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Appendix B. Other Contributors APPENDIX B: OTHER CONTRIBUTORS Multi-Species Recovery Plan for South Florida Appendix B. Names appearing in bold print denote those who authored or prepared Other Contributors various components of the recovery plan. Will Abberger James W. Beever, III The Trust for Public Land Florida Game and Fresh Water 306 North Monroe Street Fish Commission Tallahassee, Florida 32301-7622 Environmental Services Field Office 29200 Tuckers Grade Warren G. Abrahamson Punta Gorda, Florida 33955 Bucknell University Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837 Gloria Bell U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Patricia Adams 1875 Century Blvd. Suite 200 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Atlanta, Georgia 30345-3301 P. O. Box 2676 Vero Beach, Florida 32961-2676 Theodore H. Below 3697 North Road Frederic Adrian Naples, Florida 34104 Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Paula Benshoff P. O. Box 6504 Myakka River State Park Titusville, Florida 32782 13207 State Road 27 Laura Alex Sarasota, Florida 34241 AmeriCorps Member 930 Holly Stone Lane Kelly Bibb Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1875 Century Blvd. Jon Andrew Suite 200 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Atlanta, Georgia 30345-3301 Migratory Bird Office 4401 N. Fairfax Drive Biodiversity Legal Foundation Arlington, Virginia 22203 P. O. Box 1359 Buxton, North Carolina 27920 Janice Annis U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service P. O. Box 2676 Biological Research Associates Vero Beach, Florida 32961-2676 910 U. S. Highway 301 N. Suite 180 Joan Barrish Tampa, Florida 33619 Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Alberta Bourn 4405 South Main Street U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Gainesville, Florida 32601 P. O. Box 2676 Vero Beach, Florida 32961-2676 Erin Beatty 321 Penisula Road Harriman, Tennessee 37748 Page B-1 APPENDIX B: OTHER CONTRIBUTORS Multi-Species Recovery Plan for South Florida Sheryl Bowman Steve Coughlin Hillsborough County Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Parks and Recreation Commission Resource Management P.O. Box 840837 310 North Falkenburg Road Pembroke Pines, Florida 33084 Tampa, Florida 33619 Nancy Coile Edwin L. Bridges Division of Plant Industry Botanical and Ecological Consultant Department of Agriculture and 7752 Holly Tree Place, NW Consumer Services 1911 SW 34th Street Bremerton, Washington 98312 Gainesville, Florida 32614-7100 Jim Bryan Jim Cox Lykes Brothers, Inc. Florida Game and Fresh Water 7 Lykes Road Lake Placid, Florida 33852 Fish Commission 620 South Meridian Street Kalani Cairns Tallahassee, Florida 32399 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service P.O. Box 2676 David Crewz Vero Beach , Florida 32961-2676 Florida Department of Environmental Protection Rebecca Callahan Florida Marine Research Institute University of South Alabama 100 S. E. 8th Avenue P. O. Box U-785 St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 Mobile, Alabama 36688 John Curnutt Heather Carman University of Tennessee Florida Department of Transportation Department of Ecology and 1000 NW 111th Avenue, Room 6101 Evolutionary Biology Miami, Florida 33172 Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1610 Linda Chafin George Custer Florida Natural Areas Inventory U. S. Forest Service 1018 Thomasville Road Suite 200C Ocala National Forest- Tallahassee, Florida 32303 Lake George Ranger District Silver Springs, Florida 34488-5849 Deborah Chayet Pinellas County Parks Department Paul Davis 631 Chestnut Street Palm Beach County Clearwater, Florida 34616 Environmental Resources Management 3323 Belvedere Road, Building 502 West Palm Beach, Florida 33406 Jim Clark U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Ann Deaton NCTC Florida Department of Environmental Rt. 1, Box 166 Protection Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443 Florida Park Service, District 5 3 LaCroiz Court Key Largo, Florida 33037 Page B-2 APPENDIX B: OTHER CONTRIBUTORS Multi-Species Recovery Plan for South Florida Kimberly Dryden Gary Goode U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service East Volusia Mesquito Control District Office of Ecological Services 1600 AviationCenter Parkway 3860 Tollgate Boulevard, Suite 300 Daytona, Florida 32114 Naples, Florida 34114 Jeffery Gore Linda Conway Duever Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Conway Conservation Commission P. O. Box 949 6938 Highway 2321 Micanopy, Florida 32667 Panama City, Florida 32409 Mike Dunbar Thomas Grahl U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Resources Division P.O. Box 2676 6006 Shrader Road Vero Beach, Florida 32961-2676 Madison, Wisconsin 53711 Kenneth L. Graham Michelle Eames U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Area 1 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 551-F Pylon Drive Upper Columbia River Basin Field P. O. Box 33726 Office Raleigh, North Carolina 27606 11103 East Montgomery Drive Spokane, Washington 99206 Judith Hanner Stephen Forsythe Rookery Bay Rookery Bay NERR