People to Contact
Conservation professionals can advise landowners, towns, companies, and organizations on how to make young forest and shrubland to help New England cottontails and the many other wild creatures that need this habitat. They can also point folks toward other state and federal agencies and resources.
Contact your state's wildlife division, as many such agencies have private-lands biologists and programs that explain, encourage, and sometimes help fund habitat-management practices that benefit young forest wildlife. Federal programs that can help private farm and forestland owners include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service's Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).
Connecticut
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Wildlife Division, 860-424-3011
Todd Bobowick, USDA-NRCS, Hamden, CT, todd.bobowick@ct.usda.gov, 203-859-7004, 860-626-8258
Howard Kilpatrick, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and New England Cottontail Technical Committee, howard.kilpatrick@ct.gov, 860-418-5953
Maine
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, 207-287-8000
Cory Stearns, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and New England Cottontail Technical Committee, Gray, ME, Cory.R.Stearns@maine.gov, 207-592-1782
Kate O'Brien, Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, Wells, ME, Kate_OBrien@fws.gov, 207-646-9226 x 27
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, 503-389-6300
Marianne Piche, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife and Natural Resources Conservation Service, Westborough, MA, marianne.piche@state.ma.us, 508-389-6313
David Scarpitti, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife and New England Cottontail Technical Committee, Westborough, MA, david.scarpitti@state.ma.us, 508-389-6377
Michelle Cozine, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Amherst, MA, Michelle.cozine@usda.gov, 413-253-4368
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Fish & Game, 603-271-3421
Haley Andreozzi, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, Durham, NH, Haley.Andreozzi@unh.edu, 603-862-5327
Kelly Boland, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and New England Cottontail Technical Committee, Dover, NH, Kelly.Boland@nh.usda.gov, 603-868-9931 x 113
Tom Brightman, New Hampshire Fish and Game, Concord, NH, Thomas.Brightman@wildlife.nh.gov, 603-271-5860
Heidi Holman, New Hampshire Fish and Game and New England Cottontail Technical Committee, Concord, NH, Heidi.holman@wildlife.nh.gov, 603-271-3018
Don Keirstead, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Durham, NH, donald.keirstead@nh.usda.gov, 603-868-9931 x 128
Ed and Julie Robinson, Wildlife Management Institute, Loudon, NH, julesprobinson@comcast.net, 603-856-1602 and 603-856-1603
New York
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Fish and Wildlife, 518-402-8924
Sue Booth-Binczik, New York Department of Environmental Conservation and new England Cottontail Technical Committee, New Paltz, NY, susan.booth-binczik@dec.ny.gov
Kim Farrell, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Syracuse, NY, kim.farrell@ny.usda.gov, 315-477-6537
Doug Little, National Wild Turkey Federation and Wildlife Management Institute, Cornwallville, NY, dlittle@nwtf.net, 518-239-4427
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Fish & Wildlife, 401-789-0281
Dylan Ferreira, Rhode Island Department of Fish and Wildlife, West Kingston, RI, dylan.ferreira@dem.ri.gov, 401-789-0281
Tanner Steeves, Rhode Island Department of Fish and Wildlife and New England Cottontail Technical Committee, West Kingston, RI, tanner.steeves@dem.ri.gov, 401-789-0281
Melissa Hayden, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Warwick, RI, melissa.hayden@usda.gov, 401-822-8847
Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge
Beth Goldstein, Realty Specialist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hadley, MA, beth.goldstein@fws.gov, 413-253-8564
Regionwide and Administrative
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, New England Field Office, 603-223-2541
Charles Fergus, Wildlife Management Institute, Lyndon, VT, charleslfergus@gmail.com, 802-626-4220 (website and communications)
Ted Kendziora, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, Concord, NH, ted_kendziora@fws.gov, 603-223-2541 x 13 (habitat creation)
Judy Stokes Weber, Wildlife Management Institute, Panton, VT, judystokesweber@gmail.com, 603-276-0016 (communications)
Anthony Tur, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and New England Cottontail Technical Committee, Concord, NH, Anthony_tur@fws.gov, 603-223-2541 x 6416 (science)
Steve Weber, Wildlife Management Institute, Panton, VT, sweber56@gmavt.com, 802-473-4005 (science and administration)
