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| name = James Jay Westerveld | name = Jay Westerveld
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| birth_name = James Jay Westerveld | birth_name =
| birth_date = 1962 | birth_date =
| birth_place = New York, USA | birth_place =
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| nationality = US Citizen | nationality = American
| other_names = Jimbo, JJ | other_names =
| known_for = Endangered species research | known_for =
| occupation = Alpine Snowboard coach, Research Ecologist, writer | occupation = Ecologist
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⚫ '''Jay Westerveld''' (b.1962, freq. spelled '''''Westervelt''''' and ''Westerveldt'', see references) is a former professional snowboarder and American Research Ecologist, known for research of habitats generally associated with ] including the ], ] and the ], amongst others.
.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2008/04/17/the_chronicle/news/4.prt
|title=In Glenmere B&B approved, to dismay of conservationists
|publisher=Straus Newspapers - The Chronicle
|date=2008-04-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2006/10/27/warwick_advertiser/news/23.prt
|title=Orange County naturalist to lecture on endangered frogs
|publisher=Warwick Advertiser
|date=2006-10-27}}</ref>
Westerveld is noted for successful ecological preservation efforts in Northeastern North America,.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://archive.recordonline.com/archive/2005/10/01/wayne01.htm
|title=Free spirited explorer
|publisher=The Times Herald-Record
|date=2005-10-01}}</ref><ref></ref>
<ref name="recordonline1">{{cite web|author=Alyssa Sunkin |url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091011/COMM/910110320/-1/NEWS |title=Biologist finds rare shrimp in Orange County |publisher=recordonline.com |date=2009-10-11 |accessdate=2012-11-14}}</ref>


⚫ '''Jay Westerveld''' (frequently misspelled '''''Westervelt''''' and '''''Westerveldt''''') is an ecologist <ref name=Green>{{ cite web|url=http://www.go-green.ae/greenstory_view.php?storyid=1202|title=Green Stories|accessdate=16 Jan 2018}}</ref> and researcher of habitats associated with ] including the ], ], and the ]. Westerveld coined the term "]".
==Biology career==
Westerveld is a regular contributor to natural history publications <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dec.ny.gov/pubs/79976.html |title=Tiny Caller - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation |publisher=Dec.ny.gov |date= |accessdate=2012-11-14}}</ref> and a prolific presenter at natural history conferences and universities,<ref>{{dead link|date=November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{dead link|date=November 2012}}</ref><ref>http://www.northeastparc.org/meetings/NEPARC2012_Agenda.pdf</ref>,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunyorange.edu/news/articles/pr2009-001.shtml |title=pr2009-001 |publisher=Sunyorange.edu |date=2009-01-13 |accessdate=2012-11-14}}</ref>


==Career==
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>
In 1986, Westerveld coined the term "]" in an essay examining practices of the hotel industry.<ref name=Daily>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyfinance.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=2011-02-12|work=AOL|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923212726/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/12/the-history-of-greenwashing-how-dirty-towels-impacted-the-green/ |archivedate=2015-09-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|trans-title=Greenwashers invade the market |language=Danish |title=Grønvaskere invaderer børsen |url=http://epn.dk/privatokonomi/investering/article1374993.ece |work=EPN.dk |publisher=Jyllands-Posten |date=2008-06-21 |accessdate=2012-12-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705195538/http://epn.dk/privatokonomi/investering/article1374993.ece |archivedate=2008-07-05 }}</ref><ref name=abs>{{cite web|url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/special-report/09/16/08/beware-green-marketing-warns-greenpeace-exec |title=Beware of green marketing, warns Greenpeace exec |publisher=ABS-CBN News |date=2008-09-17 |accessdate=2012-11-14}}</ref>


