RJ
10-23-2007, 02:23 PM
James Gilmore* an experienced natural resource manager* has been named as the Department of Environmental Conservation’s new Chief of the Bureau of Marine Resources in the Division of Fish* Wildlife and Marine Resources* Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today. Gilmore has more than 30 years of extensive environmental experience both with DEC and in the private sector.
“Jim is a highly respected marine scientist that has made direct* significant contributions to the protection and enhancement of our fisheries* habitat* and water quality* and also to the health and safety of New Yorkers during our state’s most challenging days*” Commissioner Grannis said. “His demonstrated leadership and success at collaborative approaches to heighten all New Yorkers’ awareness of our urban environments has made him a valuable member of the team charged with protecting the state’s marine resources.”
Gilmore has served as Natural Resources Supervisor in DEC’s Region 2 since 1994* which includes the five-county area that makes up New York City. Prior to that* he had been the regional marine resources manager* and a marine resources specialist in DEC’s Stony Brook office. Among Gilmore’s notable accomplishments was the creation of comprehensive DEC natural resources programs in New York City and the establishment of a team to guide the management of state lands. He was responsible for the establishment or enhancement of programs including urban fisheries* marine habitat* wildlife* urban forestry and land acquisition and management to name a few.
Gilmore established a tidal wetlands class with the New York Aquarium where violators of the Tidal Wetlands law could offset part of their enforcement penalty by attending a day-long session on marine resources. All of these actions have brought greater recognition of the importance of the natural world in urban areas. He recently led* as incident commander* the interagency effort on the eradication of the Asian Longhorned Beetle on Staten Island* as well as the discovery of the northern snakehead fish in New York City. Gilmore also served as Emergency Response Coordinator in DEC’s Region 2 Office and was integral in helping to coordinate the agency’s response on many events including Sept. 11 and the recent Con Edison steam pipe explosion.
Before his work at DEC* Gilmore worked as a fisheries biologist in a private consulting firm. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from SUNY Plattsburgh and a Masters degree in Marine Science (Fisheries Management) from SUNY Stony Brook in 1985. He resides with his family in Amityville* Suffolk County.
DEC’s Bureau of Marine Resources is responsible for the management of living marine resources and their habitats within the Marine and Coastal District of New York State. The mission of the Bureau of Marine Resources is to manage and maintain the state's living marine* estuarine and anadromous resources* and to protect and enhance the habitat upon which these resources depend* in order to assure that diverse and self-sustaining populations of these resources are available for future generations. The Bureau is divided into three major program areas: finfish and crustaceans* shellfish* and marine habitat protection. For more information about the Bureau* go to http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/796.html on the DEC website. Gilmore will be taking over the bureau after the retirement earlier this year of Gordon Colvin.
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“Jim is a highly respected marine scientist that has made direct* significant contributions to the protection and enhancement of our fisheries* habitat* and water quality* and also to the health and safety of New Yorkers during our state’s most challenging days*” Commissioner Grannis said. “His demonstrated leadership and success at collaborative approaches to heighten all New Yorkers’ awareness of our urban environments has made him a valuable member of the team charged with protecting the state’s marine resources.”
Gilmore has served as Natural Resources Supervisor in DEC’s Region 2 since 1994* which includes the five-county area that makes up New York City. Prior to that* he had been the regional marine resources manager* and a marine resources specialist in DEC’s Stony Brook office. Among Gilmore’s notable accomplishments was the creation of comprehensive DEC natural resources programs in New York City and the establishment of a team to guide the management of state lands. He was responsible for the establishment or enhancement of programs including urban fisheries* marine habitat* wildlife* urban forestry and land acquisition and management to name a few.
Gilmore established a tidal wetlands class with the New York Aquarium where violators of the Tidal Wetlands law could offset part of their enforcement penalty by attending a day-long session on marine resources. All of these actions have brought greater recognition of the importance of the natural world in urban areas. He recently led* as incident commander* the interagency effort on the eradication of the Asian Longhorned Beetle on Staten Island* as well as the discovery of the northern snakehead fish in New York City. Gilmore also served as Emergency Response Coordinator in DEC’s Region 2 Office and was integral in helping to coordinate the agency’s response on many events including Sept. 11 and the recent Con Edison steam pipe explosion.
Before his work at DEC* Gilmore worked as a fisheries biologist in a private consulting firm. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from SUNY Plattsburgh and a Masters degree in Marine Science (Fisheries Management) from SUNY Stony Brook in 1985. He resides with his family in Amityville* Suffolk County.
DEC’s Bureau of Marine Resources is responsible for the management of living marine resources and their habitats within the Marine and Coastal District of New York State. The mission of the Bureau of Marine Resources is to manage and maintain the state's living marine* estuarine and anadromous resources* and to protect and enhance the habitat upon which these resources depend* in order to assure that diverse and self-sustaining populations of these resources are available for future generations. The Bureau is divided into three major program areas: finfish and crustaceans* shellfish* and marine habitat protection. For more information about the Bureau* go to http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/796.html on the DEC website. Gilmore will be taking over the bureau after the retirement earlier this year of Gordon Colvin.
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