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M3B United States Man and the Biosphere Program OES/ETC/MAB Room 107, SA-44C U.S. Department of State Washington, DC 20522-4401 Tel.: (202) 776-8318 Fax.: (202) 776-8367 E-mail: [email protected]

Members of the

U.S. National Committee for the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Program

and

Program Directorates:

High Latitude Ecosystems Human Dominated Systems

Marine 6k Coastal Ecosystems Temperate Ecosystems

Tropical Ecosystems Biosphere Reserve

mailto:[email protected]

U.S. NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE PROGRAM

CHAIRMAN:

Mr. David F. Hales Deputy Assistant Administrator Global Environmental Center U.S. AID Room 509 - SA-18 Washington, DC 20523-1812

(703) 875-4205 fax: (703) 875-4639 e-mail: [email protected]

AGENCY AND DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES

F_o_E the Agency for International Development fAID^

Mr. Franklin C. Moore Global Environmental Center G/ENV/ENR - Room 509E - S A - 1 8 Agency for Int'l Development Washington, DC 20523-1812


For the Air Force:

Thomas W. L. McCall, Jr. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force

(Environment, Safety and Occupational Health)

SAF/M1Q Suite 5C866 - Pentagon Washington, DC 20330-1660

(703) 697-9297 fax: (703) 697-2884 e-mail: McCallT3AFSYNC.hq.AF.mil

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://McCallT3AFSYNC.hq.AF.mil

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Air Force Alternates:

Mr. Lee Schoenecker HQ USAF/ICEVP The Pentagon 12 60 Room 5D37 6 Washington, DC 20330-1260

(703) 697-6244 fax: (703) 697-3378 e-mail: Schoenel3aFCe.hq.AF.mil

Major Mohsen Parhizkar SAF/M1Q Suite 5C866 Pentagon Washington, DC 20330-1660


For the Bureau of Land Management LBLM1 - Department, of the Interior:

Malka Pattison Bureau of Land Management (WO-210) Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W. (LS-1075) Washington, DC 20240


Bureau of Land Management Alternate:

Dr. John Haugh Senior Scientist Bureau of Land Management (WO-210) Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W. (LS-1075) Washington, DC 20240


http://Schoenel3aFCe.hq.AF.milmailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

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Ear txvfi Energy Department;

Dr. Jerry W. Elwood Program Manager Office of Health and Environmental Research

U.S. Department of Energy 19901 Germantown Road Germantown, MD 20874

(301) 903-4583 fax: (301) 903-8519 e-mail:

Ear taa Envi ronmenta l P r o t e c t i o n ftgency;

Dr. Peter R. Jutro Senior Scientist Environmental Protection Agency Mail Code 8601 401 M Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20460

(202) 260-5937 fax: (202) 260-0393 e-mail: jutro.peterQepamail.epa.gov

For the Forest Service - Department of Agriculture:

Dr. Barbara Weber Associate Deputy Chief for Research USDA Forest Service FIDR - 1/NW 201 14th. Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20250

(202) 205-1702 fax: (202) 205-1530 e-mail: /s=b.weber/[email protected]


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Eon the National Aeronautics and Space A d m i n i s t r a t i o n (NASA!:

Dr. Diane Wickland Manager Terrestrial Ecology Program Office of Mission to Planet Earth NASA Headquarters (Code YS) Room 5Q80 300 E Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20546


Eon U.S. Geological survey National Biological Division - Department of the Interior:

Dr. Dennis B. Fenn Chief Biologist Biological Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey Mail Stop 300 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192


U-S. Geological Survey National Biological Division - Department pf the Interior -- Alternate:

Dr. Michael Ruggiero Leader, Biological Status & Trends Biological Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey ,' /\, Mail Stop 300 122 01 Sunrise Valley Drive , J j «\n Reston, VA 20192

..'"' ^ "' (703) 648-4066 r

; •, ' fax: (703) 648-4039 ' ^ -( e-mail: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

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Ear the National institutes o_f Health;

Dr. Gordon Cragg Chief Natural Products Branch NCI/FCRDC Fairview Center Room 20 6 P.O. Box B Frederick, MD 21702-1201


For the National Oceanic and AtmOSPheriC Administration (NQAA) z Department a£ Commerce;

Dr. Michael P. Crosby-Chair, U.S. MAB Directorate on Marine and Coastal Ecosystems and National Research Coordinator Ocean and Coastal Resource Mgmt. NOAA, SSMC-4, Room 10541 1305 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910