In 2009, Westerveld described a new population of rare ], the fourth population recorded in New York state out of approximately a dozen worldwide.<ref name=Record1>{{cite web|first=Alyssa |last=Sunkin |url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091011/COMM/910110320/-1/NEWS |title=Biologist finds rare shrimp in Orange County |publisher=The Times Herald-Record |work=Recordonline.com |date=2009-10-11 |accessdate=2012-11-14}}</ref> He was also responsible for locating the habitat of additional members of a recently discovered species of frog.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.recordonline.com/article/20130915/News/309150319|title=Wayne's World: New frog species hopping around the region|publisher=The Times Herald-Record |work=Recordonline.com |date=2013-09-12}}</ref>
Westerveld began endangered species research in the 1970s, having discovered several previously unrecorded populations of endangered ]. Noting uncontrolled real estate development as the primary cause for biotic extirpation in the ], 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 ]s.
While studying remote tropical island ecology in 1986, 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> He coined the familiar term ] in a critical 1986 essay examining practices of the Hotel Industry.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Sullivan |url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090801/NEWS/908010329/-1/NEWS56 |title='Greenwashing' gets his goat |publisher=recordonline.com |date=2009-08-01 |accessdate=2012-11-14}}</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/special-report/09/16/08/beware-green-marketing-warns-greenpeace-exec |title=Beware of green marketing, warns Greenpeace exec |publisher=ABS-CBN News |date=2008-09-17 |accessdate=2012-11-14}}</ref>


Between 2008 and 2010, Westerveld opposed construction on the ] restoration project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080629/NEWS/806290334/-1/NEWS14 |title=Cricket frog halts development |first=Matt |last=King |publisher=The Times Herald-Record |work=Recordonline.com |date=2008-06-29 |accessdate=2012-12-22}}</ref> Westerveld writes that the ] hosts New York's largest population of the endangered ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dec.ny.gov/pubs/79976.html |title=Tiny Caller - the Northern Cricket Frog |first=Jay |last=Westerveld |publisher=New York Department of Environmental Conservation |accessdate=2012-12-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404021943/http://www.dec.ny.gov/pubs/79976.html |archivedate=2012-04-04 }}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=December 2012|reason=This is written by the subject himself. Third party coverage would more clearly indicate importance of the fact, especially in regards to the subject}} In 2010, the ] halted the construction when it became apparent that the developers were operating without the required environmental permits and paperwork.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sullivan |first=John |title=Fines, stop work order issued for Glenmere mansion |publisher=The Times Herald-Record |work=Recordonline.com |date=2010-01-08 |accessdate=2012-12-15 |url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100108/NEWS/1080344}}</ref> The mansion's developers were fined and cited by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation for violations of having proper paperwork in regard to the impact of construction on the endangered Northern Cricket Frog. Subsequent studies found no frog habitats on the property and the Mansion and grounds were restored.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100207/NEWS/2070334 |title=Chester mansion restored to glory |first=John |last=Sullivan |publisher=The Times Herald-Record |work=Recordonline.com |date=2010-02-07 |accessdate=2012-12-23}}</ref>
In 2007 Westerveld founded the ],<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2007/01/27/the_chronicle/news/4.txt
|title=Sugar Loaf makes history
|publisher=Straus Newspapers - The Chronicle
|date=2007-01-26
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2007/01/19/the_chronicle/news/19.txt
|publisher = Straus Newspapers - The Chronicle
|title=New historical society comes to town
|date=2007-01-19}}</ref> incorporated by the ], as a vehicle by which to enact cultural and natural history preservation and education.

In 2007, Westerveld founded the not-for-profit ],<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBM_G8YLHk0
|publisher= Straus Newspapers - Warwick Advertiser
|title=New coalition forms to save Glenmere Lake
|date=2007-12-20}}</ref> an educational organization developed by several local, state and national organizations to preserve the lands associated with ],<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhUXiTmXo6c
|publisher=YouTube
|title=Glenmere Lake's Tiny Little Frog}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2008/04/08/warwick_advertiser/news/12.txt
|title=Glenmere Lake Discovery Day attracts more than 100 people
|publisher=Straus Newspapers - Warwick Advertiser
|date=2008-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080226/NEWS/802260316
|title=County opposes use of herbicide to treat Glenmere Lake
|publisher=The Times Herald-Record
|date=2008-02-26}}</ref> which hosts New York's largest and virtually-last population of the endangered ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dec.ny.gov/pubs/79976.html |title=Tiny Caller - the northern cricket frog|author=Jay Westerveld|publisher=New York Department of Environmental Conservation}}</ref>

Westerveld founded the not-for-profit ], a biological research group, in 2008.

