ORI Ecostewards give 400 reasons in their own words why we must have comprehensive management of oceans and great lakes

Thank you, ORI ecostewards, for taking the time to write. For many policy makers a personal observation, a heartfelt statement or a well told story means much than does a great number of letter signers. Words well chosen have a ring of truth that counts will never touch.

If you are one who wrote, please check your name below. May I attribute your comment to you by name? Is that the way you would like your name to appear? For example, on Wednesday Feb 20, I will broadcast and record the episode 16 of the internet talk radio show: Moir's Environmental Dialogues, Ocean River Shields of Achilles. May I use your comment and mention you by name on air? This special episode on the urgent need for a national ocean policy be available to all on line and free on iTunes. The episode will take on a life of its own over social media Alternatively, would you like your name removed from this posting and not attribute your words to anyone?

ORI is grateful to the following individuals who put into their own words why we need a national ocean policy and did so before the Februar 12 closing of the CEQ comment period.

Margaret Aldinger, Amanda Allen, Paul Allen, Harriet Alto, Rebecca Anderson, Michelle Andria, Paul RW Anthony, Jetara Argall, Thomas Artin, Lisa Augustine, Sara Avery, Michelle Bafik-Vehslage, David Bailey, ros baillie, Laura Ball, Laura Barry, Laurens L. Battis III, Mijanou Bauchau, Brandon m Bean, Capt. Nancy Beaver, margaret beck, Barbara Becker, Carter Beckett, Thomas Bejgrowicz, Virginia Bennett, Gretchen Berger, Karen Bernhardt, michaelann bewsee, Desiree Bibayan, Lynn Biddle, William Bishop, Angela lack, usan Blain, Clara Blair, John Blair, christina boccamaiello-huggins, Carmen Bonilla-Jones, A Bonvouloir, Richard Booth, Jan Boudart, Alice Bowron, Gregg Bragg, LOUIS BREITBACH, Laura Brennan, Lise Brenner, Lisa Breslauer, Alex Brewer, John ricker, Jonette Bronson, Patricia Browne, Lauren Browning, Leland Brun, Larry Buck, Jan Buckwald, Susan Cadman, Gloria Ann Callahan, Gloria Cameron, liz capizzi, J. Capozzelli, Cheri Carlson, Amanda Carter, Ruth Case, Gail Caswell, David Cayford, carol chai, Valerie Chalcraft, Eric Chipman, john cielukowski, Dawn Cieplensky, Gloria Clements, Gregory Clifton, Matthew Cloner, gerry collins, Lyle &Karen Collins, Raymond Collins, Barbara Coombs, Anita Coppock, Patrick Corbett, Sheffield Corey, Olga Cortes, Deborah Cosio, ANA COTOM, Sandra Couch, Dustin Cowell, Phil Crabill, Edward Craig, Mark Crane, Dave and Rita Cross, John Curotto, janet curtis, Louise Dahlgren, Mr. Shelley Dahlgren, PhD, Felicia Dale, Harper Dangler, Sandra Dattoli, William Davis, Clark Davis, Julie Dawson, Elisse De Sio, Sue E. Dean, Keith DeLancey, Jeanne Deller, Gudrun Dennis, Sheila Desmond, Judith Detert-Moriarty, Thomas & Suzanne Devers, Boris Dirnbach, Tracy Doherty, Mary Donaghy, Stephan Donovan, Jeffery Dorer, Michael Dorer, Edward Dorson, Miya Drucker, Tim Duda, ben dugger, Cheri Dzubak, Holly Eaton, Christopher Ebey, Bob Eck, jane edsall, Carole Elliott, Marilin Engelman, Regina Epley, Nancy Erikson, Christine Evans, Amanda Ezell, Andrea Feig, Tom Ferry, Robert L Foley Jr, Carol Foort, Paul Foppe, Janet Fotos, Caroll Fowler, Randall Frank, Joyce Frohn, Allison Gale, Theresa Galvin, Mary Garcia, Suz Garcia, Donald Garlit, Jim Gayden, Linda Gazzola, Marcy Gefter, Rebecca Gentry, lorraine gilbert, valerie gilbert, J Goetinck, Libby J. Goldstein, Cordia Gotshall, Sylvia Ruth Gray, Sandra Green, Michael Greenberg, Brooke Grey, Julie Griffith, joanne groshardt, Lisa Guarino, Cathy Gumtow-Farrior, Abra Gwartney, Chelsey Hahn, Jane Haladay, candi hamilton, Ronald Hammersley, donna hanneken, Chris