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State Coordinators for the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network (STSSN)

Updated August 30, 2012

• Texas
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• Alabama
• Florida
• Georgia
• South Carolina
• North Carolina
• Virginia
• Maryland
• Delaware
• New Jersey
• New York
• Connecticut
• Rhode Island
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• Maine

TEXAS

• Dr. Donna Shaver (State Coordinator)
  National Parks Service
  Padre Island National Seashore
  P.O. Box 181300
  9450 S. Padre Island Drive.
  Corpus Christi, TX 78480-1300
  361-949-8173 ext. 226
  Fax: 361-949-1312
  Stranding Hotline: 1-866-TURTLE5 (1-866-887-8535)
  Donna_Shaver@nps.gov

LOUISIANA

• Mandy Tumlin (State Coordinator)
  Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
  Office of Fisheries
  2000 Quail Dr.
  Baton Rouge, LA 70808
  (985) 787-2163 LDWF Fisheries Research Lab
  (337) 962-7092 Stranding Cellular
  (225) 765-2377 Headquarters Office
  mtumlin@wlf.la.gov

MISSISSIPPI

• Dr. Melissa Cook (State Coordinator)
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  National Marine Fisheries Service
  3209 Frederic Street
  Pascagoula, MS 39567
  Work: (228) 549-1628
  Fax: (228) 762-4591
  Stranding Hotline: 1-888-SOS-DOLPHIN (1-888-767-3657)
  Melissa.Cook@noaa.gov

ALABAMA

• Jackie Isaacs (State Coordinator)
  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
  12295 State Highway 180
  Gulf Shores, AL 36542
  (251) 540-7720; -7301 Fax
  Stranding Hotline: 1-866-SEA-TURT (1-866-732-8878)
  Jackie_Isaacs@fws.gov

FLORIDA

• Dr. Allen M. Foley (State Coordinator)
  Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
  Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
  Jacksonville Field Laboratory
  370 Zoo Parkway
  Jacksonville, FL 32218
  (904) 696-5904; -5903 Fax
  FWC Wildlife Alert Hotline: 1-888-404-FWCC (1-888-404-3922)
  Allen.Foley@MyFWC.com

GEORGIA

• Mark Dodd (State Coordinator)
  Georgia Department of Natural Resources
  Marine Resources Division
  1 Conservation Way
  Brunswick, GA 31520
  (912) 280-6892; (912)262-3143 Fax
  Stranding Hotline:1-800-2-Save Me (1-800-272-8363)
  mark_dodd@dnr.state.ga.us

SOUTH CAROLINA

• DuBose Griffin (State Coordinator)
  South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
  P.O. Box 12559
  Charleston, SC 29422-2559
  (843) 953-9016; -9282 Fax
  Stranding Hotline: 1-800-922-5431
  griffind@dnr.sc.gov

NORTH CAROLINA

• Dr. Matthew Godfrey (State Coordinator)
  Sea Turtle Program Coordinator
  North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
  1507 Ann Street
  Beaufort, NC 28516
  Office: (252) 728-1528
  Stranding Hotline: (252) 241-7367
  matt.godfrey@ncwildlife.org

VIRGINIA

• Mark Swingle (State Coordinator)
  Virginia Aquarium Stranding Program
  717 General Booth Boulevard
  Virginia Beach, VA 23451
  Office: 757-437-6022; Fax: -4976
  Stranding Hotline: 757-437-6159
  mswingle@vbgov.com
  

MARYLAND

• Jennifer Dittmar (Co-Coordinator, Live Animal Response)
  National Aquarium in Baltimore
  501 East Pratt Street, Pier 3
  Baltimore, MD 21202
  410-986-2377 Office, 410-986-2356 Fax
  Stranding Hotline: 410-373-0083
  jdittmar@aqua.org
  
  
• Jamie (Schofield) Testa (Co-coordinator, Dead Animal Response)
  Sea Turtle & Marine Mammal Stranding Coordinator
  Maryland Department of Natural Resources
  Cooperative Oxford Laboratory
  904 South Morris St
  Oxford, MD 21654-1323
  *Stranding Cell Phone: 443-758-6607*
  Office Phone: 410 226 5193 ext 132
  Fax: 410 226 0120
  Email: jtesta@dnr.state.md.us

DELAWARE

• Suzanne Thurman
  MERR Institute, Inc.
  P.O. Box 411
  Nassau, DE 19969
  Office/Cell: 302-228-5029; Fax: 302-644-2679
  merrins@earthlink.net

NEW JERSEY

• Robert Schoelkopf
  Marine Mammal Stranding Center
  P.O. Box 773
  3625 Brigantine Blvd.
  Brigantine, NJ 08203
  Office/Hotline: 609-266-0538; Fax: 609-266-6300
  mmsc@verizon.net

NEW YORK

• Kimberly Durham
  Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation
  467 East Main Street
  Riverhead, NY 11901
  Office: 631-369-9840; Fax: -9826
  Stranding Hotline: 631-369-9829
  kdurham@riverheadfoundation.org

CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND

• Janelle Schuh
  Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration
  Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Stranding Program
  55 Coogan Blvd.
  Mystic, CT 06355
  Office: 860-572-5955 ext. 154; Fax: -5969
  Stranding Hotline: 860-572-5955 x107
  jschuh@mysticaquarium.org

MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE

• Robert Prescott (Co-Coordinator, South of Boston, Cape Cod)
  Massachusetts Audubon Society
  Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
  P.O. Box 236
  South Wellfleet, MA 02663
  Office/Hotline: 508-349-2615
  rprescott@massaudubon.org
  
  
• Connie Merigo (Co-Coordinator, Boston North and New Hampshire)
  New England Aquarium
  Rescue Rehab Program
  Central Wharf
  Boston, MA 02110
  Office: 617-226-2102
  Stranding Hotline: 617-973-5247
  cmerigo@neaq.org

MAINE

• Sean Todd (Co-coordinator, Rockland north to Canadian border)
  Allied Whale, College of the Atlantic
  105 Eden Street
  Bar Harbor, ME 04609
  Office: 207-288-5015, Fax: 207-288-3708 fax
  Stranding Hotline: 800-532-9551
  stodd@coa.edu
  
  
• (Rockland south) For strandings call 866-755-NOAA (6622)
  
  
• For in-water entanglements call Maine Marine Patrol
  Division 1- Kittery to St. George River: 207-633-9595
  Division 2- St. George River to Canadian border: 207-667-3373