consultants in Albuquerque.

YELIZAVETA BATRES (West Palm Beach, FL). Liz is currently clerking at the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal, after graduating from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where she was a senior research editor of the Law Review. Liz also interned at the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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Last week, President-elect Barack Obama nominated Oregon State University professor Jane Lubchenco to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See Washington Post and New York Times. According to her home state paper, The Oregonian, Ms. Lubchenco is "an internationally known marine ecologist who is deeply concerned about climate change and overfishing." In addition to implementation of the Endangered Species Act in marine affairs, Lubchenco will oversee federal regulation of oceans (including issues such as coral reef and marine sanctuary protection), satellite operations, weather prediction (including global warming science) and fish harvests. Wikipedianotes that her impressive list of credentials includes "a MacArthur Fellowship, a Pew Fellowship, eight honorary degrees (including one from Princeton University), the 8th Heinz Award in the Environment (2002) and the Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography (2003)... and 1997-98 president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science." Notably, Oceana and NRDC praised the nomination.

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Comments

1 - Great! a tree/fish hugger, I can see the satellite and weather folks budget getting slashed as she trys to save some fish somewhere

Posted by Barney At 04:18:41 PM On 01/07/2009 | - Website (Optional, published) - |

2 - Hello,
We would like permission to reprint the photo of Jane Lubchenco in the Fishermen's Voice, a commercial fishing newspaper published in Maine. We will be running a brief biography of Lubchenco in our April edition.
The Fishermen's Voice is is a free paper, circulation 8,000, it is a one time use.
Internet photos are usually low resolution is there a hi-resolution version available?
Thanks

Posted by Fishermen's Voice At 02:14:10 PM On 03/13/2009 | - Website (Optional, published) - |

3 - Great! Let's waste more taxpayer money on yet another Prozac soaked liberal nutjob!

Posted by dale At 04:03:27 PM On 02/09/2010 | - Website (Optional, published) - |