The NABS established a Taxonomic Certification Committee (TCC) at the annual conference in Athens Georgia (May 2003). The charge to this Committee is the design, implementation, and management of a certification program for aquatic invertebrate identification in North America.

The current members of the committee are:
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Bern Sweeney (co chair)
Stroud Water Research Center
970 Spencer Road
Avondale, Pennsylvania 19311 USA
Telephone # (610) 268-2153 x222
Email sweeney@stroudcenter.org |
John Morse (co chair)
Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences Clemson University Long Hall, Box 340315 Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0315 USA Telephone # (864) 656-5049 Email jmorse@CLEMSON.EDU |
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Skip Call
1623 Amster Grove Road
Winchester, KY 40391
Phone: (859) 527-3894
Email: s_call@bellsouth.net |
Barry C. Poulton U.S. Geological Survey - Biological Resources Division Columbia Environmental Research Center 4200 New Haven Road Columbia, Missouri 65201 USA Telephone # (573) 876-1873 Email: bpoulton@usgs.gov
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Chuck Hawkins
Aquatic, Watershed, and Earth Resources
5210 Old Main Hill
Utah State University
Logan, Utah 84322-5210 USA
Telephone # (435) 797-2280
Email hawkins@cc.usu.edu |
Sheena Pappas (acting for Stephanie Strachan)
Environmental Monitoring Scientist Pacific & Yukon Water Quality Monitoring Office Environment Canada
#201 - 401 Burrard Street, Vancouver BC, V6C 3S5 phone: 604-664-4361 fax: 604-664-9126 email: sheena.pappas@ec.gc.ca |
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Gary Lester
EcoAnalysts, Inc.
1420 South Blaine St., Ste 14
Moscow, Idaho 83843 USA
Telephone # (208) 882-2588
Email glester@ecoanalysts.com |
Mark Wetzel
Illinois Natural History Survey
Center for Biodiversity
172 Natural Resources Building, MC-652
607 E. Peabody Drive
Champaign, Illinois 61820-6917 USA
Telephone # (217) 244-2108
Email mjwetzel@uiuc.edu |
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Mark Vinson
Department of Aquatic, Watershed, & Earth Resources
5210 Old Main Hill
Utah State University
Logan, Utah 84322-5210
Telephone: 435.797.2038
Email mark.vinson@cc.usu.edu |
James (Sam) Stribling
Tetra Tech, Inc.
400 Red Brook Blvd., Suite 200 Owings Mills, MD 21117-5159 USA
Telephone # (410) 356-8993
Email james.stribling@tetratech.com |