08-01-2007, 12:10 AM
Leroy M. Young, Jr., a 26-year employee of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has been named as the agency's Director of the Bureau of Fisheries.
In announcing the appointment, PFBC Executive Director Doug Austen said, "Leroy will bring to the bureau director position a wealth of experience and the ability to work with a wide variety of interest groups. I am confident that he will strive to make the Bureau of Fisheries even more successful in its efforts on behalf of the aquatic resources as well as the citizens of the Commonwealth and our many visitors."
Young has served as the Commission's Chief of the Fisheries Management Division since April 2005. He spent the previous 18 years working in the Division of Environmental Services, and from May 1997 to April 2005 he served as Chief of the Aquatic Resources Section in that Division. The Aquatic Resources Section is responsible for permit and license application reviews related to hydropower development, water withdrawals, coal mining, thermal discharge variances to permits, aquatic herbicide use, and lake drawdowns. The section also coordinates agency involvement in Superfund cases where there have been impacts to aquatic life.
From 1996 to 1998 he worked on an interagency team in the development of the Pennsylvania/Maryland Instream Flow Model. Development of this computer model involved Instream Flow Incremental Methodology (IFIM) evaluations on 101 study sites distributed among 75 wild trout streams in Pennsylvania and Maryland. This model is currently used routinely by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Susquehanna River Basin Commission to develop instream flow protection conditions for wild trout streams in those agencies' water allocation permits.
Young's other work with the Commission includes such things as American shad restoration on the Susquehanna, Lehigh and Schuylkill Rivers; warmwater fisheries management; and creel survey efforts on Lake Erie.
In 2004, Young received the Susquehanna River Basin Commission's Maurice K. Goddard Award, which is given in recognition of excellence as a water management professional. In 2006, he received the Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation's Pine Cone Award in recognition of his efforts towards the stewardship of Pennsylvania's streams.
He and Jane, his wife of 26 years, live in Coburn. They have four children: Brittney, Abigail, Aaron, and Adam, and two grandchildren.
In announcing the appointment, PFBC Executive Director Doug Austen said, "Leroy will bring to the bureau director position a wealth of experience and the ability to work with a wide variety of interest groups. I am confident that he will strive to make the Bureau of Fisheries even more successful in its efforts on behalf of the aquatic resources as well as the citizens of the Commonwealth and our many visitors."
Young has served as the Commission's Chief of the Fisheries Management Division since April 2005. He spent the previous 18 years working in the Division of Environmental Services, and from May 1997 to April 2005 he served as Chief of the Aquatic Resources Section in that Division. The Aquatic Resources Section is responsible for permit and license application reviews related to hydropower development, water withdrawals, coal mining, thermal discharge variances to permits, aquatic herbicide use, and lake drawdowns. The section also coordinates agency involvement in Superfund cases where there have been impacts to aquatic life.
From 1996 to 1998 he worked on an interagency team in the development of the Pennsylvania/Maryland Instream Flow Model. Development of this computer model involved Instream Flow Incremental Methodology (IFIM) evaluations on 101 study sites distributed among 75 wild trout streams in Pennsylvania and Maryland. This model is currently used routinely by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Susquehanna River Basin Commission to develop instream flow protection conditions for wild trout streams in those agencies' water allocation permits.
Young's other work with the Commission includes such things as American shad restoration on the Susquehanna, Lehigh and Schuylkill Rivers; warmwater fisheries management; and creel survey efforts on Lake Erie.
In 2004, Young received the Susquehanna River Basin Commission's Maurice K. Goddard Award, which is given in recognition of excellence as a water management professional. In 2006, he received the Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation's Pine Cone Award in recognition of his efforts towards the stewardship of Pennsylvania's streams.
He and Jane, his wife of 26 years, live in Coburn. They have four children: Brittney, Abigail, Aaron, and Adam, and two grandchildren.