Our Team

Daniel Kusnierz has served the Penobscot Nation as water resources program manager since 1993, developing an understanding of the cultural importance of the Penobscot River to the Nation while refining his own technical skills. He has developed a watershed-wide water quality monitoring program with more than 95 weekly-sampling locations, set up a laboratory, and conducted investigations of toxic contaminants and their impact on the aquatic environment. His expertise also includes investigations of algal blooms and nutrients, dam removal, bio-monitoring using aquatic insects, and assessing and controlling non-point source pollution and biological-ecological assessment of wetlands. Daniel uses the water quality data for permitting, licensing and affecting policy change. He participates in numerous state, regional, and national working groups to ensure the tribal perspective is represented.