Contact

Co-Chair Contact Information

NEPARC co-chairs are elected and serve two year terms, with one co-chair rotating off each year. Elections occur at the annual meeting.

Jessica Meck

Conservation Ecology Center Smithsonian

Conservation Biology Institute

1500 Remount Rd

Front Royal, VA 22630

MeckJ@si.edu

Luke Groff

Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department
271 N. Main St., Suite 215
Rutland, VT 05701
Phone: (802) 760-0089
Email: luke.groff@vermont.gov

NEPARC Webmaster Contact Information

If you have found errors on any NEPARC webpages or have contact information updates, please email the webmaster (Email: neparcwebmaster@gmail.com).

State Agency Contact Information

The following is a list of state agency biologists in the Northeast that are responsible for conservation of native herpetofauna.

Connecticut

Mike Ravesi
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Sessions Woods WMA
PO Box 1550
341 Milford St
Burlington, CT 06013
Phone: (860) 424-3104
Email:  Michael.Ravesi@ct.gov

Delaware

Nate Nazdrowicz
Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife
4876 Hay Point Landing Road
Smyrna, DE 19977
Phone: (302) 735-8688
Email: nathan.nazdrowicz@state.de.us

District of Columbia

Fisheries & Wildlife Division
District Department of the Environment
1200 First St., 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20002

Maine

Phillip de Maynadier or Derek Yorks
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
650 State Street
Bangor, ME 04401
Phone: (207) 941-4239
Email: phillip.demaynadier@maine.gov or derek.yorks@maine.gov

Maryland

Scott Smith
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Natural Heritage Service
PO Box 68
909 Wye Mills Road
Wye Mills, MD 21679
Phone: (410) 827-8612 ext. 103
Email: scott.smith@maryland.gov

Massachusetts

Michael Jones
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
1 Rabbit Hill Road
Westborough, MA 01581
Phone: (508) 389-7863
Email: michael.t.jones@state.ma.us

New Hampshire

Melissa Doperalski
Nongame & Endangered Wildlife Program
New Hampshire Fish & Game Department
11 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-1738
Email: melissa.doperalski@wildlife.nh.gov

New Jersey

Brian Zarate
Endangered and Nongame Species Program
New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
1 Van Syckles Road
Clinton, NJ 08809
Phone: (908) 638-6482
Email: brian.zarate@dep.nj.gov

New York

Lisa Pipino
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
625 Broadway, 5th Floor
Albany, N.Y. 12233
Phone: (518) 402-8957
Email: Lisa.Pipino@dec.ny.gov

Pennsylvania

Chris Urban and Kathy Gipe
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
450 Robinson Lane
Bellefonte, PA 16826
Phone: (814) 359-5186
Email: curban@pa.gov
Email: c-kgipe@pa.gov

Rhode Island

Scott Buchanan
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
277 Great Neck Rd
West Kingston, RI 02892
Phone: (401) 789-0281 x28
Email: scott.buchanan@dem.ri.gov

Vermont

Luke Groff
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department
271 N. Main St., Suite 215
Rutland, VT 05701
Phone: (802) 760-0089
Email: luke.groff@vermont.gov

Virginia

John Kleopfer
Wildlife Diversity Division
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
3801 John Tyler Memorial Hwy.
Charles City, Va. 23030
Phone: (804) 829 – 6703
Email: John.Kleopfer@dgif.virginia.gov

West Virginia

Kevin Oxenrider
Wildlife Resources
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
1 Depot Street
Romney, WV 26757
Phone: (304) 822-3551 x125
Email: kevin.j.oxenrider@wv.gov