Timber rattlesnake photo by Richard Bonnett

A diverse coalition of biologists and conservationists support timber rattlesnake conservation in Massachusetts and their introduction to Mount Zion Island in the Quabbin Reservoir:

• Advocates for Snake Preservation
• Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy
• Athol Bird and Nature Club
• Friends of the Blue Hills
• David Foster, Director, Harvard Forest, Harvard University
• The Gecko Sanctuary
• Grassroots Wildlife Conservation, Inc.
• Lake Quinsigamond Watershed Association
• Lloyd Center for the Environment
• Massachusetts Society of Municipal Conservation Professionals
• Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust
• Oxbow Associates, Inc.
• Rainforest Reptile Shows
• Roger Williams Park Zoo
• Springfield Science Museum
• US Geological Survey, Massachusetts Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• University of Massachusetts Amherst, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology
• Vernal Pool Association

Thanks for helping us get this site together through donating your time, expertise, and photos: Laurel Cole, Kim Dutton, Eric Nordberg, Polly Smith-Blackwell, and Anne Stengle.