Help! We are trying to save a stretch of wetlands behind our school. Yes, we know there are bigger fish to fry, but if you have a moment to weigh in with some of the powers-that-be, it might help. It may seem small with WalMart getting away with filling in lakes and all, but it's still important. See links for copies of letters and other documentation sent to local and state officials. It's a tough fight, since the developer is a state college, and seems above the law in some respects. But it can't hurt to keep pointing out that Massachusetts' land use is expanding at seven times the rate of population growth, and that this is the last remaining sliver of the old Pickman River bed.
Below are contacts of local and state officials, if you want to write, fax, call or email (they seem to be effective in that order). These contacts are all available online, so no invasion of privacy is intended; however, be polite and reasonable as always. There are also plenty of other environmental and neighborhood groups on this list. And of course, if there's an environmental lawyer or something out there who wants to take this on, by all means. Different readers may have varied ideas on who best to contact, whom they might know, etc. Obviously the more people we get in touch with, the better.
Politicians always need support to take strong stands, especially when powerful interests are involved. And while they usually prefer contacts from their own constituents, this is also part of the problem. Developers count on opposition being carved up and localized; it might not hurt for people to get a fax or two from Sweden or Argentina urging Americans not to ruin the planet we all share. …. El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido!
WRITE, CALL, FAX OR EMAIL some or all of these officials (or others if you think of any). Try to get 2 or 3 neighbors to do the same. Big developers won't listen unless we can get our elected officials to stand up for us and get others involved. Obviously, the more people we reach, the better.
Salem Conservation Commission
120 Washington Street
Frank Taormina at 978-745-9595, Ext. 311
or ftaormina@salem.com
Individual members might be more effective-if you can find them!
Salem Conservation Commission Members
Kevin P. Cornacchio, Chairman
6 Beachmont Road
Salem, MA 01970
Joseph Furnari, Vice-Chairman
123 Marlborough Road
Salem, MA 01970
David Pabich
8 Harborview Terrace
Salem, MA 01970
Kevin R. Carr, Jr.
3 Cedarview Street
Salem, MA 01970
Keith E. Glidden
21 Turner Street, Unit #2
Salem, MA 01970
Mayor's Office:
Kimberley Driscoll - Mayor
Salem City Hall
93 Washington Street
Salem, MA 01970
978.745.9595 x202
mayor@salem.com
Jason Silva, Aide x203
jsilva@salem.com
Salem City Councillors
Michael Bencal
26 Oakland Street
Salem, MA 01970
Home (978) 744-5946
councillorbencal@hotmail.com
Lucy Corchado
38 Peabody St. #3-1
Salem, MA 01970
Home (978) 741-3653
lucycorchado@yahoo.com
Chair of Environment Committee
Thomas H. Furey
21 Barstow Street
Salem, MA 01970
Home 744-5963
Joan B. Lovely
14 Story Street
Salem, MA 01970
Joan.Lovely2@verizon.net
joanlovely@verizon.net
Joseph A. O'Keefe, Sr.