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.
<ref name="recordonline1"/>

==Snowboarding career==
Westerveld's parents, both internationally-certified ski instructors, directed a large, international ski school in the US, where Jay began ski instructing and ski racing. Jay's father, Walter, developed one of America's first integrated US-European ski racing and educational centers at Vernon Valley/Great Gorge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skiernet.com/vernon-valley.html |title=Vernon Valley Ski Area • Vernon, NJ |publisher=Skiernet.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-14}}</ref> Walter 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 and 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>{{cite web|url=http://www.skiernet.com/vernon-valley-ski-school.html |title=Memories of Vernon Valley Ski School |publisher=Skiernet.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-14}}</ref>

Westerveld competed in ] disciplines, with mixed results. His strongest finishes were in the Super-G and Downhill events, with much of his competition occurring on European circuits.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} Westerveld also trained with the World-Cup ''Cross-M'' snowboard team.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} After retiring from alpine racing, Westerveld returned to snow sports education.

Westerveld continues to coach professional snowboarding, while spending warmer months in America, studying rare species in remote areas of Northeastern North America.

==Veterans' Affairs==
In 2012, Westerveld was named to the Advisory Board of the Veterans' Holistic Healthcare Foundation of America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vhhfa.org/Board_of_Directors.html|title=Advisory Board|section=Board of Directors|publisher=Veterans Holistic Healthcare Foundation of America}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 15:21, 22 November 2024

Jay Westerveld
Jay WesterveldJay Westerveld
NationalityAmerican
OccupationEcologist

Jay Westerveld (frequently misspelled Westervelt and Westerveldt) is an ecologist and researcher of habitats associated with endangered species including the clam shrimp, bog turtle, and the northern cricket frog. Westerveld coined the term "greenwashing".

Career

In 1986, Westerveld coined the term "greenwash" in an essay examining practices of the hotel industry.

In 2009, Westerveld described a new population of rare clam shrimp, the fourth population recorded in New York state out of approximately a dozen worldwide. He was also responsible for locating the habitat of additional members of a recently discovered species of frog.

Between 2008 and 2010, Westerveld opposed construction on the Glenmere mansion restoration project. Westerveld writes that the Glenmere Lake hosts New York's largest population of the endangered Northern Cricket Frog. In 2010, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation halted the construction when it became apparent that the developers were operating without the required environmental permits and paperwork. The mansion's developers were fined and cited by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation for violations of having proper paperwork in regard to the impact of construction on the endangered Northern Cricket Frog. Subsequent studies found no frog habitats on the property and the Mansion and grounds were restored.

References

  1. "Green Stories". Retrieved 16 Jan 2018.
  2. Motavalli, Jim (2011-02-12). "A History of Greenwashing: How Dirty Towels Impacted the Green Movement". AOL. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23.
  3. "Grønvaskere invaderer børsen" [Greenwashers invade the market]. EPN.dk (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. 2008-06-21. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
  4. "Beware of green marketing, warns Greenpeace exec". ABS-CBN News. 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
  5. Sunkin, Alyssa (2009-10-11). "Biologist finds rare shrimp in Orange County". Recordonline.com. The Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
  6. "Wayne's World: New frog species hopping around the region". Recordonline.com. The Times Herald-Record. 2013-09-12.
  7. King, Matt (2008-06-29). "Cricket frog halts development". Recordonline.com. The Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
  8. Westerveld, Jay. "Tiny Caller - the Northern Cricket Frog". New York Department of Environmental Conservation. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
  9. Sullivan, John (2010-01-08). "Fines, stop work order issued for Glenmere mansion". Recordonline.com. The Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  10. Sullivan, John (2010-02-07). "Chester mansion restored to glory". Recordonline.com. The Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
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