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