Harjes, Amy Harlib, Susan Harquail, Jack Harrington, Elizabeth Harris, Jamie Harris, j hepburn, Rev. Gordon Hills, Michelle Hoff, Norman Hoffman, Johann Hollar, linda howe, John H. Humphrey, Jill Hunt, Bonnie Jackson, Michael Jones, Stanley Jones-Umberger, Jono Judelman, Judy Kahkonen, Cyndi Karp, Karla Kasdan, Penelope Keene, Joy Keeping, Lori Kegler, Chris Kennett, James Kenny, Diane Kent, Theo Kerhulas, Suzanne Kiffmann, Donald Klepach, james koenig, Stefan Kozinski, LD Kran, Margaret Krause, Deborah Kreis, Deborah Kreis, Fred Krohn, Bradford Krull, Cathy Kubik, SANDY KUCINSKI, John La Stella, Nel LaBar, Michael LaGassey, Doug Landau, Paula Landua, Nori Lane Bishop, Marlena Lange, Cheryl Langseth, Jeanne LaStella, Lily Lau-Enright, Stephanie Leineweber, luciana lemons, Valerie Leonard, Christy Levine, Jane Lewis, JAMES LIGHTCAO, Barbara Lindsey, Virgene Link, Phil Lipari, Kandace Loewen, adolfo lopez, Kalvin Louw, Candice Lynn, Gina Macias, Diana Maculan, Michelle Macy, David Madden, Tracy Marotta, Tracy Marotta, Margaret Marshall, Roxanne Martin, Georgia Mattingly, Chris McCabe, Mary McCalla, Maureen McCarter, Kim McClure, Edward McCoy, Jamie McCulloch, Ron McGill, Charlotte McGlothlin, Kerri McGoldrick, Anton McInerney, Kaitlyn McKee, David McKeever, Lora Meisner, Mary Mellein, Daniel Meyer, Michele Meyer, Valerie Mihaylo, Karen Miller, Tina Miranda, Judith Mitchell, Nina Monasevitch, Autumn Moran, Kathy Moran, Phyl Morello, Juliana Morgan, sharon moss, Michelle Mullen, David Nelson, andi new, Molly Noone, jill nord, Lindsey North, Deanne O'Donnell, Valjean O'Neill, Johanna Operschall, Sybil Ortego, Marilyn Ortt, Bonnie Osborne, Helen Marie Ostrander, Annette Overstreet, Kathleen Palmer, Robert Pancner, nicole pando, Carol Joan Patterson, Lisa Payne, Mary Payne, Jacqueline Peipert, Valerie Pennington, Sharon Peralta, DOMINIQUE PERKINS, Frances Perlman, Ron Peterson, John Pettit, David Phelps, Julia Phillips, Patricia Phillips, Patricia Phillips, melissa polick, Renee Pound, rene pugh, Patricia Quinn, Dwight Rauth, nora reed, Caer Reider, Linda Reifschneicer, Elodia Resendez, Peter Reynolds, Ann Rice, charles ring, William Rivers, Aaeron Robb, Margaret Christine Robinett, ROBERT ROBINSON, Terry Ellen Robinson, Giselle Rodriguez, Hannah Rogers, Andrea Roland, Lorinda Roland, Kathryn Rose, Judith Rosen, EARL ROSENWINKEL, SALVADORE ROSILLO, Mytzi Rudolph, laurie ryan, Michelle Rybka, ramona sahni, Michelle Salisbury, Jeff Salvaryn, ANN SANCHEZ, judith sanders, helena saunders, Anita Scheelings, Noah Schlager, Laura Schlegel & Family, linda schmidt, William Schoene, Wm Schultz, Jacqueline Schwab, Donna Selquist, Arlene Sen, stephanie sharpe, Brian Shmaefskyb, Natasha Shpiller, George Sidoti, Kathleen Simmons, Rusty Simpson, Stephen Sleeper, david smith, Eileen Smith, Graham Smith, Shirley Smith, Diane Snow, Cindy Snyder, Jody Solow, Carol Soroos, Stephen Spaulding, Christopher St. John, Robert Stagman, Melissa Stamps, Rudy Stefenel, Therese Steinlauf, Stephenie Stephens, corie stevens, karen stickney, Judy Stiller, Ransom Stone, Deborah Straker, Michael Sullivan, Caroline Sun, Brian K Sutton, Kate Swalec, Cindy Symington, Carol Taggart, Kaz Thea, J Thomas, Kimberly Thomas, Stephen Thomason, Molly Thompsen, LORRAINE THOMPSON, Thelma D. Thompson, Robert Thomson, Rebecca Tippens, Paul Torrence, Robin Tremblay-Costello, Brenda Troup, marian trupiano, Joel Trupin, Renate Uhl, Fred Vanderbeek, alexa venturini, John Viacrucis, Derek vil, Deborah Vines, Richard Waldo, Joan Walker, PAT WARSTLER, Larry Watson, Kathleen Waybourn, Margaret Welke, A.E. White, Melissa White, Patricia White, Karen Wible, Jenny Wilder, Jennifer Willis, Beverly Wing, John Witte, Kathleen Wolfe, Ben Woolley, Ann Wright, Dr. Tom Yarnall, and Sam You.