Injured, sick, or abandoned wildlife should be reported to a wildlife rehabilitator. Learn how to deal with nuisance wildlife. Use this form to Report a Sick or Dead Animal.
Injured, sick, or abandoned wildlife should be reported to a wildlife rehabilitator. Learn how to deal with nuisance wildlife. Use this form to Report a Sick or Dead Animal.
Deer, hunter harvest surveys, and deer disease surveillance.
Deer Program Lead
Joe N. Caudell, Ph.D.
812-822-3300
Deer Research Biologist
Vacant
Muskrats, minks, beavers, opossum, raccoons, skunks, weasels, river otters, coyotes, bobcats, red and gray foxes, turkey, bowhunter survey, and regulated trapping.
Furbearer and Turkey Program Lead
Geriann Albers
812-822-3304
Furbearer and Turkey Research Biologist
Andy Byers
812-287-8302
Ducks, geese, swans, teal, sora, snipe, quail, pheasant, dove, and crow and woodcock hunting regulations.
Waterfowl Biologist & Program Lead
Adam Phelps
812-822-3306
Upland Gamebird Biologist
Nicole Alonso-Leach
317-771-6561
Waterfowl Health Biologist
Erin Gleason
Snakes, frogs, turtles, salamanders, lizards, and hellbenders.
Herpetologist
Nate Engbrecht
812-822-3403
Assistant Herpetologist
Jason Mirtl
812-822-3404
Bats, badgers, Allegheny woodrats, weasels, swamp rabbits, Franklin’s ground squirrels, plains pocket gophers, cottontail rabbits, tree squirrels, and bear reports.
Mammalogist
Brad Westrich
812-822-3401
Assistant Mammalogist
Tim Shier
812-822-3307
Freshwater mussels, nongame fish, crayfish, aquatic snails, freshwater jellyfish, and endangered aquatic species.
Nongame Aquatic Biologist
Brant Fisher
812-526-5816
Assistant Nongame Aquatic Biologist
Jake Adams
812-526-2051
Eagles, whooping cranes, songbirds, migratory birds, owls, barn owls, grouse, nest boxes, nesting box cameras, woodcock surveys, and nuisance crows.
Ornithologist
Allisyn Gillet
812-822-3400
Assistant Ornithologist
Amy Kearns
812-849-4586
Theresa Bordenkecher
812-822-3408
