The Working Group's joint task will be to develop boundary alternatives and draft the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS). The Working Group is composed of government agency representatives who have some jurisdictional or resource management responsibilities in the area of interest, as well as user group representatives from the Sanctuary Advisory Council (SAC). The SAC subcommittee will act as a conduit for input from affected users and concerned individuals and organizations.

The next Working Group meeting is scheduled for April 22 - 23, 1999. The location has yet to be determined. At this meeting the Working Group will be discussing proposed boundary alternatives for the Ecological Reserve.

Working Group Summaries:

April 16, 1998 April 17, 1998	June 22, 1998 (.pdf) Acrobat Reader	February 4-5, 1999
April 22-23, 1999		May 22, 1999 Meeting Agenda (.pdf) Meeting Summary

Working Group Composition:
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NOAA/Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary	Ben Haskell Billy Causey
National Park Service  --Dry Tortugas National Park  --Science staff (Baird Center)	Robert Brock
National Marine Fisheries Service	Michael Barnette Jim Bohnsack Gene Proulx
United States Coast Guard	BMC Bob Thomas
Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection - Div. of Marine Resources - Florida Marine Patrol	Maj. Bruce Buckson Anna Marie Hartman
US Geological Survey, Biological Resources Div.	Nick Funicelli
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council	Kay Williams
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council	Peter Moffit
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission	Russell Nelson
The Sanctuary Advisory Council subcommittee will represent the following users/organizations:
Commercial fishing	Tony Iarocci Don DeMaria Richard Diaz Peter Gladding
Recreational Fishing	John Brownlee
Charter Fishing	Andy Griffiths
Divers	Don Kincaid Alex Stone
Scientists / Academia	Erich Mueller
Non-governmental organizations --World Wildlife Fund	Debra Harrison
Concerned citizens	Fran Decker
Approx. no. of members: 24