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Jay Westerveld (b.1962, freq. |
'''Jay Westerveld''' (b.1962, freq. spelled '''''Westervelt''''' and ''Westerveldt'', see references) is a former Professional Snowboarder and American Endangered species [[biologist]], known for research of habitats generally associated with [[endangered species]] including the [[Clam shrimp]], [[Bog turtle]] and the [[Acris crepitans|Northern Cricket Frog]], amongst others. |
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|url=http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2008/04/17/the_chronicle/news/4.prt |
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|title=In Glenmere B&B approved, to dismay of conservationists |
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|date=2008-04-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2006/10/27/warwick_advertiser/news/23.prt |
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|title=Orange County naturalist to lecture on endangered frogs |
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|publisher=Warwick Advertiser |
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|date=2006-10-27}}</ref> |
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Westerveld is noted for successful preservation efforts in New York state,.<ref>{{cite web |
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|title=Free spirited explorer |
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|date=2005-10-01}}</ref><ref>[http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080629/NEWS/806290334/-1/NEWS14 Cricket frog halts development - RecordOnline.com - The Times Herald Record<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
|date=2005-10-01}}</ref><ref>[http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080629/NEWS/806290334/-1/NEWS14 Cricket frog halts development - RecordOnline.com - The Times Herald Record<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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==Biology career== |
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=='''Biologie Carrière'''== |
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While studying remote tropical island ecology in the 1980s, Westervelt coined the term "Greenwash" <ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.walletpop.com/2011/02/12/the-history-of-greenwashing-how-dirty-towels-impacted-the-green/|title=A History of Greenwashing: How Dirty Towels Impacted the Green Movement|first=Jim|last=Motavalli|date=February 12, 2011|work=AOL}}</ref> |
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Tijdens zijn studie tropisch eiland ecologie in de jaren 1980, Westervelt bedacht de term "Greenwash" [6] Jay Westervelt was succesvol in het stoppen van de illegale bouw op de Glenmere hotel restauratie project in het begin van 2010, toen duidelijk werd dat de ontwikkelaars werkten zonder de vereiste vergunningen en in gevaar brengen van de krekel kikker en flora in het gebied. [7] |
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Jay Westervelt was successful in halting the illegal construction on the Glenmere hotel restoration project in early 2010 when it became apparent that the developers were operating without the required permits and endangering the cricket frog and plant life in the area.<ref>Sullivan, John, "Fines, stop work order issued for Glenmere mansion" Times Herald Record, January 8, 2010</ref> |
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Westerveld begon bedreigde soorten onderzoek in de jaren 1970, hebben ontdekt een aantal voorheen niet opgenomen populaties van bedreigde fauna en flora. Westerveld waargenomen ongecontroleerde ontwikkeling van vastgoed een primaire oorzaak van zeldzame soorten delcine in de New York grootstedelijk gebied, Westerveld begon tientallen jaren van veldonderzoek, landmeetkundige potentiële grootstedelijke populaties van bedreigde soorten, om kritische leefgebied te behouden. Westerveld is een zeer productief docent gecrediteerd met bedenker van verschillende hedendaagse milieu-neologismen. Hij bedacht de bekende term Greenwash in een kritieke 1986 essay onderzoekt de praktijken van de Industrie van het hotel. [8] [9] [10]. [11] |
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In 2007 richtte Westerveld de Sugar Loaf Historical Society, [12] [13] opgenomen door de New York State Departement Onderwijs, als een voertuig waarmee de culturele en natuurlijke geschiedenis behoud en onderwijs vast te stellen. |
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In 2007, Westerveld oprichter van de not-for-profit Glenmere Conservation Coalition, [14] een educatieve organisatie is ontwikkeld door een aantal lokale, provinciale en nationale organisaties om het land in verband met Glenmere meer te behouden, [15] [16] [17] die optreedt als gastheer grootste en vrijwel-laatste bevolking van New York van de bedreigde noordelijke Cricket Frog |