28 Surrey Road
Salem, MA 01970
Home (978) 744-1884
fmokeefepe@aol.com
Leonard F. O'Leary
31 Barcelona Avenue
Salem, MA 01970
Home (978) 744-0799
LennyOLeary@comcast.net
Jean M. Pelletier
7 Lawrence Street
Salem, MA 01970
jpelletier7@hotmail.com
Paul C. Prevey
26 Tremont Street
Salem, MA 01970
pcprey@aol.com
Arthur C. Sargent, III
8 Maple Avenue
Salem, MA 01970
Sargeatlarge74@aol.com
Michael Sosnowski
17 Collins Street
Salem, MA 01970
7 Lawrence Street
patajo@verizon.net
Matthew A. Veno
20 Forest Avenue #3
Salem, MA 01970
Home (978) 745-2735
mattveno@hotmail.com
State Representative John Keenan
District Office
222 Essex Street
Salem, MA 01970
(978) 741-4453
Fax (978) 740-0072
info@johnkeenan.org
State House Office
Room 146
Aide Dominick Pangallo
Massachusetts State House
Boston, MA 02133
Phone (617) 722-2575
Fax (617) 722-2238
info@johnkeenan.org
Deerin Babb-Brott, Director MEPA
100 Cambridge St. Suite 900
Boston MA 02114
Telephone (617) 626-1020
FAX (617) 626-1181
Army Corps
New England District (CENAE-PA)
696 Virginia Road
Concord, MA 01742-2751
978-318-8238
FAX 978-318-8850
Kathryn Glenn
CZM North Shore Regional Coordinator
#2 State Fish Pier
Gloucester, MA 01930-3016
(978) 281-3972
Fax: (978) 281-8979
kathryn.glenn@state.ma.us
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
251 Causeway Street, Suite 800
Boston, MA 02114-2138
Phone and Fax:
Phone: 617-626-1200
Phone: 617-626-1212 (information line)
Fax: 617-626-1240
Riverways Program, Department of Fish & Game,
251 Causeway St., Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114
(617) 626-1540 (main line), (617) 626-1505 (fax)
Amy.Singler@state.ma.us
Russ.Cohen@state.ma.us
John Tierney
(Aides Natalie Hildt, George McCabe)
Peabody
17 Peabody Square
Peabody, MA 01960
Phone: (978) 531-1669
Fax: (978) 531-1996
Lynn
Rm. 105, Lynn City Hall
Lynn, MA 01902
Phone: (781) 595-7375
Fax: (781) 595-7492
Washington, DC ***
120 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-8020
Fax: (202) 225-5915
Senator Ted Kennedy
317 Russell Sen. Ofc. Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
p. (202) 224-4543
f (202) 224-2417
local ofc.
2400 JFK Bldg
Boston, MA 02203
p. (617) 565-3170
f. (617) 565-3183
Kerry
Washington D.C.
304 Russell Bldg.
Third Floor
Washington D.C. 20510
(202) 224-2742 - Phone
(202) 224-8525 - Fax
Boston
One Bowdoin Square
Tenth Floor
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 565-8519 - Phone
(617) 248-3870 - Fax
Stephen R. Pritchard, Secretary
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
100 Cambridge, 9th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
To Report an environmental crime in Massachusetts:
(617) 556-1000 or toll free (888) VIOLATE
(1-888-846-5283)
Dana Muldoon: Dana.Muldoon@state.ma.us
Dana Muldoon
Dept of Environ. Protection
1 Winter Street
Boston, MA 02108
Chris Burke
Friends of Salem Woods, Inc.,
203 Washington Street, Suite 158,
Salem, MA 01970-5010
Richard Tomczyk
Dept of Environmental Protection
205B Lowell Street
Wilmington, MA 01887
Henry Woolsey
NHESP
Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife
North Drive, Westborough, MA 01581
Kathryn Zichelle Sullivan, Soil Conservationist
Westford Field Office
Nat'l Resources Cons. Service
319 Littleton Road, Suite 205
Westford, MA 01886-4133
Phone: 978-692-1904 Ext. 3
Fax: 978-392-1305
Jessica Stephens Siler, Environmental Advocate
Environmtl League of MA
14 Beacon Street, Suite 714, Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 742-2553
Fax: (617) 742-9656
elm@environmentalleague.org
www.environmentalleague.org
EPA New England, Region 1
Wetlands Enforcement Program
1 Congress Street, Ste 1100
Boston, MA 02114-20203
Customer calle Center
New England States
Ph: (888) 372-7341
