The NPGS Ash Conservation Project is a group effort, involving many individuals, agencies and institutions. We would like to thank and recognize our past (and future) donors and collectors. Their help has been invaluable in building our seed collections. The following donors and collectors have consented to be acknowledged here and are willing to share contact information and their advice and experiences with those interested in making additional ash seed collections.

Mark Widrlechner began this project in 2007 at the USDA-ARS North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station in Ames, Iowa. Dr. Widrlechner retired from the USDA in 2011. The project's first point of contact is now Jeff Carstens.

NPGS Ash Conservation Project Coordination

Jeff Carstens	Jeff Carstens, Agricultural Science Research Technician
Email: jeffrey.carstens@ars.usda.gov	North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Phone: 515-294-3454	1305 State Ave.
Biographical	Ames, IA 50014

NPGS Ash Conservation Project Donors and Collectors

Connecticut

Mark H. Brand	Mark H. Brand, Professor of Horticulture
Email: mark.brand@uconn.edu	Dept. of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Phone: 860-486-2930	University of Connecticut
	1376 Storrs Road
	Storrs, CT 506269-4067

Illinois

Kunso Kim	Kunso Kim, Head of Collections and Curator
Email: kkim@mortonarb.org	The Morton Arboretum
Phone: 630-719-2435	4100 Illinois Route 53
	Lisle, IL 60532-1293

Iowa (two contacts)

David Horst	David Horst, Horticulturist
Email: horticulturist@bick-arb.org	Bickelhaupt Arboretum
Phone: 563-242-4771	340 S 14th Street
	Clinton, IA 52732-5432

Andrew P. Schmitz Andrew P. Schmitz, Director of Horticulture

Email: brentonarboretum@aol.com Brenton Arboretum

Phone: 515-992-4211 25141 260th St.

Dallas Center, IA 50063

Kansas

Jason J. Griffin	Jason J. Griffin, Associate Professor
Email: jgriffin@ksu.edu	Kansas State University
Phone: 316-788-0492	John C. Pair Horticultural Center
	1901 East 95th Street South
	Haysville, KS 67060-8351

Maine

Chuck Penney	Chuck Penney, Soil Conservationist
Email: charles.penney@me.usda.gov	USDA-NRCS Belfast Field Office (Waldo County)
Phone: 207-338-1964	266 Waterville Road
	Belfast, ME 04915-1224

Maryland (five contacts)

Kevin Conrad	Kevin Conrad, Curator
Email: kevin.conrad@ars.usda.gov	Woody Landscape Plant Germplasm Repository
Phone: 240-832-9415	10300 Baltimore Ave.
	Building 010A, Room 114
	Beltsville, MD 20705

Richard Olsen	Richard Olsen, Research Geneticist
Email: richard.olsen@ars.usda.gov	Woody Landscape Plant Germplasm Repository
Phone: 301-504-5657	10300 Baltimore Ave
	Building 010A, Room 128
	Beltsville, MD 20705

Karen Williams	Karen Williams, Botanist
Email: karen.williams@ars.usda.gov	USDA-ARS National Germplasm Resources Lab
Phone: 301-504-5421	10300 Baltimore Ave
	Building 003, Room 329C
	Beltsville, MD 20705

Martin Scanlon	Martin Scanoln, Biological Science Lab Technician
Email: martin. scanlon@ars.usda.gov	Woody Landscape Plant Germplasm Repository
Phone: 240-832-9416	10300 Baltimore Ave
	Building 010A, Room 114
	Beltsville, MD 20705

Edward (Ned) Garvey	Edward Garvey, Botanist
Email: edward.garvey@ars.usda.gov	USDA-ARS National Germplasm Resources Lab
Phone: 301-504-7511	10300 Baltimore Ave
	Building 003, Room 329B
	Beltsville, MD 20705

Massachusetts

Michael Dosmann	Michael Dosmann, Curator of Living Collections
Email: michael_dosmann@harvard.edu	The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Phone: 617-384-5769	125 Arborway
	Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Minnesota (two contacts)

Andrew David	Andrew David, Associate Professor
Email: adavid@umn.edu	Department of Forest Resources
Phone: 218-327-4521	North Central Research and Outreach Center
	University of Minnesota
	1861 Highway 169 East
	Grand Rapids, MN 55744

Egon Humenberger	Egon Humenberger, Assistant Scientist
Email: egon.humenberger-1@umn.edu	Department of Forest Resources
Phone: 218-327-4523	North Central Research and Outreach Center
	University of Minnesota
	1861 Highway 169 East
	Grand Rapids, MN 55744

Missouri (two contacts)

Matthew Albrecht	Matthew Albrecht, Plant Conservation Ecologist
Email: matthew.albrecht@mobot.org	Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development
Phone: 314-577-0262	Missouri Botanical Garden
	P.O. Box 299
	St. Louis, MO 63166-0299

Scott Woodbury	Scott Woodbury, Curator
Email: scott.woodbury@mobot.org	Whitmire Wildflower Garden
Phone: 636-451-3512 ext. 6078	Shaw Nature Reserve
	P.O. Box 38
	Gray Summit, MO 63039

New York

Jeannine Strenk Jeannine Strenk, Seed Collection Coordinator

Email: jeannine.strenk@parks.nyc.gov Mid-Atlantic Regional Seed Bank

Phone: 718-370-9044 Greenbelt Native Plant Center

3808 Victory Boulevard

Staten Island, NY 10314

North Carolina

Quentin Read	Quentin Read
Email: quentin.read@gmail.com	1424 Acadia Street
Phone: 919-323-0071	Durham, NC 27701

North Dakota

Joseph D. Zeleznik Joseph Zeleznik, Extension Forester

Email: joseph.zeleznik@dsu.edu North Dakota State University

Phone: 701-730-3389 212 Walster Hall

Fargo, ND 58108

Pennsylvania

Anthony S. Aiello	Anthony S. Aiello, Director of Horticulture and Curator
Email: aiello@upenn.edu	Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania
Phone: 215-247-5777 ext. 137	9414 Meadowbrook Ave.
	Philadelphia, PA 19118