Contacts
Contact Resources
Local information about SPB can also be obtained through the USDA Forest Service or State Forest Health Specialists. Contact a specialist in your area for more information.
USDA Forest Service
John Nowak
john.t.nowak@usda.gov
USDA Forest Service
Alabama
Austin Reese
Alabama Forestry Commission
513 Madison Ave.
Montgomery , AL 36104
Phone: (334) 274-5507
austin.reese@forestry.alabama.gov
Arkansas
Chandler Barton
Arkansas Department of Agriculture
Arkansas Forestry Commission
#1 Natural Resources Drive
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: (501) 297-1581
Chandler.barton@agriculture.arkansas.gov
Florida
Jeff Eickwort
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Florida Forest Service
Forest Health Section
1911 SW 34th Street
Gainesville, FL 32608-1201
Phone: (352) 395-4689
Fax: (352) 395-4623
Jeffrey.Eickwort@FDACS.gov
Georgia
Lynne Womack
Georgia Forestry Commission
3086 Martha Berry Hwy.
Rome, GA 30165
Phone: (706) 295-6021
lwomack@gfc.state.ga.us
Kentucky
Abe Nielsen
Kentucky Division of Forestry
300 Sower Blvd
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502)-782-7172
Fax: (502)-564-4245
Abe.Nielsen@ky.gov
Louisiana
Tyler Cloud
Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry
Forestry Program Specialist
740 Covington Rd.
Haughton, LA 71037
Phone: (318) 949-3225
tcloud@ldaf.state.la.us
Mississippi
Garron Hicks
Mississippi Forestry Commission
13463 Highway 12 West
Starkville, MS 39759
(662) 361-4272
ghicks@mfc.state.ms.us
North Carolina
Jim Slye
North Carolina Forest Service
1616 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699
Phone: (919)-857-4858
james.slye@ncagr.gov
Oklahoma
Dieter Rudolph
Oklahoma Forestry Services
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture
Food & Forestry
2800 N. Lincoln Blvd.
Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4298
Phone: (405)-522-8888
Fax: (405)-522-4583
dieter.rudolph@ag.ok.gov
South Carolina
David Jenkins
South Carolina Forestry Commission
5500 Broad River Road
Columbia, SC 29221
Phone: (803) 667-1002
Fax: (803) 896-8838
djenkins@scfc.gov
Tennessee
Hannah Hollowell
Tennessee Department of Agriculture
Forestry Division
Ellington Agricultural Center
440 Hogan Road
Nashville, TN 37220
Phone: 615-837-5439
Hannah.Hollowell@tn.gov
Texas
Shane Harrington
Texas A&M Forest Service
200 Technology Way
Suite 1281
College Station, TX 77845
Phone: (979) 458-6650
Fax: (979) 458-6655
sharrington@tfs.tamu.edu
Virginia
Lori Chamberlin
Virginia Department of Forestry
900 Natural Resources Drive
Suite 800
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Phone: (434) 220-9026
Fax: (434) 296-2369
lori.chamberlin@dof.virginia.gov