(301) 713-3155 Ext. 114 fax: (301) 713-4011 e-mail: [email protected]

For the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA1 Z Department Of Commerce —Alternate:

Mr. Joseph A. Uravitch Associate Director Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Building 4 - Room 11537 1305 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910

(301) 713-3155 Ext. 195 fax: (301) 713-4012 e-mail: [email protected]


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E££ the National park Service - Department oj th& Interior:

Dr. Michael Soukup Associate Director for Natural Resource Stewardship and Science

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127


For the National Science Foundation:

Dr. Joann P. Roskoski Deputy Director for Environmental Biology

Directorate for Biological Sciences National Science Foundation - Room 635 4201 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 22230


Eo_E the State Department:

Mr. Rafe Pomerance Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Development OES/E - Room 7825 Department of State Washington, DC 20520



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Eoj£ Smithsonian Institution;

Dr. Francisco Dallmeier Director SI/MAB Biodiversity Program International Center - Suite 3123 Smithsonian Institution 1100 Jefferson Drive, S.W. Washington, DC 20560


ex-oficio:

Dr. Roger E. Soles Executive Director U.S. MAB Secretariat OES/ETC/MAB Room 107 - SA 44C Department of State Washington, DC 20522-4401


Other Members af £h£ National Committee:

Mr. D. Dean Bibles (Former Chair, U.S. MAB) 8171 Boss Street Vienna, VA 22182


Dr. Robert Campbell Forestry Research Weyerhaeuser Company P.O. Box 1391 New Bern, NC 28563

(919) 633-7248 fax: (919) 633-7404 e-mail:


Dr. Robert Costanza Center for Environmental and Estaurine Studies

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory University of Maryland Solomons, MD 20688-0038

(410) 326-7263 fax: (410) 326-7354 e-mail:

Dr. Mark A. Harwell Chair, U.S. MAB Directorate on Human-Dominated Systems Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

University of Miami 4 600 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, FL 33149-1098


Mr. Hubert H. Hinote Chair, U.S. MAB Directorate

Biosphere Reserve Executive Director Southern Appalachian MAB Cooperative 1314 Cherokee Orchard Road Gatlinburg, TN 37738


Dr. Jack Kruse Chair, U.S. MAB Directorate on High Latitude Ecosystems

Director & Professor of Public Policy Institute of Social & Economic Research University of Alaska Anchorage 3211 Providence Drive Anchorage, AK 99508

(907) 786-7743 fax: (907) 786-7739 e-mail: [email protected] (Resigning: Effective August 1, 1997)

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Dr. Thomas A. Hanley USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station 2770 Sherwood Lane, Suite 2-A Juneau, Alaska 99801-8545

(907) 586-8811 x250 fax: (907) 586-7848 e-mail: [email protected] (Candidate: Chair, U.S. MAB Directorate on

High Latitude Ecosystems)

Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy (Former Chair, U.S. MAB) Office of the Counselor to the

Secretary for Biodiversity and Environmental Affairs

Room 320 Smithsonian Institution 1000 Jefferson Drive, S.W. Washington, DC 20560

(202) 786-2263 fax: (202) 786-2304 e-mail: tlovejoy.ic.si.edu

Dr. Robert J. Naiman Professor School of Fisheries Box 357980 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195

(206) 685-2025 fax: (206) 685-7471 e-mail:

Dr. John Wilson Senior Environmental Officer Asia and Near East Bureau ANE/SEA/SPA - Room 3318 Agency for International Development Washington, DC 20523


as of: July 22, 1997

mailto:[email protected]://tlovejoy.ic.si.edumailto:[email protected]

U.S. MAB High Latitude Ecosystems Directorate

Chairman (Resigning: Effec t ive August 1, 1997) Dr. Jack Kruse Chair, U.S. MAB Directorate on High Latitude Ecosystems

Director Institute of Social Economic and Research University of Alaska, Anchorage 3211 Providence Drive , Anchorage, AK 99508

(907) 786-7743 fax: (907) 786-7739

Members

Ernest S. Burch, Jr. Expert in Arctic Sociology 3500 Market Street Suite 106 Camp Hill, PA 17011-4355

