Appendix A
List of researchers, consultants, and collaborating
partners (and their projects) that contributed to the LGWR
Ecological Assessment Part II
Moravian College – Department of Biological Sciences and the Environmental
Studies and Science Program
Diane Husic, Ph.D. and undergraduate students:
Sarabeth Brockley
Yi Li and Gregory Niehoff
Sandwort studies, succession studies and enhancement plantings, GIS mapping
Meredith Wright
Heavy metal impact on plants, especially gray birch
Annotated bibliography of the Palmerton Superfund Site and the Lehigh Gap
Frank Kuserk, Ph.D. and undergraduate students:
Andrew F. Mashintonio
Macroinvertebrate Diversity in Metal Contaminated Ponds of the Lehigh Gap
Armando Villafañe Jr.
Refuge
Vivian Clarke-Ruiz
Current State of Soil Microflora Post Zinc Smelter Exposure
Nicole Sarson
Evidence for Zinc Tolerance among Bacteria in the Palmerton, PA Area
Identification of Bacteria Found in Metal Contaminated Soils near Palmerton,
John Corbin
PA
A Study of the Small Mammals at the Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge Using
John Reese
Trapping and Trail Cameras
Herbivory of Some Native and Invasive Plant Species at the LGWR
The Conservation Biology, Ecology, and Microbiology classes of Moravian
College contributed to the habitat enhancement design and studies, the
succession plot studies and the soil microbe analysis work.
Lehigh University - Lehigh Earth Observatory (LEO) and the Department of Earth and
Environmental Sciences
Dork Sahagian, Ph.D. and Steve Peters, Ph.D.
Airfall of Metals from the Palmerton, PA Zinc Plant: Distribution and
Preservation
Bruce Hargreaves, Ph.D.
Characterization of microclimate at the Lehigh Gap Nature Center
George Yasko
GIS mapping, technical assistance with numerous projects
Johanna Blake, Master of Science student
The Fluxes and Transport Mechanisms of Groundwater and Surface Water
Contaminants (Zn, Pb, Cd, As, and Cr) into a Fluvial System: Palmerton, PA; GIS
mapping
Jill E. Burrows,
Assessment of Natural Attenuation of Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead and Zinc Using
Hydrograph Separation
Guthrie Mitchell, Intern
Light-trap insect trapping and preliminary small mammal trapping studies
Members of the Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geographic Analysis
courses and Lehigh graduate students contributed to the installation of the
weather stations.
Wilkes University - Institute for Environmental Science and Sustainability and the
Department of Biology
Ned Fetcher, Ph.D. Ken Klemow, Ph.D., Michael Steele, Ph.D., Jeff Stratford,
George Haleem, and Rachel Curtis
Food Webs and Ecosystem Restoration; assistance with insect traps
West Virginia University - Departments of Biology and Geology and Geography
Jonathan Cummings, Ph.D.
Dorothy J. Vesper, Ph.D.
Ernest Smith
Zinc Tolerance Mechanisms in Poplar
Christian Figueroa and Ernest Smith
Plant-rhizosphere Interactions and Responses to Potentially Toxic Elements
University of Pennsylvania – Department of Biology
Brenda B. Casper, Ph.D.
Sydney I. Glassman – Masters degree student
Jennifer Doherty – Ph.D. student
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High School Student Researchers:
Julia Leinhauser, Sherilin Joe, and Khalia Thompson
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF), non-mycorrhizal soil microbes, and plants
in a pollution gradient
Muhlenberg College
Patricia Brandt
Historical perspectives of studies related to the Palmerton Zinc story; human
health impacts
Maria Tranguch
Lehigh Gap Nature Center Staff
Corey Husic
Dan Kunkle
LGNC interns: Corey Husic, Sarabeth Brockley, Kyle Janny, Mike and Jenny Bet,
Jared Green, and Remy Schneider
LGNC volunteers (too numerous to mention all)
Members of the Naturalist Club who participated in the Native Bee study and
the Monarch Watch program: Sean Bankos, Brandon Everett, Corey Husic,
Joren Husic, Clare Kubik, and others
LGNC Naturalists Projects (supported by the LGNC and the Audubon
TogetherGreen Fellows Program)
Sean Bankos
Herpetofauna of Lehigh Gap Nature Center
Corey Husic
Bird Inventory of the Lehigh Gap: The Impact of Zinc Smelting and Habitat
Restoration, 2006 – 2010;
Bioacoustics Survey: Wildlife Vocalizations at Lehigh Gap Nature Center
Clare Kubik
Bees and Arachnids of Lehigh Gap Nature Center (with help from the
Naturalists Club and Anita Collins)
Brandon Everett
Habitat Enhancement of Prairie Warbler Trail Early-successional Habitat
John E. Rawlins, Ph.D.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Lehigh Gap Nature Center Preliminary Faunal Assessment for Insects: Part II
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Shannon Henry, Joseph Hovis, David McNaughton, Mark Swartz, and Virginia
Fort Indiantown Gap Staff and Researchers
Tilden
Consultants on Regal Fritillary habitat and re-introduction and controlled burns
for grassland habitat management
Jennifer Lansing and staff
Aracadis BBL
Risk assessment
Vegetative cover analysis
Metal analysis in plants, seep, spring and pond water
Succession monitoring design
John Dickerson
Finger Lakes Conservation Services
Revegetating a Superfund Site with Native Grasses
Roger Latham
Continental Conservation
Grassland Enhancement at Lehigh Gap Nature Center; plant communities
Sue Tantsits and Louise Schaefer
Edge of the Woods Native Plant Nursery
Grassland Enhancement at Lehigh Gap Nature Center; native plant consultants
Everett Warren
Green Man Enviroscaping
Installation of Deer Exclosures; Grassland Enhancement Project
H. David Husic
Lafayette College
Bird Surveys, LGNC website
Brian Byrnes
Audubon, PA
Grassland Enhancement at Lehigh Gap Nature Center
U.S. Department of Energy (Pittsburg) - National Technology Energy Laboratory
Hank Edenborn, Ph.D.
Current State of the Soil Microflora at the Palmerton, Pa Superfund Site
Anita Collins, Ph.D.
Coordinator for Northeast Pennsylvania Native Bee Project and bee identifier
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U.S. Geological Survey - Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Sam Droege
Native bee and wasp studies
Charlie Root
Environmental Protection Agency
Superfund Project Manager
Jim Kunkle
PA Department of Environmental Protection
Superfund Project Manager
Dave Henry, Forester
PA Game Commission
Tree Planting Field Trials
Ken Beard
PA Department of Environmental Protection
Tree Planting Field Trials
Jim Frank, Environmental Engineer
Frank & West, Inc.
Tree Planting Field Trials
Abel Boyer and Family
Tree Planting Field Trials
Habitat Enhancement Project, LGNC Naturalist Projects
Audubon TogetherGreen Fellows and Innovation Grant Programs
Funding of summer interns
CBS Operations
Lehigh Valley Audubon Society
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