PARTICIPANTS
HabitatNet: A Global Biological Diversity Program
Program Director: Dan Bisaccio Email: aedbisacci@aol.com
HabitatNet: A Global Biodiversity Project
Students develop scientific "Habits of Mind" by learning science
as science is done. Each student undertakes a specific biological research
problem he/she develops and collaborates with other students, scientists,
and conservation agencies on collecting and then analyzing the data.
The individual student findings are then presented to a student peer
review using a scientific poster session format, prior to writing the
technical field report which is submitted to local, national, and international
scientific conservation agencies. Thus far, over 500 students have participated
in this project.
Abstract:
Using the Smithsonian Institution's Man and Biosphere (SI/MAB) permanent
biodiversity research protocols, high school students have been collecting
biological research data at field sites in New Hampshire and Mexico
for the past five years. The overall goals of HabitatNet (A curriculum
project authored & developed by D. Bisaccio in 1996) are to (1)
develop conservation biological literacy in high school students by
giving them an opportunity to learn field methods and applications while
collecting and interpreting biological diversity data and (2) establish
baseline biological diversity data at both HabitatNet field sites. Over
five hundred high school students have been involved with this project.
Annual field reports are written and submitted to the Smithsonian Institution,
Amherst NH Conservation Committee, and the El Eden Ecological Reserve
located in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Field reports include twenty (20) meter
by twenty (20) meter forest quadrat tree maps, vegetation analysis (tree
species frequency, dominance values, and density statistics), invertebrate
and vertebrate species lists. Additionally, concurrent student research
projects compliment the basic biodiversity data that is collected using
the SI/MAB protocols. Concurrent projects are designed by the students
to conduct in the field and focus on an aspect of anthropogenic or "natural"
disturbance regimes as they pertain to biological diversity.
Participants at El Eden Ecological Reserve:
October,
1995
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Dan
Bisaccio
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Bags Brokaw
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Matt Babineau
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Becky Groves
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Ben Haas
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Dan
Hogan
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Laura
Kott
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Bridget O’Neil
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Kyle Ridolfo
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Kerry Silva
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Patti Guptile
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John Steman
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July, 1996 (Teacher Institute)
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Dan
Bisaccio
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Marie
Doucet
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Jon Manley
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Mercedes Gilbert
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Dan
Gilbert
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Dan
Klein
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Don Engelbert
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Chandra Engelbert
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Andy Chapman
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Anne Clifton-Waite
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Helen Melanson
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Kate Melanson
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Adam Coulter
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Stuart Goldberg
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Karen Cangialosi
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April, 1997
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Dan Bisaccio
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Jan Wooding
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Marie Doucet
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Mollie Hogan
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Lauren Plante
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Rachel Reed
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Jon Bartlett
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Emily Earle
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James Banghart
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Steve Spiess
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Matt Thibault
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Mike Eaton
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Beth Woodury
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Marissa
Lombardi
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Brian
Donovan
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Lesli Schaub
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Andy Aucoin
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Kathy Morrow
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Nick Kovaliv
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Kim Pascoe
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Torie Turpeau
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Brandon Hider
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July, 1997 (Teacher Institute)
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Dan
Bisaccio
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Cathy
O’Reilly
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Dave Conaway
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Judy Sadoski
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Barry Draper
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Laura Kott
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Kyle Ridolfo
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Andy Chapman
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Sean Castro
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John Steman
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Amanda Miteer
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March, 1998
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Marie Doucet-Reed
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Bobby Reed
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Cathy Reon
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Donna
Duberville
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Erica
Baxter
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Felisha
Dunn
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Jon
Fontenot
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David Foreman
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Brandi Fruge
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Somer George
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Latonya Guillory
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Fred Jones
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Lance LaFleur
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Brad LeBert
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Jessica Leonard
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Jennifer Morris
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Hadley Prince
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Chris Thibodeaux
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Lee Zimmerman
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April,
1998
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Dan
Bisaccio
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Jen Zaidlicz
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Ethan Moore
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Jess Charpentier
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Lisa Ericson
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Mike Palmer
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Matt Morely
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Lindsey Batts
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Zach Slapsys
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Anna Rand
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Lisa Barry
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Kylah Riendeau
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Val Karr
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Aliza Hedges
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Bridget Leddy
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Carley
Smith
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Kyle
Ridolfo
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June,
1998
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Dan
Klein
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Mike Cooper
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Charles Dabritz
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Marianne Ho
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Elizabeth Jenkins
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Rebecca Karb
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Julie Kosteas
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Catherine Macchi
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Jeremy Ripin
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Nathan Gulden
