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	During this time, he has worked extensively with numerous federal, state and local agencies on a variety of environmental conservation projects. Prior to his work with Sea Grant, he served a detail to the International Joint Commission&rsquo;s Great Lakes office (Windsor, Ontario) from 1992-1995 and he worked from 1986-1992 as Environmental Programs Director for the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments (Traverse City, Michigan), a regional planning organization. A native of Macomb County, Michigan he has a B.S. (Biology/Environmental Science -1984) from Taylor University and a M.En. degree (Environmental Science, Water Resources -1987) from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Mark&rsquo;s multi-season exposure to Au Sable began in 1980, included summer sessions/research in 1982, maintenance worker in 1983 and 1986 (winter), and the completion of a Naturalist certificate. &nbsp;</p>
