The National Council for Science and the Environment
(Formerly the Committee for the National Institute for the Environment)
"Improving the scientific basis for making decisions on environmental issues"  
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March 8, 2001

President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

 

Dear President Bush:

During your recent election campaign, you talked about the importance of basing environmental decisions on science. We, as a diverse coalition of academic, business, environmental, governmental and community leaders, working with the National Council for Science and the Environment agree with you in this regard.

We are writing to urge you to implement your campaign commitment by making investment in science for environmental decisionmaking a priority in your administration. In particular, we are asking you to provide significantly increased funding for scientific programs to:

  • Assess what is known about the environment
  • Better understand the environment
  • Provide scientific information about the environment
  • Support science-based education about the environment.

These programs include:

  • National Science Foundation’s biocomplexity in the environment initiative and portfolio of environmental science, engineering and education programs
  • U.S. Geological Survey’s biological, geological, hydrological, and mapping divisions
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development, especially the Science To Achieve Results (STAR) research and fellowship programs
  • National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
  • US Department of Agriculture’s environmental research programs through CSREES and the Agricultural Research Service, particularly the Natural Resource Initiative
  • US Forest Service forestry research
  • Department of Energy’s environmental science programs
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration earth exploration programs.
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

We hope that your initial budget will support science as an investment that will lead to a stronger economy, healthy people, and a healthy environment.

Sincerely,

Peter D Saundry, Ph.D.
Executive Director
National Council for Science & the Environment

Signitures order alphabetically by organization name universities & non-universities

 

Non university organizations

 

Mary Lynne Bird
Executive Director
The American Geographical Society

Mark F. Deering
President- Ohio Section
American Institute of Professional Geologists

Michael S. Giaimo
V.P. Energy and Environmental Affairs
Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire

Roger McManus
President Emeritus
Center for Marine Conservation 

William C. Baker
President
Chesapeake Bay Foundation

George Colvin,Craig Cox, Martin Schmidt
Certified Professional Geologists
Cox-Colvin & Associates 

Rita McManamon
Director
Conservation Action Resource Center

James Lazell
President
The Conservancy Agency

Mark Shaffer
Senior Vice President
Defenders of Wildlife

Martin J. Muggleton
President
Greater Corning Area Chamber of Commerce

T. Nejat Veziroglu
President
International Association for Hydrogen Energy

Elliot Norse
President
Marine Conservation Biology Institute

 

Dick Bartlett
Vice Chairman
Mary Kay Holding Corp.

Daniel A. Lashof
Senior Scientist
Natural Resources Defense Council

Joan Verplanck
President
NJ Chamber of Commerce

Gerlad M. Meral
Executive Director
Planning and Conservation League

Robert Engelman
Vice President for Research
Population Action International

Eugene V. Coan
Sr. Advisor to the Executive Director
The Sierra Club

John G. Robinson
Senior Vice President
Wildlife Conservation Society

Donald Brunning
Chairman and Curator
Wildlife Conservation Society

G. Thomas Bancroft
Vice President
The Wilderness Society

Gregory H Aplet
Forest Ecologist
The Wilderness Society

Richard A. Anthes
President
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

 

Universities

 

John T. Gibson
Alabama A&M University
President

Richard J. Cook
President
Allegheny College

Tom Gerety
President
Amherst College

Lattie Coor
President
Arizona State University

Jeanne O’Laughlin
President
Barry University

David H. Swinton
President and CEO
Benedict College

Gloria R. Scott
President
Bennett College

Larry Shinn
President
Berea College

Oswald P. Bronson
President
Bethune-Cookman College

Jon Westling
President
Boston University

Jehuda Reinharz
President
Brandeis University

Gwen Fountain
Interim President
Butler University

James Rosser
President
California State University, L.A.