Fax (617) 918-0101
Ed Himlan, Exec Director
The Massachusetts Watershed Coalition
14 Monument Square
P.O. Box 577
Leominster, MA 01453
(978) 534-0379
(978) 534-1329 fax
Ed@commonwaters.com
www.commonwaters.com
Essex Conservation District
562 Maple Street
Hathorne, MA 01937
(508) 774-5578
Assoc. of Mass Wetland Scientists
109 Whitney Street, Northborough, MA 01532
Tele. 508/ 523-2053 or
www.amws.org
administrator@amws.org
Edward Becker
Executive Director
Essex County Greenbelt Asn
82 Eastern Avenue
Essex, MA 01929
Nature Conservancy
Massachusetts Field Office
205 Portland Street, Suite 400
Boston, MA 02114-1708
(617) 227-7017
(617) 227-7688 (fax)
www.tnc.org
massachusetts@tnc.org
Mass DEP HQ
One Winter Street,
Boston, MA 02108
Main Telephone: 617-292-5500
Main Fax: 617-556-1049
DEP Northeast Region
Gillian Davies
205B Lowell Street
Wilmington, MA 01887
Gillian.Davies@state.ma.us
978/661-7812
978-694-3200
Southeast: Erik Mitchell
20 Riverside Drive
Lakeville, MA 02347
Erik.Mitchell@state.ma.us
508/946-2869
508-946-2700
West: Bob McCollum
436 Dwight Street
Springfield, MA 01103
Robert.J.McCollum@state.ma.us
413-755-2138
413-784-1100
Central: Marielle Stone
627 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01608
Marielle.Stone@state.ma.us
508/767-2733
508-792-7650
Massachusetts Chapter Sierra Club
100 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116
Tel: (617) 423-5775 Fax: (617) 423-5858
Salem Sound Coastwatch
201 Washington Street Suite 9
Salem, MA 01970
(978)741-7900
Maine League of Conservation Voters
14 Main Street, Suite 212, Box 16
Brunswick, ME 04011
Executive Director: Eliza Townsend
Phone: (207) 373-1200
mlcv@suscom-maine.net
www.mlcv.org
Tennessee Conservation Voters
2021 21st Ave. South, Suite 431
Nashville, TN 37212
Executive Director: Open Position
Phone: (615) 269-9090
tcved@bellsouth.net
www.tnconservationvoters.org
Society for Ecological Restoration International
285 W. 18th Street, Suite 1
Tucson, Arizona 85701 USA
520.622.5485 phone / 520.622.5491 fax /
info@ser.org
www.ser.org
Suzanne Pittenger-Slear
President/Treasurer
Environmental Concern, inc
P.O. Box P
201 Boundary Lane
St. Michaels, MD 21633
Phone (410) 745-9620
Fax (410) 745-3517
admin@wetland.org
www.wetland.org
National Neighborhood Coalition
1221 Connecticut Ave., NW, 2nd Fl
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202/429.0790
Fax: 202/429.0795
info@neighborhoodcoalition.org
www.neighborhoodcoalation.org
Natural Resources Defense Council
40 West 20th Street
New York, NY 10011
Telephone: (212) 727-2700
Fax: (212) 727-1773
Allison Smiley, Executive Director
Sprawlwatch Clearinghouse
1400 16th Street NW Suite 225
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 332-7000
Fax: (202) 265-0182
asmiley@sprawlwatch.org
www.sprawlwatch.org
Peter Shelley
Conservation Law Foundation
62 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02110-1016
Phone: (617) 350-0990
Fax: (617) 350-4030
Kathryn J. Lincoln
Lincoln Inst of Land Policy
113 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138-3400
617/661-3016 or 800/LAND-USE (800/526-3873)
Fax: 617/661-7235 or 800/LAND-944 (800/526-3944)
Don Harker
Communities by Choice
514 NW Congress Street
Bend, OR 97701
1-877-671-3777
Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
1500 San Remo Avenue, Ste 249
Coral Gables, Florida 33146
Telephone: (305) 667-6350
Facsimile: (305) 667-6355
Leslie Carothers, President
Environmental Law Inst
2000 L Street NW, Ste 620
Washington, DC 20036
Phone (202) 939-3800
Fax: (202) 939-3868
carothers@eli.org
www.eli.org
Kevin Fry, President
Scenic America
1634 I Street NW Suite 510
Washington, DC 20006
Phone (202) 638-0550
Fax (202) 638-3171
scenic@scenic.org
