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� � r Graduate in Fisheries Science from University of Washington, with experi- ence at -Wood's Hole and Sandy Hook Marine Labs Works for the National Parks Service in International Affairs. Nationally renowned expert in Coastal Zone Management, who has written major books on that subject and served as a visiting professor at major universities Helped to start the National Wetlands Counc i.l Steve Bieman Marine Biologist with four years experience with the DER Involved with his own consulting company ECO Shores for 8 years John Clark informed the Board that he has been adviser to this project for a little more than a year, and his roll is as a proponent of enlightened environmental management - not of any particular project. He continued that he carefully examined the whole subject project, decided it was good, and decided to support it. Mr. Clark noted that this project comes at a time of a major turning point in the treatment of impaired and degraded wetland ecosystems, and the new techniques and innovations proposed have been giving them some trouble because they are pushing against some of the traditional practices in the field. At Grand Harbor they have a testing ground for this new approach to wetland conservation where much of the area is an ecological wasteland, or at least operating in a very poor condition compared to what it could be. Mr. Clark informed the Board that the approach they are using is based on four premises: 1) to preserve all pieces of natural functioning wetland intact, including whatever restoration they need to get them operating properly. That includes the piece connected by tidal flow and the strip of shoreline along the project also directly connected to the river, which are the parts that are now functioning naturally and unimpaired. Z) to put back into function whatever degraded disfunctional wetlands they can find to the maximum extent practicable. 71 OCT 2 3 1985 BOOK." PAGE590