Our Partners

Rainwater Basin Joint Venture Partners

Management Board

- Andy Bishop
- Coordinator, Rainwater Basin Joint Venture
- andy_bishop@fws.gov
- (308) 380-8691
- Tim McCoy, Chair
- Deputy Director, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
- tim.mccoy@nebraska.gov
- Bob Bettger
- Fillmore County Landowner
- rebettger@gmail.com
- Ardell Epp
- Hamilton County Landowner
- aepp@hamilton.net
- Ken Feather
- Manager, Forestry Department,Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District
- kfeather@upperbigblue.org
- Dave Raffety/Joe Bilka
- Director, Tri-Basin Natural Resources District
- david.raffety@yahoo.com
- Steve Shaw
- Clay County cattleman representing Little Blue NRD
- kmsha611@hotmail.com
- Mel Taylor
- Fillmore County Landowner
- mtaylor@fmbmilligan.com
- John C. Denton
- Nebraska Manager of Conservation Programs, Ducks Unlimited
- jdenton@ducks.org
- (308) 258-4682
- Rich Walters, Jr.
- Director of Stewardship, The Nature Conservancy in Nebraska
- rwalters@tnc.org
- 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
- Mike Bantam
- District Director, USDA, Harlan County, Nebraska
- mike.bantam@ne.usda.gov
- Brian Smith
- Region 6 Chief, Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- brian_w_smith@fws.gov

Technical Committee

- Andy Bishop
- Coordinator, Rainwater Basin Joint Venture
- andy_bishop@fws.gov
- (308) 380-8691
- 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
- Gregory Wright
- US Forest Service
- gregorywright@fs.fed.us
- (308) 432-0314
- Bruce Sackett
- Land Specialist, Headwaters Corporation
- sackettb@headwaterscorp.com
- (402) 450-3527
- Erica Gnuse
- Biologist, Ducks Unlimited
- egnuse@ducks.org
- Chris Helzer
- Director of Science, The Nature Conservancy in Nebraska
- chelzer@tnc.org
- Jessica Herrmann
- Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, Nebraska Cattlemen
- jherrmann@necattlemen.org
- Brad Krohn
- Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District Project Leader, USFWS
- brad_krohn@fws.gov
- Nate Munter
- Land Resources Manager, Tri-Basin Natural Resources District
- nmunter@tribasinnrd.org
- Orien Richmond
- Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- orien_richmond@fws.gov
- David Sands
- Executive Director, Nebraska Land Trust
- dsands@nelandtrust.org
- (402) 438-5263
- Jennifer Schellpeper
- Division Head, Water Planning, Nebraska Dept. of Natural Resources
- jennifer.schellpeper@nebraska.gov
- (402) 471-2899
- Jennifer Swanson
- NRD/NDEQ Liaison, Nebraska Assoc. of Resource Districts
- JSwanson@nrdnet.org
- (402) 471-2219