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Kristen
Catanzaro
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Nathan
Schreiber
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Nancy Hall
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Raymond Klein
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July, 1998 (Teacher Institute)
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Dan
Bisaccio
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Evie
Hardiman
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Sharon Parker
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Patricia Tiley
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Lana Hays
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Gale Ligotti
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Jessica Taylor
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Doug Herman
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Jim Serach
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Lindsay Reynolds
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John Short
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Elizabeth Carvellas
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Joslyn Homberg
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Cynthea Strecker
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January, 1999
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Dan Bisaccio
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Susie Carlisle
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Margaret Lambert
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Fredric Boericke
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Christy Deysher
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Brett Mayes
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Courtney Gould
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Erik White
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Lisa Ferrari
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Amy Verreault
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Bonnie Miller
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Scott Mohler
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Jess Charpentier
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Jim Fasoli
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Emily Ginsberg
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Sarah Kayser
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Ben Day
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July, 1999 (Teacher Institute)
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Dan
Bisaccio
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Ben
Day
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Jess Charpentier
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Janet Drew
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Leonora Isaak
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Dawn Schultz
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Emily Ginsberg
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Bruce Larson
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Kathleen Bird
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Courtney Gould
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Sarah
K?iser
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Guy
Tino
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Margaret Lambert
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Erik White
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Brett Mayes
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January, 2000
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Dan
Bisaccio
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Kerry
Bisaccio
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Melissa Chapman
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Sarah Hedges
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Meghan Kirkwood
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April Mauro
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Jeff Apigian
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Adam Winters
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Kim Maas
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Bim Krumhansl
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Aileen Morrison
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Kate Buchan
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Sam Smith
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Mary Brown
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Nina Dearborn
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Nick Warren
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Kate Sheehan
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Lauren Atkinson
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Hillary Houck
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Allison Willis
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July, 2000
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Dan Bisaccio
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Ben Day
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Paul Errickson
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Rachel Nowell
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Jessica Clarke
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Michelle Thibodeau
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Sara Morrow
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Chris Wasson
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Kathryn Levasseur
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Bonnie Miller
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Marnie MacLean
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Beth Morehouse
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Brian McFarland
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Lauren Gleason
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John Kostrzynski
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Chris Daigle
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January, 2001
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Dan Bisaccio
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Sarah Day
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Aaron Miller
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Noa Warren
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Rheanna Cote
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Beth Vachon
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Doree Damoulakis
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Megan Wegehoft
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Kyle Enright
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Val Giulianelli
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Katie Szum
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Greg Jackson
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Chris Rogers
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June, 2001
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Dan
Bisaccio
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Marie
Reed
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Bobby Reed
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Jacob Dunnehuo
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Betsy Reed
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Lee Zimmerman
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Drew Zimmerman
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Thomas Gayle
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Andrew Johnson
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Minh Lee
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Romie Farokhkish
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Will Onellion
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Joey Lantz
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Danny Tsang
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Aaron Walker
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Barbara Dupont
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Brenda Kay
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January, 2002
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Dan
Bisaccio
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Melissa
Chapman
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Kelsi Worcester
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Rachel Ronayne
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Ryan Junius
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Becca Wellington
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Doug Swift
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Emily Bielagus
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Liz Stitt
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Lori McIntosh
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Margaret Ludt
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Kimmy Perry
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Gail Messamore
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Marissa Locher
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Eddie Morbey
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Ben Pushee
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Emilie Grossman
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Samantha Allen
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Stephanie Joubert
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Taylor Flood
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Julianne Kearney
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