Our Partners

Management Board

• • Tim McCoy, Chair
  
  
  • Deputy Director,Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
  
  
  • tim.mccoy@nebraska.gov
  
  
  
  
• • Bob Bettger
  
  
  • Fillmore County Landowner
  
  
  • bbettger@stewireless.com
  
  
  
  
• • Ardell Epp
  
  
  • Hamilton County Landowner
  
  
  • aepp@hamilton.net
  
  
  
  
• • Gloria Erickson
  
  
  • Phelps County Landowner
  
  
  • ggerickson@msn.com
  
  
  
  
• • Ken Feather
  
  
  • Manager, Forestry Department,Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District
  
  
  • kfeather@upperbigblue.org
  
  
  
  
• • Michael Onnen
  
  
  • General Manager, LBNRD,Representing Nebr. Assn. of Natural Resources Districts
  
  
  • monnen@littlebluenrd.org
  
  
  
  
• • Greg Reisdorff
  
  
  • Conservation and Environmental Programs,Farm Service Agency
  
  
  • greg.reisdorff@ne.usda.gov
  
  
  
  
• • Dave Raffety/Joe Bilka
  
  
  • Director,Tri-Basin Natural Resources District
  
  
  • david.raffety@yahoo.com
  
  
  
  
• • Steve Shaw
  
  
  • Clay County cattlemanRepresenting Little Blue NRD
  
  
  • kmsha611@hotmail.com
  
  
  
  
• • Mel Taylor
  
  
  • Fillmore County Landowner
  
  
  • mtaylor@fmbmilligan.com
  
  
  
  
• • John C. Denton
  
  
  • Mgr. of Conservation Programs - NE & KS,Ducks Unlimited
  
  
  • jdenton@ducks.org
  
  
  
  
• • Rich Walters, Jr.
  
  
  • Nebraska Program Dir. of Stewardship, The Nature Conservancy
  
  
  • rwalters@tnc.org
  
  
  
  
• • Clint Riley
  
  
  • Asst. Regional Director, Mig. Birds/Wildlife & Sports Fish Restoration,U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  
  
  • clint_riley@fws.gov
  
  
  
  
• • James Huntwork
  
  
  • Asst. State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service
  
  
  • james.huntwork@ne.usda.gov
  
  
  
  
• • Kelsi Wehrman
  
  
  • State Coordinator, Nebraska Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever
  
  
  • kwehrman@pheasantsforever.org
  
  
  
  

       

Technical Committee

   

• • Kirk Schroeder
  
  
  • NE Assistant State Private Lands Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  
  
  • kirk_d_schroeder@fws.gov
  
  
  • (308) 379-8556
  
  
• • Ted LaGrange
  
  
  • Wetland Program Manager,Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
  
  
  • ted.lagrange@nebraska.gov
  
  
  
  
• • Ritch Nelson
  
  
  • Nebraska State Wildlife Biologist,Natural Resources Conservation Service
  
  
  • ritch.nelson@ne.usda.gov
  
  
  
  
• • Mark Vrtiska
  
  
  • Waterfowl Program Manager,Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
  
  
  • mark.vrtiska@nebraska.gov
  
  
  
  
• • Ben Wheeler
  
  
  • Coordinating Wildlife Biologist, Pheasants Forever, Inc. and Quail Forever
  
  
  • ben.wheeler@nebraska.gov
  
  
  • (308) 750-2652
  
  
• • Murray Laubhan
  
  
  • Zone Biologist,Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
  
  
  • murray_laubhan@fws.gov
  
  
  
  
• • Mike Estey
  
  
  • Habitat and Population Evaluation Team,Office of Conservation Science,U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  
  
  • mike_estey@fws.gov
  
  
  
  
• • Matt Hough
  
  
  • Regional Biologist,Ducks Unlimited
  
  
  • mhough@ducks.org
  
  
  
  
• • Rich Walters, Jr.
  
  
  • Program Director,The Nature Conservancy
  
  
  • rwalters@tnc.org
  
  
  
  
• • Jeffrey S. Abegglen
  
  
  • Nebr. National Forest
  
  
  • jsabegglen@fs.fed.us
  
  
  • (308) 432-0314
  
  
• • Bruce Sackett
  
  
  • Land Specialist, Headwaters Corporation
  
  
  • sackettb@headwaterscorp.com