The Coastal America Office wishes to express its sincerest appreciation for the efforts of the following contributors, without whose dedication and efforts this report would not have been possible. First to the Technology Transfer Working Group, chaired by Dr. William L. Klesch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) and comprised of Ms. Betsy Tam, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Mr. Stanley Chanesman, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); Ms. Suzanne Schenkel, Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and Mr. Silas Snyder, Coastal America Office. Dr. Klesch also served as principal editor for the Lessons Learned Report and received invaluable assistance from Mr. Snyder in compiling the report. Mr. Gene Cope and Ms. Kathleen Bartholomew from the Coastal America office provided editorial assistance.
The Coastal America Office also wishes to thank former and sitting Regional Implementation Team (RIT) Chairs who developed the regional strategies and assured that the technical and procedural information was correct. Special thanks is given to the following individuals for their contributions: Mr. William Hubbard, COE; Mr. Dennis Barnett, COE; Mr. Myron Knudson, EPA; Mr. Pete Seligman, United States Navy (USN); Mr. Owen Mason, COE; Ms. Alisa Ralph, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS); Mr. Gene Fleming, COE; and Ms. Rosa Meehan, USFWS.
Finally, the Coastal America Office wishes to recognize the numerous individual agency representatives to the RITs and individual project managers who provided their time and energy to assure the Coastal America Office and the principal editor received the correct information and interpretive results for each of the projects examined. These individuals include; Mr. Larry Oliver, (COE); Mr. Ron Rosza, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection; Mr. Jim Pepper, National Park Service (NPS); Ms. Barbara Blumeris, COE; Mr. Jim Tayon, United States Navy (USN); Ms. Christy Deacutic, EPA; Mr. Jim Browning, USFWS; Dr. James Hain, NMFS; Ms. Anne Deton, Florida Department of Environmental Protection; Mr. Guy Stefanski, North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources; Ms. Roberta Preston, U.S. Air Force (USAF); Mr. Scott Smith, USAF; Mr. David James, USN; Mr. Roy Barker, USN; Mr. Tom Serota, USFWS; Dr. Susan Rees, COE; Dr. Brandt Henningsen, Southwest Florida Water Management District; Mr. George Dodson, USAF; Mr. Jim Ratterree, EPA; Mr. Rusty Swafford, NMFS; Mr. Oscar Rowe, COE; Dr. Peter Sheridan, NMFS; Ms. Betsy Radke, USFWS; Mr. Scott Miner, COE; Ms. Nancy Reed, USAF; Mr. Dick Rugen, USN; Mr. Walter Briggs, USN; Mr. Pat Cagney, COE; Mr. Gary Sonnevil, USFWS; Mr. Bill Fitzpatrick, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Mr. Bernie Czartoski, NRCS; Mr. Greg Hines, EPA; and Mr. Jim Galloway, COE.