Prairie Region
Manitoba
Bill Watkins
Biodiversity Conservation Section
Wildlife and Ecosystem Protection Branch
Manitoba Conservation
Box 24, 200 Saulteaux Crescent
Winnipeg, MB R3J 3W3
Tel: 204-945-8481
Fax: 204-945-3077
E-mail: wwatkins@gov.mb.ca
North Dakota
Dorothy Fecske
Furbearer and Wildlife Disease Biologist
North Dakota Game and Fish Department
100 North Bismarck Expressway
Bismarck, ND 58501
Tel: 701-328-6302
E-mail: dfecske@nd.gov
South Dakota
Doug Backlund
Database Manager/Biologist
South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks
523 E. Capitol-Foss Bldg.
Pierre, SD 57501-3182
Tel: 605-773-4345
E-mail: Doug.Backlund@state.sd.us
Nebraska
Sam Wilson
Nebraska Game & Parks Commission
2200 N. 33rd Street, PO Box 30370
Lincoln, NE 68503-0370
Tel. (402) 471 5174
Fax (402) 471 5528
E-mail: sam.wilson@ngpc.ne.gov
Kansas
Charles D Lee
Extension Specialist, Wildlife
Kansas State University
Room 131 Call Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
Office Tel: 785-532-5734
E-mail: clee@ksu.edu or clee@oznet.ksu.edu
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Game Wardens:
Tracy Daniel
Tel: 580-761-6565
Larry Green
Tel: 580-761-4097
Ponca City, Oklahoma
E-mail: tdaniel@poncacity.net
Upper Midwest
Ontario
Neil Dawson
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Tel: 807-939-3120
Minnesota
Conrad Christianson, Furbearer/Wildlife Damage Program Leader
Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources/Division of Wildlife
500 Lafayette Road, Box 7
St. Paul, MN 55155
Tel: 651-297-3208
Fax: 651-297-4961
E-mail: conrad.christianson@dnr.state.mn.us
Wisconsin
Adrian P. Wydeven
Mammalian/Ecologist/Conservation Biologist
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
PO Box 220
875 S. 4th Street
Park Falls, WI 54552
Tel: 715-762-1363
Cell Tel. 715-492-0392
Fax 715-762-4348
E-mail: adrian.wydeven@dnr.state.wi.us
Michigan
Ray Rustem
Non-Game Coordinator
Michigan DNR
Mason Building, Fourth Floor
P.O. Box 30444
Lansing, MI 48909-7944
Tel: 517-373-2457
Fax 517-373-9338
Central Midwest
Iowa
Ron Andrews, Furbearer Resource Specialist
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
1203 North Shore Drive
Clear Lake, IA 50428
Office Tel: 641-357-3517
Cell Tel: 641-425-5088
E-mail: Ron.Andrews@dnr.state.ia.us
Missouri
Dave Hamilton
Missouri Dept of Conservation
1110 S. College Ave
Columbia, MO 65201
Tel: 573-882-9880 ext 3283
Illinois
John Buhnerkempe
Division of Wildlife Program Development
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702-1271
Tel: 217-782-6384
Fax: 217-785-2438
E-mail: jbuhnerkempe@dnrmail.state.il.us
Indiana
Scott Johnson
Non-Game Biologist (Bobcats)
Indiana DNR - Division of Fish & Wildlife
Tel: 812-334-1137
Ohio
Suzie Prange
O.D.N.R. Division of Wildlife
360 East State Street
Athens, OH 45701
Tel: 740-589-9923
Fax 740-589-9925
E-mail: dave.swanson@dnr.state.oh.us
Kentucky
Steven Dobey
Wildlife Program Coordinator
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
1 Sportsman's Lane
Frankfort, KY 40601
Tel: 502-564-7109 ext. 474
E-mail: steven.dobey@ky.gov
Northeast
Quebec
Ms. Hélène Jolicoeur
Biologiste
Direction du développement de la faune
675, boul. René-Lévesque est
11e étage, boîte 92
Québec (Québec) G1R 5V7
Téléphone: (418) 521-3875
Télécopieur: (418) 646-6863
E-mail: helene.jolicoeur@fapaq.gouv.qc.ca
New Brunswick
Cade Libby
Provincial Furbearer Biologist
Department of Natural Resources and Energy
PO Box 6000
Fredericton, NB
E3B 5H1
Tel: 506-453-2440
E-mail: cade.libby@gnb.ca
Nova Scotia
Fred W. Scott
Department of Biology
Acadia University
Wolfville, NS
Canada B0P 1X0
Tel: 902-585-1720
Fax 902-585-1059
E-mail: fwscott@eastlink.ca
Maine
Randal A. Cross or Wally Jakubas
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Mammal Group
650 State Street
Bangor, ME 04401
Tel: 207-941-4466
E-mail: randy.cross@state.me.us
New Hampshire
Eric Orff
Wildlife Biologist
N.H. Fish & Game Department
Wildlife Division
Region 3, Durham, NH
225 Main St.
Durham, NH 03824-4732
Tel: 603-271-2461 or 603-271-2462
E-mail: wilddiv@wildlife.state.nh.us
Vermont
Doug Blodgett
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Dept.