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Westerveld began endangered species research in the 1970s, having discovered several previously unrecorded populations of endangered [[biota (ecology)|biota]]. Noting uncontrolled real estate development as the primary vector for biotic extirpation in the [[New York metropolitan area|New York metropolitan region]], Westerveld began decades of field studies, surveying potential metropolitan populations of endangered species, in order to preserve critical habitat. |
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=='''Snowboarden Carrière'''== |
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Westerveld is a prolific lecturer credited with coining several contemporary environmental [[neologism]]s. |
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Een fervent professionele snowboarder, wordt Westerveld vaak aangeduid als de Vader van de Amerikaanse Snowboard onderwijs, voor de oprichting van en de leiding grootste snowboard Noord-Amerika's school [18] in het midden van de jaren 1980, terwijl het aanbreken van een racecarrière. |
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He coined the familiar term [[Greenwash]] in a critical 1986 essay examining practices of the Hotel Industry.<ref>http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090801/NEWS/908010329/-1/NEWS56</ref><ref>[http://www.aziacity.com/sg/magazine/feature/the_gold_behind_the_green AziaCity.com | Singapore | Magazine | The Gold Behind The Green<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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Daarop volgende winter seizoenen werden besteed het nastreven van zijn professionele snowboard carrière in zowel Noord-Amerika en Europa. Westerveld's ouders, zowel internationaal gecertificeerde skileraren, gericht een grote, levendige Internationale Ski School in de VS, waar Jay ski instrueren en ski-racen begon al op jonge leeftijd. Jay's vader, Walter, ontwikkelde een van de eerste geïntegreerde Amerika Amerikaans-Europese ski-racen en educatieve centra in Vernon Valley / Great Gorge. [19] Walter, beschreven als een "Larger than Life" Ski Pro, werd dodelijk gewond tijdens een training in een slalom cursus in 1973. Jay begon les te geven binnen een paar jaar van de dood van Walter. |
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.<ref>[http://epn.dk/privatokonomi/investering/article1374993.ece epn.dk - Grønvaskere invaderer børsen<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/special-report/09/16/08/beware-green-marketing-warns-greenpeace-exec</ref> |
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Door de jaren 1980, Jay Westerveld pakte snowboarden en snowboard onderwijs, terwijl het instrueren en ras coaching at Keystone / Arapaho Basin, Colorado. Westerveld werd opmerkelijk voor het instellen van de Aspen Ski lesmethode naar Oost-skigebieden, alvorens te worden uitgenodigd voor de Noord-Amerikaanse WK snowboard team. [20] |
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In 2007 Westerveld founded the [http://sugarloafny.org/ Sugar Loaf Historical Society],<ref>{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2007/01/27/the_chronicle/news/4.txt |
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|title=Sugar Loaf makes history |
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|title=New historical society comes to town |
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|date=2007-01-19}}</ref> incorporated by the [[New York State Education Department]], as a vehicle by which to enact cultural and natural history preservation and education. |
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In 2007, Westerveld founded the not-for-profit [http://glenmere.us/ Glenmere Conservation Coalition],<ref>{{cite web |
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|title=New coalition forms to save Glenmere Lake |
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|date=2007-12-20}}</ref> an educational organization developed by several local, state and national organizations to preserve the lands associated with [[Glenmere lake]],<ref>{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhUXiTmXo6c |
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|title=Glenmere Lake's Tiny Little Frog}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2008/04/08/warwick_advertiser/news/12.txt |
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|title=Glenmere Lake Discovery Day attracts more than 100 people |
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|publisher=Straus Newspapers - Warwick Advertiser |
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|date=2008-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080226/NEWS/802260316 |
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|title=County opposes use of herbicide to treat Glenmere Lake |
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|publisher=The Times Herald-Record |
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|date=2008-02-26}}</ref> which hosts New York's largest and virtually-last population of the endangered [[Northern_Cricket_Frog#Conservation_status|Northern Cricket Frog]]. |
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==Snowboarding career== |
