Margaret A. Palmer, Ph.D.
Director, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Margaret Palmer, an expert on watershed science and restoration ecology, has served as a scientific advisor for the National Science Foundation, the National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis, and the National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics. She iss an editor for the journal Restoration Ecology and co-authored the book The Foundations of Restoration Ecology. The following statement is from a June 25, 2009, hearing on “The Impacts of Mountaintop Removal of Coal Mining on Water Quality in Appalachia,” held by the Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Thank you for inviting me…