317 Sanitorium Rd. - West Wing
Pittsford, VT 05763
Tel: 802-483-2172
Fax 802-483-9374
E-mail: doug.blodgett@anr.state.vt.us
Massachusetts
Jim Cardoza
Wildlife Biologist (Turkey and Bear Project Leader)
Mass Division of Fisheries & Wildlife (MassWildlife)
1 Rabbit Hill Rd
Westboro, MA 01581
Tel: 508-792-7270 x124
E-mail: Jim.Cardoza@state.ma.us
Rhode Island
Charlie Brown, Senior Wildlife Biologist
Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife
Great Swamp Field Headquarters
P.O. Box 218
West Kingston, RI 02892
Tel: (401) 789-0281
E-mail: cbrowniv@netsense.net
Connecticut
Paul Rego
State of Connecticut
Department of Environmental Protection
Sessions Woods WMA
P.O. Box 1550
Burlington, CT 06013
Tel: 860-675-8130
E-mail: paul.rego@po.state.ct.us
New York
Alan Hicks
Mammal Specialist
Endangered Species Unit
Division of Fish and Wildlife
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233-4754
Tel: 518-402-8854
E-mail: achicks@gw.dec.state.ny.us
Middle Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Bureau of Law Enforcement
2001 Elmerton Avenue
Harrisburg, PA 17110-9797
Wildlife Management Tel: 717-787-5529
http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/PGC/pgc/contact.htm
New Jersey
Mike Valent
Biologist
Endangered and Nongame Species Program
N.J. Division of Fish and Wildlife
7A Van Syckels Rd.
Hampton, NJ 08827
Tel: 908-735-8975
E-mail: NROMVALENT@NAC.NET
Delaware
Captain Robert Hutchins
Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife
Wildlife Enforcement
Tel: 302-836-4682
Fax 302-836-2670
E-mail: robert.hutchins@state.de.us
Maryland
Glenn D. Therres
Maryland DNR
Wildlife and Heritage Service
580 Taylor Avenue E-1
Annapolis, MD 21401
Tel: 410-260-8572
E-mail: gtherres@dnr.state.md.us
Virginia
Rick Reynolds
VDGIF
P.O. Box 996
Verona, VA 24482
Tel: 540-248-9386
E-mail: rreynolds@dgif.state.va.us
West Virginia
Jack L. Wallace
Environmental Resources Specialist
Wildlife Diversity Program
Wildlife Resources Section
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
PO Box 67
Elkins, WV 26241
Tel: 304-637-0245
Fax 304-637-0250
E-mail: jackwallace@wvdnr.gov
Southeast
North Carolina
Wib Owen
Section Manager
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Wildlife Management Division
Tel: 919-733-7291
E-mail: OWENWL@mail.wildlife.state.nc.us
South Carolina
Buddy Baker
SC Department of Natural Resources
P O Box 167
Columbia, SC 29202
Tel: 803-734-3940
Tennessee
Ed Warr, Wildlife Biologist
Wildlife Division
TN Wildlife Resources Agency
PO Box 40747
Nashville, TN 37204
Tel: 615-781-6613
Fax 615-781-6654
E-mail: Ed.Warr@state.tn.us
Arkansas
Blake Sasse
Nongame Mammal Program Coordinator
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
2 Natural Resources Drive
Little Rock, AR 72205
Tel: 501-223-6370
Georgia
Jim Ozier
Sr. Wildlife Biologist
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Wildlife Resources Division
Nongame-Endangered Wildlife Program
116 Rum Creek Drive
Forsyth, GA 31029-6518
Tel: 478-994-1438
Fax 478-993-3050
Florida
Darrell Land
Florida Panther Section Leader
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
566 Commercial Blvd.
Naples, FL 34104-4709
Tel: 239.643.4220
Fax 239.643.0385
E-mail: Darrell.Land@fwc.state.fl.us
Alabama
Mark Sasser
Alabama Dept. of Conservation
Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries
Wildlife Section
Tel: 334-242-3469
E-mail: msasser@dcnr.state.al.us
Mississippi
Richard Rummel
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
2148 Riverside Dr.
Jackson, MS 39202-1353
Tel: 601-354-7303
Fax 601-354-7227
E-mail: richardr@mmns.state.ms.us
Louisiana
Inés E. Maxit, Biologist
Louisiana Natural Heritage Program
Tel: 225-765-2820
E-mail: maxit_ie@wlf.state.la.us
Texas (outside of west Texas)
John H. Young, Mammalogist
Texas Parks and Wildlife, Wildlife Diversity Program
3000 IH-35 South, Suite 100
Austin, TX 78704
Tel: (512) 912-7047
FAX: (512) 912-7058
