Resources
Directory of Local Specialists.
The directory below, listed in order by state, identifies organizations that have access to plant and/or arthropod specialists. They have been contacted by the Museum and have agreed to help local participating Biodiversity Counts schools find specialists to assist their classes as a model for scientific inquiry, observation, and identification.

We will continue to expand this directory. If you have found other good resources for local specialists, please post information about them in the Web site Discussion area.


CALIFORNIA

NASA Ames Research Center
Mail Stop 242-4
Moffett Field, CA 94035
Tel: (650) 604-6164
http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge/casa
--Plant Specialist: Chris Potter, Research Scientist

CONNECTICUT

Audubon Center
613 Riversville Rd.
Greenwich, CT 06831
Tel: (203) 869-5272
-- Plant Specialist: Marilyn Smith
msmith@audubon.org
--Arthropod Specialist: Ted Gilman
White Memorial Conservation Center
P.O. Box 368
Litchfield, CT 06759
Tel: (860) 567-0857
--Contact People: Jeff Greenwood; and David Rosgen, Director of Research

FLORIDA

NASA Kennedy Space Center
Mail Code DYN-1
J.F. Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
--Contact Person: Dr. Thomas Dreschel, Science Education Coordinator
thomas.dreschel-1@ksc.nasa.gov

IDAHO

Idaho Department of Lands
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0050
Tel: (208) 334-0241
--Contact Person: Jim Ball, Information Officer
jball@idl.state.id.us

ILLINOIS

Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Division of Education
524 South Second Street, Room 530
Springfield, IL 62701
teachkids@dnrmail.state.il.us

INDIANA

Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, Vanderburgh County
13301 Darmstadt Road
Evansville, IN 47711
Tel: (812) 435-5287
--Contact Person: Larry Caplan
larry.caplan@ces.purdue.edu
Purdue Cooperative Extension Service, St. Joseph County
227 W. Jefferson Street
646 County City Building
South Bend, IN 46601-1870
Tel: (219) 235-9604
--Contact Person: Phil Sutton, Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources
phil_sutton@ces.purdue.edu

IOWA

Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Forestry Division
Wallace State Office Building
Des Moines, IA 50319
Tel: (515) 242-5966
http://www.fs.fed.us/outdoors/nrce/cons_ed_state_cont.htm
--Contact Person: John Walkowiak
john.walkowiak@dnr.state.ia.us

KANSAS
Kansas State University Research and Extension
2021 Throckmorton Hall HFRR
Manhattan, KS 66506-5507
Tel: (785) 532-1444
--Contact Person: Charles Barden, Forestry Specialist
cbarden@oz.oznet.ksu.edu

LOUISIANA

US Geological Survey
Biological Resources Division
National Wetlands Research Center
700 Cajundome Blvd
Lafayette, LA 70506
Tel: (337) 593-5800
--Larry Allain, Botanist
larry_allain@usgs.gov
--Chris Wells, Botanist
chris_wells@usgs.gov

MASSACHUSETTS

Cambridge Public School
Science Department
459 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: (617) 349-6790
observe@aol.com
--Contact Person for participating Cambridge Schools:
Dr. Melanie Barron, K-12 Science Coordinator
observemb@aol.com

MISSOURI

Missouri Department of Conservation
2751 Glencoe Road
Glencoe, MO 63038
Tel: (636) 458-2236
--Plant and Arthropod Specialist: David Bruns

NEW JERSEY

Georgian Court College
900 Lakewood Avenue
Lakewood, NJ 08701-2697
Tel: (732) 364-2200 x373
--Plant Specialist: Michael F. Gross
gross@georgian.edu

NEW MEXICO

New Mexico State University Extension Service
Forestry Division
P.O. Box 1948
Sante Fe, NM 87504
Tel: (505) 476-3351
--Robert Cain, Forest Entomologist
sacrops@nmsu.edu

NEW YORK

SUNY
College of Environmental Science & Forestry
125 Illick Hall
Syracuse, NY 13210
Tel: (315) 476-6751
--Contact Person: Kim Adams, Extension Specialist
kbadams@syr.edu

NORTH DAKOTA

NDSU Extension Service/ Nelson County
Courthouse, PO Box 567
Lakota, ND 58344-0567
Tel: (701) 247-2521
--Plant Specialist: Nels Peterson, County Extension Agent
npeterso@ndsuext.nodak.edu

OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma State University
Cooperative Extension Service, Mayes County
P.O. Box 39
Pryer, OK 74362
Tel: (918) 825-3241
--Contact Person: Michael Rose, Extension Educator, Agriculture
roseml@okstate.edu
Oklahoma State University
Cooperative Extension Service, Caddo County
201 West Oklahoma
Anadarko, OK 73005
Tel: (405) 247-3376
--Contact Person: David Nowlin
nowlin@okstate.edu

OREGON

Oregon State University
Hatfield Marine Science Center
2030 S. Marine Science Drive
Newport, OR 97365
--Contact Person: Vicki Osis
vicki.osis@hmsc.orst.edu

PENNSYLVANIA

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Bureau of Forestry
P.O. Box 8552
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8552
Tel: (717) 787-2853
--Ed Dix, Botanist
edix@state.pa.us

RHODE ISLAND

Natural Heritage Program
235 Promenade Street
Providence, RI 02908
Tel: (401) 222-2776 x4308
--Contact Person: Rick Enser
renser@dem.state.ri.us

SOUTH CAROLINA

City of Charleston
823 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29403
Tel: (843) 577-6970
--Contact Person: Danny Burbage, Urban Forester
burbaged@ci.charleston.sc
South Carolina State Forestry Commission
PO Box 21707
Columbia, SC 29221
Tel: (803) 896-8864
--Contact Person: Liz Galland
lgilland@forestry.state.sc.us

TENNESSEE
Tennessee Dept. of Environment & Conservation Division of Natural Heritage
14th Floor, L & C Tower
401 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37243-0447
--Contact Person: C. Smoot Major
cmajor@mail.state.tn.us

TEXAS
Texas Agricultural Extension Service of Fayette County
LaGrange, TX 78945
Tel: (979) 968-5831
--Contact Person: Larry Mickel
l-mickel@tamu.edu
Coke County Agricultural Extension Agent
P.O. Box 170
Robert Lee, TX 76945
Tel: (915) 453-2461
--Contact Person: Tommy Antilley
t-antilley@tamu.edu

VERMONT
Vermont State Forestry Division
Forest Biology Lab
103 S. Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05671-0409
Tel: (802) 241-3606
--Arthropod Specialist: Dr. Trish Hanson
thanson@fpr.anr.state.vt.us
Vermont Department of Agriculture
116 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05620-2901
Tel: (802) 828-2431
--Jon Turmell, State Entomologist
jon@agr.state.vt.us
University of Vermont Plant and Soil Science Department
Hills Science Building
Burlington, VT 05405-0082
Tel: (802) 656-0467
--Plant Specialist: Mark Starrett
Mark.Starrett@uvm.edu
University of Vermont
118 Marsh Life Science Building
Burlington, VT 05405-0886
Tel: (802) 656-0438
--Plant Specialist: Dr. Gary Olivetti
golivett@zoo.uvm.edu
University of Vermont
225 C Marsh Life Science Building
Burlington, VT 05405-0886
Tel: (802) 656-0426
--Plant Specialist: Dr. Cathy Paris
cparis@zoo.uvm.edu

WASHINGTON
Washington Department of Natural Resources
Resource Protection Division
P.O. Box 47037
Olympia, WA 98504-7037
Tel: (360) 902-1691
--Entomology Specialist: Karen Ripley
Karen.Ripley@wadnr.gov
Washington State Only
Natural Heritage Program
Department of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 47016
Olympia, WA 98504-7016
Tel: (360) 902-1661
--Plant Specialist: John Gamon
john.gamon@wadnr.gov

WEST VIRGINIA
WV Dept. of Agriculture Plant Industries Division
Charlestown, WV 25305
Tel: (304) 558-2212
--Arthropod Specialist: Dr. Berry Crutchfield
bcrutchfield@ag.state.wv.us
WV Dept. of Agriculture Plant Industries Division
Charlestown, WV 25305
Tel: (304) 558-2212
--Arthropod Specialist: Dr. Shawn Clark
sclark@ag.state.wv.us

Web sites to link to

USDA Forest Service
http://www.fs.fed.us/outdoors/nrce/regional_coord.htm

Missouri Department of Conservation
http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/


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