Boyd Smith, Newfound Lake Region Association. Boyd is the Director of the Newfound Lake Region Association (NLRA), a 501c(3) nonprofit founded in 1971 and committed to the long-term balance of environmental stewardship and economic sustainability. Mr. Smith holds degrees in Geology and Hydrology from the University of NH (Durham) and gained nearly 20 years’ experience with environmental remediation, regulatory compliance, permitting and safety projects prior to joining the NLRA in March 2006.

He has spent time at Newfound Lake since the 1960s, initially as a care-free vacationer and more recently combining off-season work with pleasure at his parents’ seasonal cottage in Pasquaney Bay. He is passionate about finding options for combining sustainable economic growth and natural resource management, and in May 2007 completed the MBA program at UNH to develop leadership skills to help meet these goals.

Dr. Brian Eisenhauer, Associate Director and Assistant Professor of Sociology.  Dr. Eisenhauer is the principal researcher for the innovative social survey and analysis portion of Every Acre Counts, as well as the leader of the Plymouth State University team engaged in support of the watershed project.  Brian's primary area of specialty is natural resource / environmental sociology, a field that studies community in its largest sense by examining the interrelationships between society, culture and the environment. He has a strong background in social research methods, and an active and varied research agenda focusing on the interaction of environment and society through investigating rural community change and development, community attachment and grassroots activism, wilderness values and perceptions, the evaluation of environmental education and conservation programs, outdoor recreation issues and management, and public opinion about environmental and natural resource issues.

Dr. Eisenhauer’s formal education includes a B.A. from Colorado State University, Department of Sociology; an M.A. from Humboldt State University, Department of Sociology; and a Ph.D. from Utah State University, Department of Sociology. 

He may be contacted at: Social Sciences Department, MSC 39, Plymouth State University
17 High Street, Plymouth, NH 03264; via telephone at 603.535.2497 or e-mail at bweisenhauer@plymouth.edu

Stephen C. Landry, Merrimack Watershed Supervisor

Watershed Assistance Section, Watershed Management Bureau

NH Department of Environmental Services

Since graduating from the University of Massachusetts Environmental Science program in 1992, Steve has worked at the NH Department of Environmental Services in the Watershed Management Bureau where he currently manages federally funded restoration projects within the Merrimack River basin. Steve works closely with local landowners, watershed organizations, municipalities, NGO’s, as well as state and federal agencies to develop restoration projects and watershed management and restoration plans.  Steve also manages a dry weather investigation program for the Merrimack River basin that identifies and corrects illicit sanitary discharges to surface waters.  In order to satisfy his love for aquatic macroinvertebrates, Steve uses his spare time to serve as the Sampling Supervisor and Quality Assurance/Quality Control Officer for the Upper Merrimack River Local Advisory Committee’s Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program.  When not engaged in professional or volunteer activities, Steve enjoys traveling, and a multitude of aquatic, terrestrial, and subterranean sports.

Robert Craycraft, Educational Program Coordinator, LLMP

UNH Center for Freshwater Biology

Robert joined UNH Cooperative Extension in 1991. While an undergraduate at UNH, Robert was employed by the New Hampshire Lakes Lay Monitoring Program (LLMP), a statewide volunteer lake and stream monitoring program, where he worked directly with the residents from lakes across New Hampshire. Through his interaction with the public during his undergraduate career, Robert became familiar with water quality concerns and water quality perceptions of New Hampshire residents, which proved to be an invaluable precursor to his employment with Cooperative Extension. Following two years as a Water Resources Program Assistant Robert assumed his current position of Educational Program Coordinator in 1993 where he continues to work with local residents on lakes and streams throughout New Hampshire.  Bob earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from UNH in 1990 with emphasis in aquatic ecology.

Bob has led LLMP monitoring on Newfound Lake for most of his career, and is responsible for managing the extensive June 2006 – December 2007 tributary monitoring project, as well as several key water resource Tasks under Every Acre Counts.

Bob may be contacted at:

38 College Rd.
Spaulding Hall
Durham, NH 03824-3544
Phone: 862-3696
FAX: 862-2717
E-mail: Bob.Craycraft@unh.edu

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