Who’s Involved With the CMA

Staff

Hazel England

Hazel is director of Outreach and Education, and land steward for GSWA. Hazel coordinates and oversees the land management and restoration at the CMA. She works with individual, civic and corporate volunteers to manage the restoration of the site hands-on. Her background is in ecology and environmental management, and she has been involved with restoration ecology for 20 years here in New Jersey and in her native Scotland. You will find her giving orders and donuts in equal measure on any workday at the site!

Volunteers

Blaine Rothauser

Blaine has been a volunteer for Great Swamp Watershed Association since 1996, and has been involved with the ecological restoration at the CMA since the beginning. Blaine’s expertise in native plant communities and invasive species control is put into practice on the restoration site and he is the author of the monthly natural happenings at the CMA. Additionally, Blaine is the talented photographer behind many of the amazing natural history images used throughout our web site. Check out more of his work at www.e-naturaleyes.com/.

Frank H. Stillinger

A long-time resident of Chatham Township in the Great Swamp watershed, Frank’s activities at the GSWA CMA have included trail creation and maintenance, design and construction of foot bridges, and removal of invasive plant species. He joined the GSWA Board of Trustees in 2004. Frank is often to be found removing trash and other debris that wash into the Silver Brook as it crosses the site!

Stephen Gruber

A native New Jerseyan and resident of Millington, Steve has volunteered for a number of environmental groups since he took early retirement. At the CMA, he has been involved in invasive plant removal, helped with the installation of the deer fence, and built many hundreds of feet of boardwalks. He has been a member of GSWA’s Science and Technology Committee since 2005. Steve can always be counted on to help manage corporate workgroups at the site to make them efficient and productive.

Wes Boyce and Lisa Stevens

Wes and Lisa live in Bernardsville. They are avid birders and bicyclists. Wes enjoys fly fishing and is the secretary of the Ken Lockwood chapter of Trout Unlimited. Lisa enjoys gardening and spraying deer repellant while endeavoring to populate the gardens around their home with native species. Wes and Lisa discovered GSWA by attending a cold winter evening owl walk. “We enjoy helping out with GSWA because the work we do directly impacts the community we live in. GSWA is a great bunch of knowledgeable and enthusiastic people who genuinely care about the local environment and work hard to preserve the natural watershed area surrounding the Great Swamp.”

Bob Crocco

A long time resident of Harding Township, Bob retired from the world of business in 2008 and began volunteering at GSWA in 2009. To date, he has worked primarily on the removal of invasive species and stream bank restoration. He holds a MS degree in Environmental Science, and is currently enrolled at Columbia University’s Center for Environmental Research and Conservation. “Climate change and water resources are two of the most pressing challenges we face as a region, a nation and a global community. The Great Swamp is critically important for millions of New Jersey residents. My volunteer efforts at GSWA represent one way to insure that my children and granddaughters can enjoy all that nature provides.”

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