Marc Taylor (MA), chair and founding director of the Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition, has given countless hours to bringing together stakeholders to understand and improve the health of the River and Aquifer. His inspiration and leadership ability resulted in the creation of the first State of the Watershed Report; developing a state-of-the-art webpage; holding a series of meetings with the public and town commissioners to publicize watershed issues; expanding a volunteer streamwalk program; producing a brochure and informational video; and contracting with Cornell University to develop a watershed management plan.