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Mollusks Technical Committee members

Chair: Rick Spear (Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection)


Bivalves Subcommittee (native mussels)

Chair: Rick Spear (Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection)

Robert Anderson (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)

Jeffrey Cole (U.S. Geological Survey)

Heather Galbraith, PhD (U.S. Geological Survey)

Danielle Kreeger, PhD (Partnership for the Delaware Estuary / Drexel University)

Joseph Snavely (Normandeau Associates)

Daniel Spooner, PhD (U.S. Geological Survey, contract through Cherokee Nation)

Andrew Turner, PhD (Clarion University)

Chris Urban (Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission)

Mary Walsh (Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pittsburgh)

Nevin Welte (Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission)

Greg Zimmerman (EnviroScience, Inc.)


Other Bivalves Subcommittee

Chair: Timothy Pearce, PhD (Carnegie Museum of Natural History)

Chris Urban (Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission)


Freshwater Snails Subcommittee

Chair: Andrew Turner, PhD (Clarion University)

Rob Dillon, PhD (College of Charleston)

Timothy Pearce, PhD (Carnegie Museum of Natural History)

Chris Urban (Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission)


Land Snails Subcommittee

Chair: Timothy Pearce, PhD (Carnegie Museum of Natural History)


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