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Contact info for local and state officials

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 Councilors

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 
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


Writer, singer, linguist and activist Daniel Patrick Welch lives and writes in Salem, Massachusetts, with his wife, Julia Nambalirwa-Lugudde. Together they run The Greenhouse School. Some of his articles have been broadcast on radio, and translations are available in up to 20 languages. Links to the website are appreciated at danielpwelch.com.