U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 300 Tower Road P.O. Box 2676 Naples, Florida 33962 Vero Beach, Florida 32961-2676 Robert A. Hattaway Don Fox Florida Department of Environmental Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Protection Commission Florida Park Service, District 4 3991 SE 27th Court 1843 South Tamiami Trail Okeechobee, Florida 33974 Osprey, Florida 34229 Kofi Fynn-Aikins Bill Helfferich U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service South Florida Water 405 N. French Road, Suite 120A Management District Amherst, NY 14228-2008 P. O. Box 24680 West Palm Beach, Florida Joyce W. Gann 33416-4680 Institute for Regional Conservation 22601 SW 152nd Ave Brian Henley Miami, Florida 33170 Conway Conservation P. O. Box 949 S. Kim Glassman Micanopy, Florida 32667 119 E. 29th Street Room 450E New York, NY 10016 Page B-3 APPENDIX B: OTHER CONTRIBUTORS Multi-Species Recovery Plan for South Florida Dr. Richard Hilsenbeck Suzanne Kennedy The Nature Conservancy 3007 Bird Ave. 625 N. Adams Street Apt. 10 Tallahassee, Florida 32301 Coconut Grove, Florida 33133 Dan Hipes Nathan King Florida Natural Areas Inventory 1300 Wilson St. 1018 Thomasville Road McKeesport, PA 15132 Suite 200C Steve Klett Tallahassee, Florida 32303 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Key Deer Refuge Michael Jennings P.O. Box 430510 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Big Pine Key, Florida 33043-1510 P.O. Box 2676 Vero Beach, Florida 32961-2676 Patricia Richards Kramer MGG/RSMAS Sherry Johanson 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Miami, Florida 33149 P. O. Box 2676 Vero Beach, Florida 32961-2676 Darrell Land Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Craig Johnson Commission National Marine Fisheries Service 566 Commercial Boulevard Office of Protected Resources, Naples, Florida 33942 Endangered Species Division 1315 East-West Highway SSMC3 Mark Landry Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 650 Royal Palm Blvd. Vero Beach, Florida 32960 Ron Johns Florida Department of Environmental Jill Lehman Protection Hillsborough County Parks and Recre- Florida Park Service, Sebastian Inlet ation, Resource Management State Recreation Area, 310 North Falkenburg Road 970 South Highway A1A Tampa, Florida 33619 Melbourne Beach, Florida 32951 David Leonard Rick Jorgensen Archbold Biological Station Equestrian Land P.O. Box 2057 Conservation Resources Lake Placid, Florida 33852 The Conservation Fund 1800 North Kent Street, Suite 200C Kim Livengood Arlington, Virginia 22209-2156 15 Laurel Park Drive Arden, North Carolina 28704 Eugene Kelly Southwest Florida Water Julie Lockwood Management District University of Tennessee Department of Ecology and 2379 Broad Street Evolutionary Biology Brooksville, Florida 34609-6899 Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1610 Page B-4 APPENDIX B: OTHER CONTRIBUTORS Multi-Species Recovery Plan for South Florida Charleen Looney Brian Millsap U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish P. O. Box 2676 Commission Vero Beach, Florida 32961 620 S. Meridian Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1600 Frank Lund South Florida Water Steve Morrison Management District The Nature Conservancy P. O. Box 24680 225 E. Stuart Avenue West Palm Beach, FL 33416-4680 Lake Wales, Florida 33853-3712 Brian Luprek James Moyers U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Auburn University P.O. Box 2676 331 Funchess Hall Vero Beach, Florida 32961-2676 Auburn, Alabama 36849-5414 Barry Mansell Ron Myers 2826 Rosselle St. The Nature Conservancy Jacksonville, Florida 32205 625 N. Adams Street Heather McSharry Tallahassee, Florida 32301 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service P. O. Box 2676 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Vero Beach, Florida 32961-2676 Administration National Marine Fisheries Service Miccosukee Tribe of Indians Southeast Fisheries Science Center of Florida 75 Virginia Beach Drive P. O. Box 440021, Tamiami Station Miami, Florida 33149 Mail Marker 70, U. S. 41, Tamiami Trail Stephen Nesbitt Miami, Florida 33144 Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Gary Milano 4001 South Main Steet Miami-Dade County DERM Gainesville, Florida 32601 211 W. Flagler Street Miami, Florida 33130 Nancy K. O’Hare Everglades Research Group Jonno Miller 35250 SW 212 Ave. New College Florida City, Florida 33034 4535 45th Court W. T. Olds, Jr. Sarasota, Florida 34234 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service 9720 Monroe Building, Suite 101 Steve Miller St. Petersburg, Florida 33702 St. Johns River Water Management District Erik Orsak P.O. Box 1429 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Palatka, Florida 32178-1429 Las Vegas Sub-Office 1510 N. Decatur Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89108 Page B-5 APPENDIX B: OTHER CONTRIBUTORS Multi-Species Recovery Plan for South Florida The Ornithological Council Gary Race 1725 K. St., NW, Suite 212 Lake County Water Authority Washington, D. C. 20006-1401 107 N. Lake Avenue Tavares, Florida 32778 Steve Orzell Avon Park Air Force Range Brad Rieck Natural Resources,
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