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This
opportunity to observe the daily lives of an osprey family has been
made possible by a group of hard working people who care a great deal
about the future of the osprey and knew and loved Dennis Puleston.
(*indicates committee members in the photograph)
Betty Puleston*
- provided complete support for the project through her love for
Dennis
Jen* and Pete Clement and Peter Puleston - carry on the tradition
of Dennis' family and their love for the osprey and gave information
and great assistance to the project.
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Contributors
to the Dennis Puleston Osprey Fund
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are deeply grateful for those who have supported the Dennis Puleston
Osprey Fund. The following list of individuals and organizations
is hopefully complete. If we have omitted anyone we apologize.
The people who have remembered Dennis through this fund have contributed
greatly to his legacy of protecting the osprey and we thank them
for their contribution.
Marilyn Abbey & Family
Isabel Beadleston
Jane Belzak
Russell & Judith Bird
Henry Borntraeger
Brookhaven Village Associaton
Ed Call
Robert & Judith Chernaik
Elizabeth Coffin
The Community Foundation
Art & Nancy Cooley
Farrell Decker
Nicholas & Annette Delihas
Thomas & Manya Dickinson
The Ederle Family
Eileen Green Realty Corp.
Environment East, Inc.
Eric & Brenda Forsyth
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Goelet
Charles & Sherrell Grean
Willliam & Louise Greaves
Henry Halama
Mary Hamilton Hawkes
Jean Held
Robert & Gertrude Ince
N. W. Jeremy
Barbara & Rotui Kellum
Bonnie Klein
Ed & Barbara Knowles
Barbara Knowles
Stephen & Kathleen Lacey
Norman & Judith Lasca
Nancy Lee
Tom & Connie Ludllam
James & Nancy Ludlow
Dan Lufkin
Christopher & Sally Lutz
Donald & Susan MacKenzie
Robert & Nancy Marr
Mary Matzek
Michael & Marilyn Mckeown
Charles & Anne Meinhold
Frederick Mohlman & Family
Blair & Joan Munhofen
Jack Neill
Thomas & Judith O'Rourke
Richard & Dorothy O'Rourke
Vernon O'Rourke
The Paige Family
Betty Puleston
Peter C. Quinn
Lynn Scheibel
Jane Smith
Tom Stock
Francesca Stoner
Barbara & Paul Stoutenburgh
Margaret Taylor
Nathan Thompson
James & Caroline Tripp
Marty Van Lith & Anita Cohen
The Van't Hof Family
Tom & Ellen Williams
Evan Williams
Owen Williams
Richard & Ann Wiswall
Kim Woodle & Joanne Downs
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Art Cooley *- A Board member of Environmental Defense and the
visionary who pulled the team together and gave direction to the Fund.
Pat Martinkovic - The Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Long Island
National Wildlife Refuge Complex and her staff gave great assistance
to this project.
Tom and Regina Shea* - researched the equipment for the nest
site and coordinated the technical aspects of the project.
Tom Throwe* - developed the architecture for the computers
and software. Tom's kids volunteered their bedroom as a test site
for the first osprey cam broadcasts.
Rick Mohlman* - built and installed the welded steel support
arm.
Ben Moger-Williams - provides the maintenance and design of
the web site.
Tom Williams* - on the board of the Post-Morrow Foundation
designed and edited the
Newsletter.
Ken Budny* - facilities manager for Post-Morrow Foundation
and responsible for providing information about building nest platforms.
David Shore* - a vital member of the committee from the beginning
Anne Meinhold* - oversaw the archaeological survey necessary
to get clearance for the project.
Tom and Connie Ludlam* - Tom, a member of the Post-Morrow Foundation
Board and Connie provided leadership and continuity to the committee
as well as seeking assistance from CableVision and Brookhaven National
Laboratory.
Anthony Graves and Sharon Wolgemuth - work in the Town of Brookhaven
Department of Environmental Protection and provided assistance with
mapping.
Karen and Keith Rowley - provided assistance in researching
and reviewing documents listed on the web-site regarding Dennis' articles
and research on ospreys.
Mike Scheibel - of the Nature Conservancy who provided ornithological
advice on the osprey.
We are grateful to the authors of the various articles appearing in
this newsletter, David Gessner, Anthony Graves, Art Cooley, Marilyn
Abbey and Tom Shea et al.
We also would
like to acknowledge the following companies and individuals for their
assistance to the project. Doug Romeo and Optimum Online that carries
the signal from the nest site to the server, Brookhaven National Laboratory
which hosts the server computer, KC Electronics Distributors Inc.
in East Setauket supplied the underground cable to the nest pole and
contributed part of the order, Bob Sack who supplied the super long
ladder that allowed us to install the steel camera arm and John Maloof
who loaned the block and fall to hoist the arm up and down on its
hinge.
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