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
Chris Asaro
christopher.asaro@usda.gov
USDA Forest Service
Alabama
Drew Metzler
Alabama Forestry Commission
513 Madison Ave.
Montgomery , AL 36104
Phone: (334) 274-5507
drew.metzler@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
Jeffrey 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
Jeffrey.Eickwort@FDACS.gov
Georgia
Paul McDaniel
Georgia Forestry Commission
564 Old Newnan Rd.
Carrollton, GA 30117
Phone: (770) 530-4901
pmcdaniel@gfc.state.ga.us
Kentucky
Alexandra Blevins
Kentucky Division of Forestry
300 Sower Blvd
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 382-1720
alexandra.blevins@ky.gov
Louisiana
Tyler Cloud
Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry
Forest Management Branch Chief
5825 Florida Blvd. Suite 6000
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Phone: (225) 952-8015
tcloud@ldaf.state.la.us
Mississippi
Garron Hicks
Mississippi Forestry Commission
3139 Highway 468 West
Pearl, MS 39208
Phone: (662) 791-9747
ghicks@mfc.ms.gov
North Carolina
Jim Moeller
North Carolina Forest Service
512 Salisbury St.
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) 640-9492
dieter.rudolph@ag.ok.gov
South Carolina
David Jenkins
South Carolina Forestry Commission
5500 Broad River Road
Columbia, SC 29212
Phone: (803) 667-1002
djenkins@scfc.gov
Tennessee
Katherine Kilbourne
Tennessee Department of Agriculture
Forestry Division
Ellington Agricultural Center
440 Hogan Road
Nashville, TN 37220
Phone: (615) 767-0918
katherine.kilbourne@tn.gov
Texas
Allen Smith
Texas A&M Forest Service
Forest Health Program Manager
2705 Gilmer Road, Suite B
Longview, TX 75608
Phone: 903-297-5094
lasmith@tfs.tamu.edu
Virginia
Lori Chamberlin
Virginia Department of Forestry
900 Natural Resources Drive
Suite 800
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Phone: (804) 418-0205
lori.chamberlin@dof.virginia.gov