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State Requirements

State State Requirements
Colorado Fire Prevention and Control | (colorado.gov)
Idaho Incident Business | Department of Lands (idaho.gov)
Kansas Fire Management Program | Kansas Forest Service | Kansas State University
Montana Vendor Information — Montana DNRC (mt.gov)
Nebraska Nebraska Forest Service | (unl.edu)
Nevada Nevada State Controller’s Office Vendor Registration Requirements
Oregon https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/r6/workingtogether/contracting/?cid=fseprd889618&width=full
South Dakota SD Wildland Fire
Utah Utah statewide wildfire information information (utahfireinfo.gov)
Washington https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/r6/workingtogether/contracting/?cid=fseprd889618&width=full
Wyoming Forestry Division - Fire Business (wyo.gov)

State Contacts

*Region Leads:

State Name Agency Email Office Cell
Alabama Marti Davis Alabama Forestry Commission marti.davis@forestry.alabama.gov 334-240-9332 334-717-0770
Alaska Christy Rambo Alaska Department of Natural Resources christy.rambo@alaska.gov 907-451-2662 907-347-0571
Arizona Shannon Kelly AZ Dept of Forestry & Fire Management skelly@dffm.az.gov 928-637-0540 929-200-2900
Arkansas Kevin Kilcrease Arkanasas Forestry Commission jerry.kilcrease@agriculture.arkansas.gov 870-367-2050 870-308-1432
California Tom Lutzenberger Cal Fire Tom.Lutzenberger@fire.ca.gov 906-653-6630 916-869-9040
Colorado Erin Claussen CO Division of Fire Prevention & Control erin.claussen@state.co.us 720-544-2262 303-263-5937
Connecticut Helene Hochholzer CT Dept. of Energy and Env. Protection helene.hochholzer@ct.gov 860-424-3632 860-681-3532
Delaware Kyle Hoyd Delaware Forest Service kyle.hoyd@delaware.gov 302-698-4548 302-943-7869
Florida Susan Beasley Florida Forest Service susan.beasley@fdacs.gov 850-681-5817 850-766-3226
Georgia Penny Brown Georgia Forestry Commission pbrown@gfc.state.ga.us 478-751-3468 478-550-5665
Hawaii Michael Walker Hawaii Department of Land & Natrual Resources michael.j.walker@hawaii.gov 808-587-4188 808-348-5834
Idaho Wendy Walter Idaho Dept of Lands wwalter@idl.idaho.gov 208-666-8648 208-755-2924
Illinois Tom Gargrave DNR - Division of Forest Resources tom.wilson@illinois.gov 618-498-1627  
Indiana Darren Bridges IN DNR Forestry dbridges@dnr.in.gov 765-342-4701  
Iowa Gail Kantak Iowa DNR gail.kantak@dnr.iowa.gov 515-233-8067 ext 1 515-689-0083
Kansas Tim Flanary Kansas Forest Service tflanary@ksu.edu 785-532-3303 785-492-2183
Kentucky Michael Froelich Kentucky Division of Forestry michael.froelich@ky.gov 502-782-7159 502-682-4449
Louisiana Bret Lane LA Dept. of Ag & Forestry bret_l@ldaf.state.la.us 225-925-4500 225-938-7735
*Maine Robby Gross Maine Forest Service robby.gross@maine.gov 207-463-2331 207-592-3416
Maryland Chris Roberston DNR - Maryland Forest Service chris.robertson@maryland.gov   443-534-6884
Massachusetts Dave Celino DCR - Massachusetts david.celino@state.ma.us   508-326-2403
Michigan Dan Laux MI DNR Forest Resources Division lauxd@michigan.gov 517-284-5883  
Minnesota Larry Himanga MN DNR - Forestry larry.himanga@state.mn.us 651-259-5277  
Mississippi Robin Lackey Mississippi Forest Commission rlackey@mfc.state.ms.us 601-359-2834 601-503-3916
Missouri Ben Webster Missouri Dept of Conservtion ben.webster@mdc.mo.gov 573-522-4115 ext: 3113  
Montana Wanemah Hulett Montana DNRC whulett@mt.gov 406-542-4230 406-210-2461
Montana Becky Shepard Montana DNRC bshepard@mt.gov 406-535-1902 406-366-1879
Nebraska Matt Holte Nebraska Forest Service mholte2@unl.edu 402-475-6060  
Nevada Cathryne Sainz Nevada Division of Forestry casainz@forestry.nv.gov 775-684-2516 775-443-7634
New Hampshire Steve Sherman Division of Forest And Lands steven.sherman@dncr.nh.gov 603-271-2214 603-419-9272
New Jersey Gregory McLaughlin NJ Forest Fire Service gregory.mclaughlin@dep.nj.gov 609-292-2977  
New Mexico Francine Cordova New Mexico Forestry Division francine.cordova@state.nm.us 505-476-3312 505-617-0118
New York David Pachan NYS Forest Rangers david.pachan@dec.ny.gov 518-402-8839 518-281-1508
North Carolina Craig Clarke North Carolina Forest Service craig.clarke@ncagr.gov 919-857-4820  
North Dakota Loretta Forsberg North Dakota Forest Service loretta.forsberg@ndsu.edu 701-228-5486 701-871-7714
Ohio Greg Guess ODNR - Division of Forestry greg.guess@dnr.state.oh.us 614-265-6702  
Oklahoma Yuri De Leon Oklahoma Forestry Service yuri.deleon@ag.ok.gov 405-522-6157  
Oregon Stacy Miller Oregon Dept. of Forestry stacy.miller@oregon.gov 503-945-7243 503-701-0236
Pennsylvania Mike Kern Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry mikern@pa.gov 717-783-7957  
Rhode Island Olney Knight Dept. of Env. Management olney.knight@dem.ri.gov 401-539-2356 401-595-1075
South Carolina Cathy Nordeen South Carolina Forestry Commission cnordeen@scfc.gov 803-896-8865 803-360-2644
*South Dakota Brenda Even South Dakota Wildland Fire brenda.even@state.sd.us 605-393-8115 605-430-0044
Tennesee David Fiorella Tennessee Forestry Commission david.fiorella@tn.gov 615-837-5470 615-571-3726
*Texas Kelly Reeves Texas A&M Forest Service kreeves@tfs.tamu.edu 936-639-8180 936-676-6387
Utah Ben Hutsman Utah Fire and State Lands benhuntsman@utah.gov 801-538-5413 385-222-0513
Vermont Lars Lund Vermont Agency of Nat. Resources lars.lund@vermont.gov 802-777-4188  
Virginia John Miller Virginia Dept of Forestry john.miller@dof.virginia.gov 434-220-9023 434-962-3484
Washington Jodi Barnes WA Dept. of Natural Resources jodi.barnes@dnr.wa.gov 360-902-1708 360-259-0490
West Virginia Walt Jackson West Virginia Division of Forestry walt.g.jackson@wv.gov 304-558-2788 304-545-0722
Wisconsin Chad Gottbeheut Wisconsin DNR chad.gottbeheut@wisconsin.gov 608-381-4584  
Wyoming Shielah Esterholdt Wyoming State Forestry Division shielah.esterholdt@wyo.gov 307-777-7060 307-241-2757

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