(717) 975-3590 fax: (717) 975-3592

Rachel Craig Northwest Arctic Bureau P.O. Box 1110 Kotzebue, AK 99752

(907) 442-2500 fax: (907) 442-2930

Dr. Thomas A. Hanley Pacific Northwest Research Station USDA - Forest Service 2770 Sherwood Lane 2-A Juneau, AK 99801-8545

(907) 586-8811 fax: (907) 586-7848

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Dr. David R. Klein Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, NBS

P.O. Box 757020 University of Alaska-Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK 99775-7020

(907) 474-6674

Don Russell, Manager Northern Conservation Division Canadian Wildlife Service

Box 6010 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5L7 Canada

(403) 668-2285 fax: (403) 667-7962

Dr. Anthony Starfield Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

University of Minnesota 100 Ecology Building 1987 Upper Buford Circle St. Paul, MN 55108

(612) 625-5700 fax: (612) 624-6777

Dr. Dale L. Taylor National Park Service 2525 Gambell Street Room 107 Anchorage, AK 99503

(907) 257-2571

Dr. Marilyn D. Walker Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research University of Colorado Campus Box 450 1560 30th. Street Boulder, CO 80309-0450

(303) 492-5276 fax: (303) 492-6388

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Dr. Elizabeth F. Andrews Division of Subsistence P.O. Box 25526 Juneau, AK 99802-5526

(907) 465-6162 fax: (907) 465-2066


Chairperson

Dr. Mark A. Harwell Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science


(305) 361-4157 fax: (305) 361-4077

Vice Chairperson

Dr. John F. Long Assistant Division Chief Population Division Room 2312-3 Bureau of the Census Washington, DC 20233

(301) 457-2093 fax: (301) 457-2644

MEMBERS

Dr. Ann M. Bartuska Director of Forest Pest Management USDA - Forest Service 201 14th. Street, N.W. Second Floor South Auditors Bldg. Washington, DC 20250

(202) 205-1600 fax: (202) 205-1139

Dr. Richard Hamann Center for Governmental Responsibility 230 Bruton-Geer Hall University of Florida College of Law Gainesville, FL 32611

(904) 392-2237 fax: (904) 392-1457

Dr. Michael Slimak Office of Environmental Processes and Effects

Envionronmental Protection Agency 401 M Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20460

(202) 260-5950 fax: (202) 260-0393

U.S. MAB Human Dominated Systems Directorate

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Dr. Joseph C. Zieman, Jr. Department of Environmental Sciences Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903

(804) 924-7761 fax: (804) 982-2137

Dr. Ezra B. W. Zubrow Department of Anthropology 380 Millard Filmore Academic Center State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14261

(716) 645-2414 fax: (716) 645-3808

Dr. Steven I. Light Division of Natural Resources Office of Planning Department of Natural Resources 500 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155

(612) 296-9228 fax: (612) 296-6047

Dr. John H. Gentile Science Coordinator U.S. EPA Environmental Research Lab 2 Tarzwell Drive Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 782-3015 fax: (401) 782-3030

As of: October 10, 1996

U.S. MAB MARINE AND COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS DIRECTORATE

Chairman

Dr. Michael Crosby National Research Coordinator Ocean and Coastal Resource Management NOAA, SSMC-4, Room 11437 1305 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910

(301) 713-3155 xll4 fax: (301) 713-4012 E-mail: [email protected]

Members

Mr. Reed M. Bohne Manager Gray's Reef Natural Marine Sanctuary NOAA 10 Ocean Science Circle Savannah, GA 31411

(912) 598-2345 fax: (912) 598-2367 E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Gary Davis National Biological Service Channel Islands National Park 1901 Spinnaker Drive Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 658-5707 fax: (805) 658-5799 E-mail: gary [email protected]


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Ms. Christine Gault Manager Waquoit Bay NERR P.O. Box 3092 Waquoit, MA 02536

(508) 457-0495 fax: (617) 727-5537

NOTE: Although the area codes are different, the numbers are correct.

