U.S. RAMSAR SITE
CONTACT ADDRESS LIST (as or June 2004)
To update this list contact
Marina Sansostri Ratchford
Division of International Conservation
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 740d
Arlington, VA 22203
703-358-2480
Fax: 703-358-2115
marina_ratchford@fws.gov
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Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (4/87)
Sharon McKelvey
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
HCR 70
Box 610-z
Amargosa Valley, Nevada 89020
775-372-5435
Fax: 775-372-5436
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Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (4/87)
Steve Atzert
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Great Creek Road, Box 72
Occanville, NJ 08231
609-652-1665
609-652-1474 fax
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Izembek National Wildlife Refuge (4/87)
Pat Gonzalez
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Box 127
Cold Bay, AK 99571
907-532-2445
907-532-2549 fax
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Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (4/87)
c/o Mr. Mallory Reeves
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Route 2, Box 3330
Folkston, GA 32537
912-496-7366
912-496-3332 fax
skippy_reeves@fws.gov
Jim Burkhart, ext. 233
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Everglades National Park (6/87)
Rick Cook
National Park Service
40001 State Road 9336
Homestead, FL 33034
305-242-7714
Fax: 305-242-7711
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Chesapeake Bay Estuary System (6/87)
John Wolflin
Chesapeake Bay Field Office
177 Admiral Cochrane Dr.
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-573-4573
Bob Zepp
Fax: 410-269-0832
Cooperators at the Site:
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Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Martin Kaehny
1730 Eastern Neck Road
Rock Hall, MD 21661
410-639-7056
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410-639-2516 fax
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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Glenn A. Carowan, Jr.
2145 Key Wallace Drive
Cambridge, MD 21613
410-228-2692
410-228-3261 fax
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Presquile National Wildlife Refuge
Barry Brady
P.O. Box 189
Prince George, VA 23875
804-733-8042
804-733-8042 fax
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Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Greg Weiler
14344 Jefferson Davis Hwy.
Woodbridge, Virginia 22191-2890
703-490-4079
703-690-8495 fax
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Saxis Wildlife Management Area
Ragged Island Wildlife Management Area
Chickahominy Wildlife Management Area
Hog Island Wildlife Refuge
Pettigrew Wildlife Management Area
Lands End Refuge
Game Farm Marsh
Kittewan Refuge
c/o Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
4010 W. Broad Street, P.O. Box 11104,
Richmond, VA 23230
804-367-1000
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Goodwin Island Complex
Oak Island
Vims Man-Made Marsh
c/o College of William & Mary and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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Mason Neck State Park (SP)
Chippokes Plantation SP
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York River SP
Leesylvania SP
Westmorela nd SP
Seashore SP
Caledon Natural Area
Parker's Marsh Natural Area
c/o Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Director, Division of State Parks
203 Governor Street, Suite 306
Richmond, VA 23219
804-786-2132
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Pocomoke Sound Wildlife Management Area (WMA)
Cedar Island WMA
James Island State Park
Fairmount WMA
Deal Island WMA
Ellis Bay WMA
Fishing Bay WMA
Taylor Island WMA
Lecompte WMA
Linkwood WMA
Idylwild WMA
Pocomoke River WMA
Wye Island Natural Resources Management Area
Severn River Natural Environmental Area (NEA)
Millinton WMA
Merkle WMA (Adjoins Anne Arundel Co. Patuxent Wildlife Sanctuary)
Bowen WMA
Myrtle Grove WMA
Mattawoman NEA
Zekiah Swamp NEA
South Marsh Island WMA
c/o Maryland Department of Natural Resources--Fish, Heritage & Wildlife
Administration
Tawas Street Office Bldg.
580 Taylor Avenue
Annanpolis, MD 21401
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Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Management Area (10/88)
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Karl Grover
56 NE 40th Road
Great Bend, KS 67530
620-793-3066
620-792-6358
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Cache/Lower White Rivers (11/89)
Cooperators at the Site:
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White River National Wildlife Refuge
Larry Mallard
870-282-8200
Fax: 870-282-8234
Contact: Dane Dukes
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Cache River National Wildlife Refuge
Dennis Widner
Rt.2 Box 126-t
Augusta, Arkansas 72006
501-347-2614
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Rex Hancock-Black Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Dagmar Wildlife Management Area
Trusten Holder Wildlife Management Area
c/o Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
Hampton Waterfowl Research Center
Route 1, Box 188-A
Humphrey, AR 72073
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Horicon Marsh (12/90)
Cooperators at the Site:
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Horicon National Wildlife Refuge
Patti Meyers
W4279 Headquarters Road
Mayville, WI 53050
920-387-2658 ext. 11
920-387-2973 fax
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Horicon Marsh Wildlife Area
c/o Steven Miller, Director, Bureau Wildlife Management
Department of Natural Resource
P.O. Box 7921
Madison, WI 53707
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Catahoula Lake (06/91)
Cooperators at the Site:
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Catahoula Lake
Robert Helm
c/o Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries
Wildlife Division
P.O. Box 98000
Baton Rouge, LA 70898-9000
225-765-2358
helm_RN@wlf.state.la.us
Contact: David Hayden Hayden_D@wlf.state.la.us
Catahoula Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Eric Sipco, Kim Randall
P.O. Drawer Z
Rhinehart, LA 71363-0201
318-992-5261
318-992-6023 fax
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Delaware Bay Estuary System (05/92)
Cooperators at the Site:
Delaware Bay Estuary Project
Gregory Breese
302-653-9152 ext. 15
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Supawana Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
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Killcohook National Wildlife Management Area
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Cape May National Wildlife Refuge
Howard Schlegel
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4 Kimbles Beach Rd.