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An avid professional snowboarder, Westerveld is often referred to as the Father of American Snowboard education, for founding and directing North America's largest snowboard school<ref>{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.mountaincreek.com/pressroom/pressreleases/recent_news/02.21.08_20thAnniv.htm |
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|title=20th Anniversary of Snowboarding in Jersey |
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|publisher=Mountain Creek Ski Resort |
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|date=2008-02-21}}</ref> in the mid 1980s, while embarking on a racing career. |
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Ensuing Winter seasons were spent pursuing his professional snowboard career in both North America and Europe. Westerveld's parents, both internationally-certified Ski instructors, directed a large, bustling International Ski School in the US, where Jay began ski instructing and ski racing at an early age. Jay's father, Walter, developed one of America's first integrated US-European ski racing and educational centers at Vernon Valley/Great Gorge.<ref>http://www.skiernet.com/vernon-valley.html</ref> Walter, described as a "Larger than Life" Ski Pro, was fatally injured while training in a slalom course in 1973. Jay began teaching within a few years of Walter's death. |
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By the 1980s, Jay Westerveld took up snowboarding and snowboard education while instructing & race coaching at Keystone/Arapaho Basin, Colorado. Westerveld became notable for bringing the Aspen Ski teaching method to Eastern ski resorts, before being invited to the North American world cup snowboard team. <ref>http://www.skiernet.com/vernon-valley-ski-school.html</ref> |
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⚫ | Westerveld competed in [[Alpine snowboarding|alpine snowboard]] disciplines, with mixed results. His strongest finishes were in the Super-G and Downhill events, with much of his competition occurring on European circuits. Westerveld also trained with the World-Cup ''Cross-M'' snowboard team. After retiring from alpine racing, Westerveld returned to snow sports education. |
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In 2009, he discovered a new population of rare Clam Shrimp, the fourth population recorded in New york state, out of approximately a dozen worldwide. |
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<ref>http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091011/COMM/910110320/-1/NEWS</ref> |
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Westerveld continues to coach professional snowboarding, while spending warmer months in America, studying rare species in remote areas within hours of New York City. |
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In 2009 ontdekte hij een nieuwe populatie van zeldzame Clam Garnalen, de vierde bevolking die in de staat New York, van de ongeveer een dozijn wereldwijd. [21] Westerveld blijft professionele snowboarden coachen, terwijl de uitgaven warmere maanden in Amerika, het bestuderen van zeldzame soorten in afgelegen gebieden binnen enkele uren van New York City. |
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==References== |
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Jakub "Jay" Westerveld | |
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Born | Jakub Jurgen Von Westerwald 1962 New York, USA |
Nationality | US Citizen |
Other names | Jake Westervelt |
Occupation(s) | Ski coach, Biologist |
Known for | Endangered species research |
Jay Westerveld (b.1962, freq. spelled Westervelt and Westerveldt, see references) is a former Professional Snowboarder and American Endangered species biologist, known for research of habitats generally associated with endangered species including the Clam shrimp, Bog turtle and the Northern Cricket Frog, amongst others. .[1][2] Westerveld is noted for successful preservation efforts in New York state,.[3][4] [5]
Biology career
While studying remote tropical island ecology in the 1980s, Westervelt coined the term "Greenwash" [6] Jay Westervelt was successful in halting the illegal construction on the Glenmere hotel restoration project in early 2010 when it became apparent that the developers were operating without the required permits and endangering the cricket frog and plant life in the area.[7]
Westerveld began endangered species research in the 1970s, having discovered several previously unrecorded populations of endangered biota. Noting uncontrolled real estate development as the primary vector for biotic extirpation in the New York metropolitan region, Westerveld began decades of field studies, surveying potential metropolitan populations of endangered species, in order to preserve critical habitat. Westerveld is a prolific lecturer credited with coining several contemporary environmental neologisms. He coined the familiar term Greenwash in a critical 1986 essay examining practices of the Hotel Industry.[8][9] .[10][11]
Westerveld founded the Not-for-profit New York Natural History Council, a biological research group, in 2008.
