Management

Ithaca College Natural Lands Advisory Committee

Mission

Ithaca College Natural Lands Committee serves as an advisory body to the Vice President for Finance and Administration for the stewardship of Ithaca College’s natural areas.  Our primary mission is to maintain the educational value and ecosystem services of these lands, to support co-curricular activities, and to guide compatible economic and recreational development.

History 

In January 2004, faculty from the Ithaca College Biology Department engaged with the college administration to assess and develop a sound management philosophy for the biological resources of natural lands owned by the college in Newfield, New York.  One of the results of this dialogue was the establishment of the Ithaca College Natural Areas Stewardship Committee (NASC).  This committee, co-chaired by a biology department faculty member and the director of physical plant, was charged with promoting substantive teaching and research, exploring compatible additional uses, and serving as the management entity for the Newfield property.  In addition, the committee was to develop management recommendations for the land owned by Ithaca Collge adjacent to campus on South Hill.  To better serve as an ongoing management entity for all of Ithaca College’s natural areas, in early 2005 the NASC was reorganized as the Ithaca College Natural Lands Committee (ICNL). 

 

Members

Jake Brenner (co-chair) jbrenner@ithaca.edu 
Assistant Professor - Environmental Studies & Sciences

Rick Couture (co-chair) rcouture@ithaca.edu 
Associate Vice President - Facilities 

Jason Hamilton jhamilton@ithaca.edu 
Associate Professor - Environmental Studies & Sciences

Marian Brown mbrown@ithaca.edu 
Special Assistant To The Provost Office

Brad Buchanan bbuchana@ithaca.edu 
Assistant Director - Rec. Sports

Mark Darling mdarling@ithaca.edu 
Supervisor Recycle/Res Mgmt Program - Facilities Services

David Dray ddray@ithaca.edu 
Deputy Chief - Public Safety and Emergency Management

Samantha Gabel sgabel@ithaca.edu Residence Director – Residential Life

John Henderson jhenderson@ithaca.edu 
Natural and Social Science Librarian

Leann Kanda lkanda@ithaca.edu 
Assistant Professor – Biology

Ernie McClatchie emcclatchie@ithaca.edu Director – Facilities

Chris Pelchat cpelchat@ithaca.edu 
Instructor - Recreation and Leisure Studies

Tim Ryan tryan@ithaca.edu 
Manager - Environmental Health and Safety

Ronald Schassburger rschassburger@ithaca.edu 
Assistant Professor - Exercise and Sport Sciences

Maura Stephens mstephens@ithaca.edu 
Senior Editor - Marketing Communications

Jack VanDerzee vanderze@ithaca.edu 
Assistant Professor – Mathematics

Pat Walsh pwalsh@ithaca.edu Residence Director – Residential Life

 

Student Interns:

Amber Zadrozny azadroz1@ithaca.edu 
H & S, Class of 2013

Madison Vander Hill mvander1@ithaca.edu H & S, Class of 2013

Bella Ciabattoni gciabat1@ithaca.edu H & S, Class of 2013

 

If you are interested in getting involved with Ithaca College Natural Lands and our projects, feel free to contact a committee member, or attend a meeting.