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Northeast Chapter
Maryland, Washington, DC, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and New York up through the New England states: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.Our goal is to further the RMS mission by providing a network for members to expand their knowledge of river management through participation and involvement in RMS Northeast Chapter activities. We represent a variety of professionals in the private and public sectors, from federal, state and local agencies to educational non-profits and consultants. The most recent RMS Journal with a Northeast Chapter focus was Spring 2022. All Journal back issues are archived online, available with other RMS members-only publications. Are you interested in serving as a Northeast Chapter Officer?If you are interested in serving as an officer for this chapter, please complete the officer nomination form to let us know! It’s a great opportunity to get to know your peers and help shape the chapter’s success. Thank you for taking the time to nominate officers for your chapter. Officers serve a three year term in one of four positions: President, Vice President, Secretary and Events Coordinator. They play a critical role in connecting regional members and driving our mission to support professionals who study, protect and manage North America's rivers. We invite you to nominate yourself or a colleague. Once the nomination period for a chapter closes, we'll hold an election. Voting and holding office is restricted to Lifetime, Individual, and Student members, as well as the key contacts for Organizational memberships. At RMS, we value diverse perspectives, backgrounds, orientations, abilities, and experience levels. These are essential for strong partnerships and bold thought in an era of a generational shift, institutional challenges and the demand to mitigate the effects of climate change. With questions about the joys, challenges, and responsibilities of serving as a chapter officer, we encourage you to reach out to your current chapter officers, members of the national board, or our Executive Director at [email protected]. Past Northeast Chapter Trips2021 Northeast Chapter Trips/EventsAllagash Wilderness Waterway Trip - September 3-12, 2021Please see the AWW Trip Information Packet for more information. 2019 Northeast Chapter Trips/EventsAdirondacks Paddle - September 6-8, 2019 The Northeast Chapter enjoyed an early fall paddle along a portion of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT) from Long Lake to Tupper Lake in the Adirondacks. The trip included ~30 miles of paddling, a 1.3 mile portage, and volunteering for the 37th annual 90-miler Adirondack Canoe Classic race. Chapter members helped hand out water, gatorade, and snacks to ~600 paddlers in 235 boats in the race. The group also had great campfire discussions about river management topics with staff from the NFCT and NY State Department of Environmental Conservation. 2018 Northeast Chapter Trips/EventsWashington, DC Environmental Film Festival Evening Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Wild and Scenic - March 21, 2018 These films represent a unique partnership among the national river organizations American Rivers, American Whitewater, River Network and River Management Society and Wild and Scenic Rivers administering agencies – Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service and US Forest Service. • Wild Olympics (9 min) - Dir. Colin Arisman Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Wild and Scenic Rivers 50th Anniversary Paddle - October, 2018 2017 Northeast Chapter TripsPotomac River Mather Gorge - September, 2017 2016 Northeast Chapter TripsAnacostia River, MD/DC - October 23, 2016 Bronx River Trip - NY, Bronx River Alliance 2015 Northeast Chapter TripsNational Board Meeting Piscataqua River Trip - NH, October 11-12 Missisquoi River Trip - VT, June 27-28 (after Pedal / Paddle Race) “Celebrate the Mississquoi!” with the Northeast Chapter! The Missisquoi River in northern Vermont recently became Vermont’s first Wild and Scenic River. It is also one of the rivers that comprise the Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT). On Saturday, June 27 the NFCT collaborated with the Town of Richford’s Conservation Commission to put on a River Fest and a Paddle & Pedal Race. The Paddle Pedal Race involved a 6 mile paddle and a 5 mile bicycle ride on the Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail. The local library hosted a BBQ afterwards, and RMS Executive Director Risa Shimoda was the guest speaker at the River Fest event. After the race the NE Chapter, led by member Walter Opuszynski paddled downstream and stayed at an official Northern Forest Canoe Trail campsite, enjoying a campfire and cameraderie as we learned about the river improvements that have been completed, challenges that have been overcome along the way, and future river management efforts. On Sunday we paddled approximately 8 miles to the town of Enosburg Falls. 2014 Northeast Chapter Trip - Connecticut River (NH, VT)
Thomas J. Christopher, RMS Member - Mr. Christopher is a founding director and current Secretary of New England FLOW, the first organized coalition of recreational boating groups in the northeast. In addition, he is a former board member of American Whitewater, serving for 14 years and was its Conservation Chair from 1997 until 2004. He helped to organize the Hydropower Reform Coalition (HRC) in Washington, D. C. in 1991, and sits on the HRC Steering Committee, pursuing changes in hydropower policy and rulemaking through the FERC relicensing process. He is a signatory to multiple FERC relicensing settlement agreements throughout New England and is currently working on the relicensing of five dams on the Connecticut River in Vermont and Massachusetts. Andrew Fisk, Ph.D., Executive Director, Connecticut River Watershed Council - Prior to joining CRWC in 2011 Andy served as Director of the Land and Water Quality Bureau at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection for seven years. As Maine’s land and water quality director, Andy worked with municipalities, industry, and citizens to develop, finance, and implement clean water requirements that eliminated algae blooms, sewer overflows and maintained stream and river flows. He was also actively involved in enacting and implementing scientifically-based protections for hundreds of thousands of acres of significant wildlife habitats for tidal and inland waterfowl as well as protections for vernal pools. Norman Sims, Ph.D. - Norman recently retired as an honors professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He was a founding member of New England FLOW in 1988 when dams on the Deerfield River in Vermont and Massachusetts came up for relicensing. He later spent 12 years on the Board of Directors of the Appalachian Mountain Club, including several years as chair of the AMC Conservation Programs Committee. Along with Tom Christopher of FLOW and Ken Kimball of the AMC, Norm has worked on several hydropower relicensings in New England. As a volunteer, Norm currently represents the AMC in relicensing five hydropower facilities on the Connecticut River. He is also writing a book on the history of the North American canoe. Thank you Lelia Mellen, Paul Beaulieu for coordinating the trip, and others for attending! 2013 Northeast Chapter Trip
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RMS-NE Chapter paddles the Connecticut River! On Saturday, October 4, paddled 7 miles from Cornish, NH Boat Launch to Wilgus State Park, VT. Along the way and at a group dinner, heard from the RMS members and other regional experts about the river management topics that both define the river today and which will impact the watershed immensely in the years to come. Here are our special guest experts:
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