Cape May Courthouse, NJ 08210-4207
609-463-0994
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Bombay National Wildlife Refuge
Terry Villanueva
2591 Whitehall Neck Rd.
Smyrna, Delaware 19977
302-653-9345
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Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Barron Crawford
RD 3 Box 195
Milton, Delaware 19968
302-684-8504
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No specific Site named
c/o Natural Lands Trust
1031 Palmers Mill Road
Media, PA 19063
215-353-5587
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The Marvel Tract
c/o Delaware Nature Society
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No specific Site named
c/o New Jersey Natural Lands Trust
CN 404
Trenton, NJ 08625
609-984-1339
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No specific Site named
Nature Conservancy - Delaware
P.O. Box 1324
319 South State Street
Dover, DE 19903-1324
302-674-3550
302-674-5271 fax
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No specific Site named
c/o Nature Conservancy - New Jersey
P.O. Box 181, 17 Fairmount Road
Pottersville, NJ 07979-0181
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908-439-3007
908-439-3545 fax
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No specific Site named
Delaware Wild Lands
315 Main Street
Odessa, DE 197-0505
302-378-2736
302-378-3629 fax
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Augustine Wildlife Management Area (WMA)
Cedar Swamp WMA
C&D Canal WMA
Little Creek WMA
Milford Neck WMA
Gordon Pond WMA
Prime Hook WMA
Appoquinimink WMA
Woodland Beach WMA
Cedar Creek WMA
Pea Patch Island Nature Preserve (NP)
Beach Plum Island NP
Murderkill River NP
Cedar Creek NP
Killens Pond State Park
Cape Henlopen State Park
c/o Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control
Division of Fish and Wildlife
89 Kings Highway, P.O. Box 1401
Dover, DE 19903
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Berrytown Fish and Wildlife Management Area (FWMA)
New Sweden FWMA
Beaver Swamp FWMA
Cedarville Pond FWMA
Clarks Pond FWMA
Corson FWMA
Dennis Creek FWMA
Dix FWMA
Egg Island FWMA
Fortescue FWMA
Greenwood Pond FWMA
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Harrisonville Lake FWMA
Heislerville FWMA
Higbee Beach FWMA
Logan Pond FWMA
Mad Horse Creek FWMA
Maskells Mill Pond FWMA
Menantico Ponds FWMA
Nantuxent FWMA
Rowands Pond FWMA
Union Lake FWMA
Edward G. Bevan FWMA
Peaslee FWMA
Salem Meadows FWMA
c/o New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection & Energy
CN 400
Trenton, NJ 08625
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Fishing Creek Wildlife and Conservation Area
c/o Cape May County Park Commission
Route 9 & Pine Lane
Cape May Court House, NJ 08210-3071
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Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (03/93)
Paul Tritaik
P.O. Box 6504
Titusville, FL 32782
772-562-3909 ext. 275
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Caddo Lake (10/93)
State Park and Wildlife Management Area
4200 Smith School Road
Austin, TX 78744
512-389-4800
Caddo Lake Institute
Dwight Shellman
Rt. 2, Box 24B
Karnack, TX 75661
903-789-3247
903-789-3936 fax
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or
0191 Woods Road
P.O. Box 2710
Aspen, CO 81612-2710
970-925-2710
970-923-4245 fax
Sarah Kniepp?
State Coordinator
Water Education for Teachers (W.E.T.)
