Who Can I Contact?

You have followed all the steps in keeping your boat clean and know what to do if you catch or see a suspect fish. Your first point of contact at the DNR is your local fisheries biologist for your County or the County where you may have caught or seen the fish.

While they may be in the field, they check their voice messages regularly and will get back to you as soon as they are able. Be patient.

To help you with what VHS looks like, we have some very good photos of fish with the disease on our What is VHS - VHS Facts page.

If you have a more specific question, look through the following categories and choose the most appropriate contact:

Contacts

• First point of contact is your fisheries biologist for your County or the County where you caught or found suspect fish, or noticed a substantial number of dead or dying fish.
• Report fish kills to the DNR TIP line
  • 1-800-TIP-WDNR - (800) 847-9367

VHS Response Team

Overall coordination, external contacts, and policy liaison with administration and DATCP

Mike Staggs
Team Leader
(608) 267-0796

Wild bait harvest and fish transfer operations

Nick Legler
(608) 264-6028

Fish Population Impacts

Andy Fayram
(608) 266-5250

Press Contact

Lisa Gaumnitz
(608) 264-8942

Fish Disease Technical Information

Sue Marcquenski
(608) 267-7501

Informational materials, outreach, and web

Karl Scheidegger
(608) 267-9426

VHS Monitoring and surveillence program

Nick Legler
(608) 264-6028