John D. Welty
President
California State University- Fresno

Mathew Goldstein
Chancellor
City University of New York

Claire A. Van Ummerson
President
Cleveland State University

Henry N. Tisdale
President
Claflin University

Steven K. Katona
President
College of the Atlantic

Albert C. Yates
President
Colorado State University

George Rupp
President
Columbia University

William Cibes
Chancellor
Connecticut State University System

Joseph R. Fink
President
Dominican University of California

Nannerl O. Keohane
President
Duke University

David R. Black
President
Eastern College

William M. Chace
President
Emory University

Anthony J. Catanese
President
Florida Atlantic University

Carl V. Patton
President
Georgia State University

Eugene M. Tobin
President
Hamilton College

Walter M. Bortz III
President
Hampden-Sydney College

Thomas R. Tritton
President
Haverford College

Myles Brand
President
Indiana University

David F. Brakke
Dean College of Science & Mathematics
James Madison University

Laurence I. Peterson
Dean
Kennesaw State University

Wesley C. McClure
President
Lane College

Michael Mooney
President
Lewis and Clark College

David B. Henson
President
Lincoln University

Constance Woo
Dean of Library
Long Island University

Michael S. McPherson
President
Macalester College

Geoffrey Gamble
President
Montana State University

Earl S. Richardson
President
Morgan State University

Joanne V. Creighton
Prseident
Mount Holyoke College

Daniel H. Lopez
President
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Clara Lovett
President
Northern Arizona University 

John G. Peters
President
Northern Illinois University

Delbert Baker
President
Oakwood College

Robert Glidden
President
Ohio University

Daniel E. Garvey
President
Prescott College

Daniel O. Bernstine
President
Portland State University

 

Alice Chandler
Interim President
Ramapo College of New Jersey

William Nevious
President
Reinhardt College

Malcolm Gillis
President
Rice University

Paul B. Ranslow
President
Ripon College

Richard Yanikoski
President
Saint Xavier University

Paul Locatelli, S.J.
President
Santa Clara University

James E. Walker
President
Southern Illinois University

John H. Keiser
President
Southwest Missouri State University

Audrey F. Manley
President
Spelman College

Karen Hitchcock
President
State University of New York - Albany

Paul Yu
President
State University of New York – Brockport

Roger W. Bowen
President
State University of New York- New Paltz

Horace A Judson
President
State University of New York- Plattsburg

Shirley Kenny
President
State University of New York - Stony Brook

Beheruz N. Sethna
President
State University of West Georgia

Peter Likins
President
University of Arizona

Henry T. Yang
Chancellor
University of California Santa Barbara

M.R.C. Greenwood
Chancellor
University of California- Santa Cruz

Anibal Colon Rosado
President
Universidad Central de Bayamon

Linda Bunnell Shade
Chancellor
University of Colorado- Colorado Springs

Georgia Lesh-Laurie
Chancellor
University of Colorado- Denver

Kenneth P. Mortimer
President
University of Hawaii

Freeman Hrabowski
President
University of Maryland- Baltimore County

Donald N. Langenberg
Chancellor
University of Maryland System

Blanch Touhill
Chancellor
University of Missouri- St. Louis 

William McCoy
Interim Chancellor
University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill

James Woodard
Chancellor
University of North Carolina- Charlotte

Patricia A Sullivan
Chancellor
University of North Carolina- Greensboro

Charles Kupchella
President
University of North Dakota

Jess K. Zimmerman
Director
University of Puerto Rico

Terry A. Cooney
Acting President
University of Puget Sound

Robert L. Carothers
President
University of Rhode Island

William E. Cooper
President
University of Richmond

Steve Privett
President
University of San Francisco

John M. Palms
President
University of South Carolina- Columbia

John T. Casteen III
President
University of Virginia

John D. Wiley
Chancellor
University of Wisconsin – Madison

Thomas F. George
Chancellor
University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point

Julius E. Erlenbach
Chancellor
University of Wisconsin- Superior

Philip L. Dubois
President
University of Wyoming

Frances D. Fergusson
President
Vassar College

Eugene P. Trani
President
Virginia Commonwealth University

Charles W. Steger
President
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Bernard Franklin
President
Virginia Union University

Brian C. Mitchell
President
Washington & Jefferson College

Karen W. Morse
President
Western Washington University

M. Lee Pelton
President
Willamette University

Perry Moore
Provost
Wright State University