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United States Department of Agriculture

Forest Health Monitoring Contacts

Forest Health Monitoring Management Team

National Coordinator

Eric Sprague
National Program Manager Forest Health Monitoring (FHM)
USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Washington Office
Email: eric.sprague@usda.gov

Regional Leads

Name AND Title AFFILIATION EMAIL
Joel Egan
Interior West Mega-Region Co-coordinator
USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection joel.egan@usda.gov
Brian Howell
Interior West Mega-Region Coordinator
USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection brian.howell@usda.gov
Crystal Tischner
Region 3 Coordinator
USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection crystal.tischler@usda.gov
Karen Ripley
West Coast Mega-Region Coordinator
USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection karen.ripley@usda.gov
Nick Holomuzki
Region 5 Coordinator
USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection nicholas.holomuzki@usda.gov
Stephen Burr
Eastern Mega-Region Coordinator
USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection stephen.burr@usda.gov
Chris Asaro
Southern Mega-Region Coordinator
USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection christopher.asaro@usda.gov

State Representatives

Name AND Title AFFILIATION EMAIL
Harrison Brookes
Interior West State Coordinator

Wyoming Forestry Division harrison.brookes@wyo.gov
Katlin Mooneyham
Southern State Coordinator
Virginia Department of Forestry
katlin.mooneyham@dof.virginia.gov
Phil Marshall
Eastern State Coordinator
Indiana Division of Forestry
PMarshall@dnr.IN.gov
Tom Smith
West Coast State Coordinator
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
tom.smith@fire.ca.gov

Other Forest Service Representatives

Name AND Title AFFILIATION EMAIL
Frank Koch
Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, FHM Research Team Representative

USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station frank.h.koch@usda.gov
Barb Conkling
Research Triangle Park Representative
NC State University
barbara.conkling@usda.gov
Renate Bush
Forest Inventory and Analysis Representative
USDA Forest Service, Research and Development
renate.bush@usda.gov
https://www.fs.usda.gov/foresthealth/contact-us/forest-health-monitoring-contacts.shtml