William L. Roberts, III

Director, Coastal Training Program, NOAA Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia
Education Coordinator, VIMS, Wetlands Program, Center for Coastal Resources Management

Email: wlr@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7395

Education:

Ph.D., 2001, College of William and Mary, School of Education; Education Policy, Planning and Leadership (EPPL) - Adult Education
M.S., 1988, Eastern Michigan University, Ecology.
B.S., 1965, College of William and Mary, Biology.

Research Interests:

My research interests include the reconstruction or enhancement of existing wetlands and the creation of wetlands for mitigation purposes. Additionally I'm involved in the investigation of specific adaptations used by wetland plants for surviving in saturated soils. I work on the identification of coastal plain flora and tidal wetland plant assemblages including the area of wetland ecology. I am presently monitoring the growth of native and non-native Phragmaites.

Current Projects:

• Nontidal wetland identification and delineation program
  
• Tidal wetland education curriculum prigram
  
• Tidal and nontidal wetland plant identification program
  
• Mini-marine educational outreach program
  
• Educational programs for the general public
  
• Training programs for specific state and local agencies
  
• Tidal Teaching Marsh
  
• Nontidal nature walk and estuarine forest
  
• Riparian Buffers program
  
• Plant identification in winter
  
• Shallow water habitat
  
• Bottomland hardwood forests booklet

Selected Publications:

Roberts WL, Hershner C and Havens K. Educating Local Volunteer Citizen Boards on Regulation of Tidal Wetlands of Chesapeake Bay. Presented at the 3rd International Conference on the Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas (EMCS). Stockholm, Sweden, August,1997.