www.scenic.org
Earth Share of New England
325 Huntington Avenue, Suite 27
Boston, MA 02115
617.282.7177
lorit@earthshare.org
www.earthshare.org
American Rivers
Northeast Regional Ofc
20 Bayberry Road,
Glastonbury, CT 06033
Phone: 860-652-9911
Fax: 860-652-9922
lwildman@amrivers.org
www.amrivers.org
EarthJustice
426 17th Street, 6th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612-2820
(510) 550-6700
www.earthjustice.org
Clean Water Fund
4455 Connecticut Ave. NW Suite A300-16
Washington, DC 20008-2328
(202) 895-0432 Telephone
(202) 895-0438 Fax
cwf@cleanwater.org
www.cleanwter.org
Defenders of Wildlife
1130 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
1-800-385-9712
defenders@mail.defenders.org
www.defenders.org
Environmental Defense
18 Tremont Street, Suite 850
Boston, MA 02108
Telephone: (617) 723-2996
Fax: (617) 723-2999
Friends of the Earth
1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, 600
Washington, DC 20036-2002
Phone: (877) 843-8687 - toll free
Fax: (202) 783-0444
E-mail for general information: foe@foe.org
foe.org
Land Trust Alliance
1331 H Street NW, Suite 400
Washington DC 20005-4734
202-638-4725
lta@lta.org
www.lta.org
Chris LaPointe
Trust for Public Land
New England Regional Office
33 Union St., 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 367-6200
FAX (617) 367-1616
Chris.lapointe@tpl.org
www.tpl.org
Jennifer Palembas
Union of Concerned Scientists
2 Brattle Square
Cambridge, MA 02238-9105
Phone: 617-547-5552
Fax: 617-864-9405
Jen Baker
Masspirg
44 Winter Street
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 292-4800
Fax: (617) 292-8057
info@masspirg.org
www.masspirg.org
Boston Greenspace Alliance
44 Bromfield Street
Boston, MA 02108-4909
Phone: (617) 426-7980
James Bryan McCaffrey
Sierra Club, Massachusetts Chapter
100 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116
Tel:617.423.5775 Fax:617.423.5858
director@sierraclubmass.org
Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow
c/o Clean Water Action
262 Washington Street Room 301
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
phone617-338-8131
fax 617-338-6449
info@healthytomorrow.org
www.healthytomorrow.org
HealthLink
PO Box 301
Swampscott, MA 01907
781-598-1115
Amy Perry
National Environmental Law Ctr. Massachusetts
29 Temple Place
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 422-0880
Fax: (617) 422-0881
Contact: (617) 747-4338 or (617) 747-4360
TPLJ-Environmental Div.
Robert J. Bonsignore
Bonsignore & Brewer
23 Forest Street
Medford, Massachusetts 02155-3128
(781) 391-9400
Fax: (781) 391-9496
rbonsignore@aol.com
TPLJ
James Swartz
Swartz & Swartz
10 Marshall Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
(617) 742-1900
Fax: (617) 367-7193
attorney@swartzlaw.com
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
Case Intake
1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20036
Fax: 202-232-7203
The Wilderness Society--NE
93 Second Street (2nd floor)
Hallowell, ME 04347
(207) 626-5553
ALTERNATIVES FOR COMMUNITY & ENVIRONMENT
2343 Washington St., 2nd Floor
Roxbury, MA 02119
(617) 442-3343
Fax: (617) 442-2425
ace@essential.org
Contact John Rumpler
Kyla Bennett
Pub Empl for Env Resp
P.O. Box 574
North Easton, MA 02356
Phone: 508-230-9933 Fax: 508-230-2110
nepeer@peer.org
Jay Astle
Environmental Federation of New England
171 Milk Street, Suite 32
Boston , MA 02109
617-542-3363 phone
617-350-5052 fax
efne@shore.net
Green Corps Central Offic
Naomi Roth
Executive Director
44 Winter Street, 4th fl.
Boston, MA 02108
Ph: 617.426.8506
Fx: 617.292.8057
naomi@greencorps.org
www.greencorps.org
99 Chauncy Street
6th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
phone 617-247-0700
fax 617-267-5400
muzila@ceres.org