E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Davianna McGregor Ethnic Studies Department University of Hawaii East-West Road #4, Room 4D Honolulu, HI 96822


Dr. Elliot Norse President Marine Conservation Biology Institute 15806 NE 47th. Court Redmond, WA 98052-5208



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Dr. Ernst S. Reese Department of Zoology University of Hawaii Honolulu, HI 96822

(808) 956-8677 fax: (808) 956-9812 Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (808) 236-7432 fax: (808) 236-7443 E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Daniel 0. Suman Division of Marine Affairs and Policy Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences



as of: August 30, 1996

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

U.S. MRB TEMPERRTE ECOSYSTEMS DIRECTORATE

Chairperson

Dr. Robert J. Naiman Professor School of Fisheries Box 357980 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195

(206) 685-2025 fax: (206) 685-7471

NOTE: "Dr. Naiman is the only active member.

as of: November 19, 1996

U.S. MAB TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS DIRECTORATE

Chairperson

Dr. John Wilson Senior Environmental Officer Asia and Near East Bureau ANE/SEA/SPA - Rm. 3318 Agency for Int'l Development Washington, DC 20523


Vice Chairperson

Dr. Richard B. Primack Professor of Biology Biology Department Boston University 5 Cummington Street Boston, MA 02215


MEMBERS

Thomas Ankersen, J.D. Center for Governmental Responsibility

College of Law University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611

(352) 392-2237 fax: (352) 392-1457 E-mail:[email protected]

Dr. Archie Carr, III Regional Coordinator Mesoamerican & Caribbean

Program Wildlife Conservation 4424 N.W. 13th. Street Suite A-2 Gainesville, FL 32609


Dr. David B. Bray Mexico Representative Inter-American Foundation 901 N. Stuart Street Arlington, VA 22203

(703) 841-3891 fax: (703) 841-0973 E-mail:[email protected]

Dr. Francisco Dallmeier Director SI/MAB Biodiversity. Program

Smithsonian Institution International Center Suite 3123 1100 Jefferson Dr., S.W. Washington, DC 20560


mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

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U.S. MAB TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS DIRECTORATE

(members continued)

Ms. Kathy Moser Regional Director

for Central America The Nature Conservancy 1815 North Lynn Street Arlington, VA 22209


Dr. Margaret Symington Latin America Program Officer

Biodiversity Support Program

c/o World Wildlife Fund 1250 24th. Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037

(202) 778-9727 fax: (202) 293-9211

Dr. James Nations Vice President Latin American Programs Conservation International Suite 1000 1015 18th. Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036

Dr. Aaron Zazueta Regional Director for Latin America

World Resources Institute Suite 700 1709 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20006



Dr. Laura Snook Assistant Professor of

Conservation Biology & Director of Duke/TNC Applied Conservation Program

Nicholas School of Environment Duke University Box 90328 Durham, NC 27708


as of: November 19, 1996

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

U.S. MAB Biosphere Reserve Directorate

Chairperson Vice Chairperson

Mr. Hubert Hinote Executive Director Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere (SAMAB) Cooperative

1314 Cherokee Orchard Road Gatlinburg, TN 37738


Mr. Reed M. Bohne Manager Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary NOAA 10 Ocean Science Circle Savannah, GA 31411

(912) 598-2345 fax: (912) 598-2367 e-

Members

Mr. Howard Alden Coordinator Central Colorado Rockies Regional Cooperative

800 E. County Road 58 Ft. Collins, CO 80524


Mr. Henri R. Bisson District Manager California Desert District Office Bureau of Land Management 6221 Box Springs Blvd. Riverside, CA 90507-0714



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Mr. Jeffrey Bradybaugh Chief Division of Science and Resources Management

Mammoth Cave National Park Mammoth Cave, KY 4225 9

(502) 749-2508 fax: (502) 749-2916 e-mail: jeff [email protected]

Dr. Jeffrey Brokaw Chief Environmental Officer Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean

U.S. AID - Room 2242 Main State Washington, DC 20523


Dr. William P. Gregg International Affairs Officer Biological Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey Mail Stop 300 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192

(703) 648-4067 fax: (703) 648-4045 e-mail: william [email protected]

Mr. Marvin Jensen Assistant Superintendent Yellowstone National Park P.O. Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 82190-0168



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Mr. Terrence Moore Executive Director The Pinelands Commission P.O. Box 7 New Lisbon, NJ 08064


Dr. Allan Muth Manager Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center

University of California P.O. Box 1738 Palm Desert, CA 92261


Mr. Luther Propst Executive Director The Sonoran Institute 72 90 E. Broadway Blvd Suite M Tucson, AZ 87510


e x - o f i c i o

Dr. Roger S o l e s Executive Director U.S. MAB Secretariat OES/ETC/MAB Room 107 - SA 4 4C Department of State Washington, DC 20522-4401



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Proposed Additions (Interim)