972-669-0200
Dwight Shellman
dks@sopris.net
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Lower Connecticut River (11/94)
Cooperators at the Site:
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No specific Site named
c/o Southern New England - New York Bight Coastal Ecosystem Program
Joe Dowhan or Marci Caplis
Shoreline Plaza - Route 1A, P.O. Box 307
Charlestown, RI 02813
401-364-9124
401-364-0170 fax
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Chapsmans Pond
Chester Creek
Great Island
Griswold Point
Hamburg Cove
Lord Cove
Pratt Cove
Ragged Rock Creek
Selden Creek
South Cove, Essex
Turtle Creek
Upper Island
Whalebone Cove
c/o Nature Conservancy - Connecticut Chapter
15 High Street
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Middleton, CT 06457 - 3788
203-344-0716
203-344-1334 fax
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Chapmans Pond
c/o East Haddam Land Trust
P.O. Box 122
East Haddam, CT 06423
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Blackhall River
Clark Creek WMA
Connecticut River WMA
Cromwell Meadows WMA
Dart Island SP
Deep River
Ferry Point Marsh WMA
George D. Seymour SPSR
Gillette Castle SP
Great Island WMA
Haddam Island SP
Haddam Meadows SP
Haddam Neck WMA
Higganum Meadows WMA
Hurd SP
Lieutenant River
Lords Cove WMA
Lords Island WMA
Marine Headquarters
Nott Island WMA
Pecausett Meadows WMA
Plum Bank WMA
Ragged Rock Creek WMA
Richs Island WMA
Rutty Creek WMA
Salmon River SF
Selden Neck SP
Thatchbed Marsh WMA
Wangunk Meadows WMA
Wopowog WMA
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Ron Rozsa
Long Island Sound Programs
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79 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106
860-424-3034
ron.rozsa@po.state.ct.us
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Salmon Cove
c/o Connecticut Audubon Society
118 Oak Street
Hartford, CT 06106
203-527-8737
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Cache River - Cypress Creek Wetlands Area (11/94)
Cooperators at the Site:
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Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge
Dennis Sharp
0137 Rustic Campus Drive
Ullin, Illinois 62992
618-634-2231
618-634-9656 fax
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Cache River State Natural Area
Horseshoe Lake State Conservation Area
c/o Illinios Department of Conservation
Bill White
Lincoln Tower Plaza
524 South Second Street
Springfield, IL 62701-1787
217-782-3715
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Limekiln Slough Preserve
c/o Nature Conservancy - Southern Illinios Field Office
Route 1, Box 53E
Ullin, IL 62992
618-634-2524
618-634-9656 fax
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Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (8/98)
Gene Williams
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39650 Sand Lake Drive
Columbia, SD 57433
605-885-6320
605-885-6401 fax
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Bolinas Lagoon (9/98)
c/o Marin County Open Space District
Ronald Miska
Department of Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services
3501 Civic Center Drive
San Rafael, CA 94903
415-499-6391
415-499-3795 fax
Rmiska@co.marin.ca.us
James Raives
(415) 499-3745
jraives@co.marin.ca.us
http://www.marinopenspace.org
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Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
RR 3, Box 48A
Stafford, KS 67578
E-mail: quivira@fws.gov
Phone Number: 620-486-2393
David Hilley, Project Leader
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Tomales Bay
Jules G. Evens, President
Environmental Action Committee of West Marin
P.O. Box 609
Point Reyes Station, CA 94956-0839
Last updated June 30, 2004
Pending Sites
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Grassland Ecological Area
Robert Shaffer, Central Valley Joint Venture
Kim Forrest, San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
P.O. Box 2176
Los Banos, California 93635
(209) 826-3508
Kawainui and Hamakua Wetland Complex (Hawaii)
David Smith, viking@hgea.org
Rep. Cynthia Thielen, repthielen@capitol.hawaii.gov
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
Mike McCoy, mccoy4ib@aol.com
619-423-0495
Aug 31- Oct 2004: 303-258-0621
Other Ramsar contacts
U.S.
Stan Austin
US EPA Headquarters Wetlands Division
(4502T) Ariel Rios Bldg
1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington DC 20460
202-566-1385
Fax 202-566-1349
austin.stanley@epa.gov
(USNRC member)
Jack Capp
Office of International Programs
USDA Forest Service
jcapp@fs.fed.us
(USNRC member)
Philip Cicconi
Friends of Eastern Neck, Inc.