In 2007 Westerveld founded the Sugar Loaf Historical Society,[12][13] incorporated by the New York State Education Department, as a vehicle by which to enact cultural and natural history preservation and education.
In 2007, Westerveld founded the not-for-profit Glenmere Conservation Coalition,[14] an educational organization developed by several local, state and national organizations to preserve the lands associated with Glenmere lake,[15][16][17] which hosts New York's largest and virtually-last population of the endangered Northern Cricket Frog.
Snowboarding career
An avid professional snowboarder, Westerveld is often referred to as the Father of American Snowboard education, for founding and directing North America's largest snowboard school[18] in the mid 1980s, while embarking on a racing career.
Ensuing Winter seasons were spent pursuing his professional snowboard career in both North America and Europe. Westerveld's parents, both internationally-certified Ski instructors, directed a large, bustling International Ski School in the US, where Jay began ski instructing and ski racing at an early age. Jay's father, Walter, developed one of America's first integrated US-European ski racing and educational centers at Vernon Valley/Great Gorge.[19] Walter, described as a "Larger than Life" Ski Pro, was fatally injured while training in a slalom course in 1973. Jay began teaching within a few years of Walter's death.
By the 1980s, Jay Westerveld took up snowboarding and snowboard education while instructing & race coaching at Keystone/Arapaho Basin, Colorado. Westerveld became notable for bringing the Aspen Ski teaching method to Eastern ski resorts, before being invited to the North American world cup snowboard team. [20]
Westerveld competed in alpine snowboard disciplines, with mixed results. His strongest finishes were in the Super-G and Downhill events, with much of his competition occurring on European circuits. Westerveld also trained with the World-Cup Cross-M snowboard team. After retiring from alpine racing, Westerveld returned to snow sports education.
In 2009, he discovered a new population of rare Clam Shrimp, the fourth population recorded in New york state, out of approximately a dozen worldwide.
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Westerveld continues to coach professional snowboarding, while spending warmer months in America, studying rare species in remote areas within hours of New York City.
References
- ^ "In Glenmere B&B approved, to dismay of conservationists". Straus Newspapers - The Chronicle. 2008-04-11.
- ^ "Orange County naturalist to lecture on endangered frogs". Warwick Advertiser. 2006-10-27.
- ^ "Free spirited explorer". The Times Herald-Record. 2005-10-01.
- ^ Cricket frog halts development - RecordOnline.com - The Times Herald Record
- ^ http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091011/COMM/910110320/-1/NEWS
- ^ Motavalli, Jim (February 12, 2011). "A History of Greenwashing: How Dirty Towels Impacted the Green Movement". AOL.
- ^ Sullivan, John, "Fines, stop work order issued for Glenmere mansion" Times Herald Record, January 8, 2010
- ^ http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090801/NEWS/908010329/-1/NEWS56
- ^ AziaCity.com | Singapore | Magazine | The Gold Behind The Green
- ^ epn.dk - Grønvaskere invaderer børsen
- ^ http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/special-report/09/16/08/beware-green-marketing-warns-greenpeace-exec
- ^ "Sugar Loaf makes history". Straus Newspapers - The Chronicle. 2007-01-26.
- ^ "New historical society comes to town". Straus Newspapers - The Chronicle. 2007-01-19.
- ^ "New coalition forms to save Glenmere Lake". Straus Newspapers - Warwick Advertiser. 2007-12-20.
- ^ "Glenmere Lake's Tiny Little Frog". YouTube.
- ^ "Glenmere Lake Discovery Day attracts more than 100 people". Straus Newspapers - Warwick Advertiser. 2008-04-08.
- ^ "County opposes use of herbicide to treat Glenmere Lake". The Times Herald-Record. 2008-02-26.
- ^ "20th Anniversary of Snowboarding in Jersey". Mountain Creek Ski Resort. 2008-02-21.
- ^ http://www.skiernet.com/vernon-valley.html
- ^ http://www.skiernet.com/vernon-valley-ski-school.html
- ^ http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091011/COMM/910110320/-1/NEWS