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Peter Wellenberger is the Great Bay-Piscataqua Waterkeeper with Conservation Law Foundation New Hampshire. For twenty-two years, Peter managed the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, where he worked within New Hampshire state government, and with federal-agency and NGO partners, to advance estuarine research and monitoring, habitat restoration, public education and outreach, and training of coastal decision-makers.

During his tenure at the Reserve, Peter grew the program from a staff of one to ten; helped secure over $62 million in federal funds for land acquisition; established a watershed-wide friends group (the Great Bay Stewards); and increased the size of the Reserve from 7,000 to 20,000 acres.  Peter has served as president of the National Estuarine Research Reserve Association, worked with the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy to  develop recommendations in support of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System, and has been a longstanding member of the Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership’s management committee. Peter was named Conservationist of the Year by the NH Chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association (2010) and is the recipient of similar service awards from the National Estuarine Research Reserve Association (2010), the NH Chapter of The Nature Conservancy (2009), and the NOAA Fisheries Service (2008).

Peter graduated from the University of New Hampshire.  He also holds a Master of Science degree in Resource Management from Antioch New England Graduate School. He lives in Newmarket with his wife and has two children.

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