Species Point of Contact in Alabama | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

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Species Point of Contact in Alabama

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Alabama

The staff of the Alabama Ecological Services office are national species leads for 50 threatened and endangered species. The table below lists the species the staff are the lead for and additional species they cover in the state. If you have questions for any of our lead biologists, feel free to contact them.

Staff	National Species Lead	Office Species Lead/POC
Jennifer Grunewald	Crustaceans - Slenderclaw Crayfish Fish - Rush Darter, Slackwater Darter, Trispot Darter, Vermilion Darter, Watercress Darter, Mussels - Inflated Heelspliter Snails - Cylindrical Lioplax, Flat Pebblesnail, Lacy Elimia, Oblong Rocksnail, Plicate Rocksnail, Round Rocksnail	Fish - Spotfin Chub
Evan Collins	Reptiles & Amphibians - Black Warrior Waterdog, Flattened Musk Turtle Fish - Cahaba Shiner, Coal Darter, Pygmy Sculpin, Spring Pygmy Sunfish Mussels - Alabama Hickorynut, Canoe Creek Clubshell, Finelined Pocketbook, Orange-nacre Mucket, Southern Clubshell Snails - Painted Rocksnail	Fish - Boulder Darter, Frecklebelly Madtom, Popeye Shiner Reptiles & Amphibians - Alabama Redbelly Turtle, Alligator Snapping Turtle, Black Pinesnake, Dusky Gopher Frog, Eastern Indigo Snake, Eastern hellbender
Erin Sasser	Mussels - Alabama Lampmussel, Alabama Pearlshell, Dark Pigtoe, Pale Lilliput Snails - Armored Snail, Interrupted Rocksnail, Rough Hornsnail, Slender Campeloma, Tulotoma Snail	Birds - Red knot Mussels - Southern elktoe, Longsolid, rabbitsfoot
Brittany Barker-Jones	Mussels - Alabama Moccasinshell, Coosa Moccasinshell, Georgia Pigtoe, Heavy Pigtoe, Ovate Clubshell, Southern Pigtoe, Triangular Kidneyshell Fish - Alabama Sturgeon	Fish - Alabama Shad, Blue Shiner, Gulf Sturgeon Mussels -Coosa Creekshell, Rayed Creekshell , Rayed Bean, Sheepnose, Snuffbox, Spectaclecase
Jenna King -Listing Biologist	Crustaceans - Alabama Cave Shrimp Fish - Alabama Cavefish, Coal Darter, Bankhead Darter, Tuscumbia Darter Mussel - Alabama Hickorynut, Alabama Rainbow, White Wartyback Plant - Apalachicola Wild Indigo, Eared Coneflower, Harper's Heartleaf Reptile - Alabama Map Turtle, Black-knobbed Map Turtle, Escambia Map Turtle Snail - Manitou Cavesnail	Amphibian - Tennessee Cave Salamander
Matt Hodges	Mussel - Alabama Pearlshell	-
Lee Holt	Fish - Trispot Darter	-
Jeffrey Drummond	Fish - Rush Darter, Vermilion Darter, Watercress Darter	-
Shannon Holbrook	-	Bats - Indiana, Gray, Northern Long-Eared, Tricolored Bat Birds - Piping plover, Red-cockaded Woodpecker Sea Turtles - Green, Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Leatherback, Loggerhead
Bill Lynn	Mammals - Alabama Beach Mouse	Mammals - Perdido Key Beach Mouse Reptiles - Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Jason Ross	Reptiles & Amphibians - Red Hills Salamander	Terrestrial - Mitchell's satyr butterfly
Erin Lentz	Ferns & Allies - Alabama streak-sorus fern Plants - Fleshy-fruit gladecress, Kral's water plantain, Lyrate bladderpod, Tennessee yellow-eyed grass	Insects - Monarch Butterfly and other pollinators Mammals - Alabama Beach Mouse, West Indian Manatee Plants -All other plants Reptile - Gopher Tortoise Sea Turtles - Green, Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Leatherback, Loggerhead