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About NEMO.... Page 2 of 5 L P ICJICI HI I IUIU 1 r\CaUI Mt Water Quality Educator Project Director Likely alternative career path: Infomercial Personality Jim Gibbons I Resume Land Use Educator Project Director Likely alternative career path: Dock Worker Laurie Giannotti I Resume Natural Resources Management Educator Connecticut Programs Coordinator Likely alternative career path: Bakery Owner SandyPrisloe I Resume GIS Educator Likely alternative career path: Camp Counselor John Rozum I Resume National Network Coordinator Likely alternative career path: Alternative Musician Steven Nakashima I Resume Special Projects Director Likely alternative career path: Door - to -door Salesman Heather Crawford I Resume Sea Grant Marine Extension Educator Likely alternative career path: Dog Trainer Photo Photo Photo Photo Photo Photo Photo Please also see our Educational Programs section for information on the right person to learning more about various sections of the NEMO smorgasbord. The same information contained in our NEMO Program Flyer, available at the NEMO Store. [top] The 9 Sentence NEMO History NEMO originally was conceived as a pilot project to assist local officials in 3 Connecticut towns address the issue of nonpoint source pollution, and therefore help to better protec quality of Long Island Sound. The original stimulus for NEMO was the creation of a land database for the state of Connecticut, for the purposes of estimating nonpoint source loa nitrogen to the Sound. Recognizing the educational potential of the land cover informatic funding from the USDA/CRSEES Water Quality Initiative, NEMO was created in 1991 -15 collaboration between 3 branches of the University of Connecticut: the Cooperative Exte System, the Natural Resources Management and Engineering Department, and the Cor Sea Grant College Program. It took about a year to develop the initial NEMO educationa http: / /nemo.uconn.eduJabout.htm 8/22/01