Lt. Commander Deborah Bronson Office of the Assistant Secretary

of the Navy (I & E) 1000 Navy - Pentagon Washington, DC 20350-1000

(703) 614 - 1311 fax: (703) 695-2573 e-mail:

Terry R. Williams, Director American Indian Environmental Officer US EPA - (4104) 401 M.Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20460

(202) 260-7939 fax: (202) 260-7509 e-mail:

(NOTE: Mr. Williams is a member of the Tulalip tribe in the state of Washington.)

as of: March 3, 1997

U.S. MAB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

CHAIRMAN:

Mr. David F. Hales Deputy Assistant Administrator Global Environmental Center U.S. AID Room 509 - SA-18 Washington, DC 20523-1812


For tilfi Agency £&X International Development fAIDl :

Mr. Franklin C. Moore Global Environmental Center G/ENV/ENR Room 509E - SA-18 Agency for Int'l Development Washington, DC 20523-1812

(703) 875-4082 fax: (703) 875-4639

For the Air Force:

Thomas W. L. McCall, Jr. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force

(Environment, Safety and Occupational Health)

SAF/M1Q Suite 5C866 - Pentagon Washington, DC 20330-1660

(703) 697-9297 fax: (703) 614-2884

For the Bureau of Land Management tELMl

- Department p_f tne Interior; Malka Pattison Bureau of Land Management Department of the Interior (WO-210) 1849 C Street, N.W. (LS-1075) Washington, DC 20240

(202) 452-5063 fax: (202) 452-5112


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For the Energy Department:

Dr. Jerry W. Elwood Program Manager Office of Health and Environmental Research

U.S. Department of Energy 19901 Germantown Road Germantown, MD 20874

(301) 903-4583 fax: (301) 903-8519

Ear tha Environmental Protection Agency; Dr. Peter R. Jutro Senior Scientist Environmental Protection Agency Mail Code 8601 401 M Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20460

(202) 260-5937 f a x : (202) 260-0393

For t h e F o r e s t S e r v i c e - Department o f A g r i c u l t u r e :

Dr. Ba rba ra Weber A s s o c i a t e Deputy Chief f o r Resea rch USDA F o r e s t S e r v i c e FIDR - 1/NW 14th. & Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20250

(202) 205-1702 fax: (202) 205-1530

For the National Aeronautics and ££&££ Administration (NASA) \

Dr. Diane Wickland Manager, Terrestrial Ecology Program Office of Mission to Planet Earth NASA Headquarters (Code YS) Room 5Q80 300 E Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20546

(202) 358-0245 fax: (202) 358-2771

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For U.S. Geological Survey - Department of the Interior:

Dr. Dennis Fenn Chief Biologist Biological Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey Mail Stop 300 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192

(703) 648-4050 fax: (703) 648-4042

EfltX. th& National Institutes o_f Health:

Dr. Gordon Cragg Chief Natural Products Branch NCI/FCRDC Fairview Center National Institutes of Health Room 206 - P.O. Box B Frederick, MD 21702-1201

(301) 846-5387 fax: (301) 846-6821

For the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Department of Commerce:

Dr. Michael P. Crosby National Research Coordinator Ocean and Coastal Resource Mgmt. NOAA, SSMC-4, Room 11437 1305 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910

(301) 713-3155 Ext. 114 fax: (301) 713-4012

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E&£ the National £axJs Service ~ Department gf the Interior:

Dr. Michael Soukup Associate Director for Natural Resources

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127

(202) 208-3884 fax: (202) 273-4431

E£E the National Science Foundation:

Dr. Joann P. Roskoski Deputy Director for

Environmental Biology Directorate for Biological Sciences National Science Foundation - Room 635 4201 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 22230

(703) 306-1480 fax: (703) 306-0367

For Smithsonian Institution:

Dr. Francisco Dallmeier Director SI/MAB Biodiversity Program International Center Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC 20560

(202) 357-4792 fax: (202) 786-2557

For the State Department:

Mr. Rafe Pomerance Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Environment and Development

OES/E - Room 7831 Department of State Washington, DC 20520

(202) 647-2232 fax: (202) 647-0217

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e x - o f i e i o :

Dr. Roger E. S o l e s Executive Director U.S. MAB Secretariat OES/ETC/MAB Room 107 - SA 44C Department of State Washington, DC 20522-4401

(202) 776-8318 fax: (202) 776-8367


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