PO Box 4500
Rock Hall MD 21661
410-639-2387
Fax 410-639-2516
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pcicconi@friend.ly.net
(USNRC member)
Alex Desherbinin
Columbia University Center for Int'l Earth Science Info Ntwrk
61 Route 9W, PO Box 1000
Palisades NY 10964
845-365-8936
845-365-8922
adesherbinin@ciesin.columbia.edu
(USNRC member)
Charles D. Duncan
Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network
76 Emery Street
Portland, ME 04102
T: 207-871-9295
F: 207-842-6496
cduncan@manomet.org
George Furness
Conservation Treaty Support Fund
ctsf@conservationtreaty.org
(USNRC member)
Royal Gardner
Stetson University College of Law
GARDNER@law.stetson.edu
(USNRC member)
John Goodin
US EPA Hdqtrs. Wetlands Division
(4502T) Ariel Rios Bldg
1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington DC 20460
202-566-1385
202-566-1349
goodin.john@epa.gov
(USNRC member)
Bill Howard
Wildlife Habitat Council
1010 Wayne Ave., Suite 920S
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Silver Spring MD 20910
301-588-8994
Fax 301-588-4639
bhoward@wildlifehc.org
(USNRC member)
Kathy Hurld
Environmental Protection Agency Wetlands Division
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW (4502T)
Washington Dc 20460
202-566-1269
Fax 202-566-1349
hurld.kathy@epamail.epa.gov
(USNRC member)
Paul Jackson
The Nature Conservancy
421 West First Ave., #200
Anchorage AK 99567
907-276-3133X115
Fax 907-276-2584
pjackson@tnc.org
(USNRC member)
Jon Kusler
Association of State Wetland Managers
1434 Helderberg Trail
Berne, NY 12023-9746
(518) 872-1804
aswm@aswm.org
Kathleen Kutschenreuter
US EPA Headquarters
1200 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington DC
202-566-1383
kutschenreuter.kathleen@epa.gov
(USNRC member)
Donald E. MacLauchlan
Asesor de Proyectos Internacionales
Asociacion Internacional de Agencias de Pesca y Vida Silvestre
444 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 544
Washington, DC 20001
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Phone 202-624-3600 * Fax 202-624-7891 * Email: donmac@sso.org
(USNRC member)
Larry Mason
1891 Patrick Henry Dr.
Arlington VA 22201
703-241-8896
703-241-8896
lawrmason@cs.com
(USNRC member)
Ron Miska
(USNRC member)
Bruce Monroe
Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge
640 Sea Breeze Dr.
Seal Beach CA 90740-5747
562-430-8495
fax 562-493-8365
bandcmonroe@earthlink.net
(USNRC member)
Joyce Namde
Department of State
namdejw@state.gov
(USNRC member)
Lisa G. Sorenson, Ph.D.
Project Coordinator, West Indian Whistling-Duck and Wetlands
Conservation Project
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Dept. of Biology
5 Cummington St.
Boston University
Boston, MA 02215
(617) 353-2462 (office)
(617) 353-6340 (fax)
email: lsoren@bu.edu
Scott Sutherland
Ducks Unlimited
1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 402
Washington DC
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202-347-1530
202-347-1533
ssutherland@ducks.org
(USMRC member)
Gerald Winegrad
American Bird Conservancy
1834 Jefferson Place, NW
Washington DC 20036
202-452-1524 x202
202-452-1534
gww@abcbirds.org
(USMRC member)
Suzie Hershberger
Wetland Educator
Environmental Concern
PO Box P / 201 Boundary Lane
St. Michaels, MD 21663
410-745-9620
pow@wetland.org
www.wetland.org
International
Clayton Adams
UNEP-Washington
202-785-0465
cadams@rona.unep.org
Margarita Astralaga
Americas Coordinator for Ramsar
astralaga@ramsar.org
Peter Bridgewater
Ramsar Secretary General
bridgewater@ramsar.org
Jorge Cappato
Fundacion Proteger
Jorgecappato@arnet.com.ar
Nancy Cardozo
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Directora Ejecutiva/Executive Director
Fundación Moisés Bertoni
ncardozo@mbertoni.org.py
www.mbertoni.org.py
Tel/Fax: (595-21) 608740/2 - 600 855
Prócer Argüello Nro. 208
P.O.BOX 714
Asunción – Paraguay
Jane Madgwick
Wetlands International
Jane.Madgwick@Wetlands.org
Rosa Montañez G., M.Sc.
Directora Ejecutiva
Centro Regional Ramsar para la Capacitación e Investigación
sobre Humedales en el Hemisferio Occidental
Ciudad del Saber, Clayton, Edificio 801, Segundo Piso
Apdo. 0816-03847 (83-0152), Zona 3
Panamá, República de Panamá
Tel. (507) 317-0126
rmontanez@cathalac.org
Elier Tabilo-Valdivieso, MSc.
Director
Centro Neotropical de Entrenamiento en Humedales
David Lewellyn 870, El Llano, Coquimbo, CHILE
Teléfono: 56 51 311697, Fax: 56 51 269171
Email: etabilo@ctcreuna.cl
Stephen Virc
National Protected Areas Coordinator/ Coordonnateur national des aires protégées
Canadian Wildlife Service / Service canadien de la faune
Place Vincent Massey
351 St-Joseph, Hull (Québec), K1A 0H3
Tél. 819.953.1421 Fax 819.994.4445
stephen.virc@ec.gc.ca
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