LAC QUI PARLE RIVER MAJOR WATERSHED
Directory of Contacts
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Office | Lac qui Parle County Environmental Office |
Name | Darryl Ellefson |
Title | Lac qui Parle County Environmental Officer/ Lac qui Parle-Yellow Bank Watershed District Administrator |
Contact for: | Active wells, drainage, dump sites, feedlots, land cover/land use, and septic systems in Lac qui Parle County |
Phone | 320-598-3132 |
Fax | 320-598-3125 |
deellefson@mail.co.lac-qui-parle.mn.us | |
Address | Lac qui Parle County Courthouse 600 6th Street Madison, MN 56256 |
Office | Lac qui Parle Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) |
Name | Sonja Farmer |
Title | Lac qui Parle SWCD Manager |
Contact for: | Abandoned farm sites, wells, public surveys, precipitation monitoring, current state set aside (RIM) acres, and the drained wetlands inventory in Lac qui Parle County |
Phone | 320-598-7321 ext 3 |
Fax | 320-598-3432 |
srf@mnmadison.fsc.usda.gov | |
Address | 525 1st Street E Madison, MN 56256 |
Office | Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Lac qui Parle County |
Name | Burton Hendrickson |
Title | District Conservationist |
Contact for: | Current federal set aside (CRP) acres in Lac qui Parle County |
Phone | 320-598-7321 |
Fax | 320-598-3432 |
burton.hendrickson@mn.usda.gov | |
Address | 525 1st Street E Madison, MN 56256 |
Office | Lincoln County Environmental Office |
Name | Robert Olsen |
Title | Lincoln County Environmental Administrator/Feedlot Officer |
Contact for: | Drainage information and feedlots in Lincoln County |
Phone | 507-694-1344 |
Fax | 507-694-1341 |
lcenviro@frontiernet.net | |
Address | Farm Service Agency Building P.O. Box 66 Ivanhoe, MN 56142 |
Office | Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) |
Name | Pauline Moen |
Title | Lincoln SWCD Manager / Lincoln County Water Management Task Force Co-Coordintor |
Contact for: | Active wells, ground water monitoring, precipitation monitoring, current state set aside (RIM) acres, sealed wells, storage tanks, and surface water monitoring in Lincoln County |
Phone | 507-694-1630 ext. 3 |
Fax | 507-694-1850 |
pmm@mnivanhoe.fsc.usda.gov | |
Address | P.O. Box 32 Ivanhoe, MN 56142 |
Office | Yellow Medicine River Watershed District |
Name | Terry Renken |
Title | Yellow Medicine River Watershed District Administrator/ Lincoln County Water Management Task Force Co-Coordinator |
Contact for: | Drainage information, ground water monitoring, surface water monitoring, sealed wells and storage tanks in Yellow Medicine County; he is also a contact for the Greater Yellow Medicine River Clean Water Partnership Project. |
Phone | 507-872-6720 ext. 3 |
Fax | 507-872-6721 |
ymrw@starpoint.net | |
Address | Box 267 Minneota, MN 56264 |
Office | Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Lincoln County |
Name | Dennis Johnson |
Title | District Conservationist |
Contact for: | Contact for current federal set aside (CRP) acres in Lincoln County |
Phone | 507-694-1630 |
Fax | 507-694-1850 |
dennis.johnson@mn.usda.gov | |
Address | 320 N Harold, P.O. Box 32 Ivanhoe, MN 56142-0032 |
Office | Yellow Medicine County Auditor's Office |
Name | John Kolhei |
Title | Yellow Medicine County Ditch Inspector |
Contact for: | Yellow Medicine County drainage information |
Phone | 320-564-3132 |
Fax | 320-564-3670 |
john.kolhei@co.yellow-medicine.mn.us | |
Address | 415 9th Avenue Granite Falls, MN 56241 |
Office | Yellow Medicine County Zoning and Ag Office |
Name | Jolene Johnson |
Title | Yellow Medicine County Water Plan Coordinator |
Contact for: | Feedlots, septic systems, and recreation and natural areas in Yellow Medicine County |
Phone | 320-669-7524 |
Fax | 320-669-7525 |
ymczone@clarkfield.ruralink.com | |
Address | 1000 10th Avenue, P.O. Box 675 Clarkfield, MN 56223 |
Office | Yellow Medicine Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) |
Name | Lou Ann Nagel |
Title | Yellow Medicine SWCD Manager / Co-Water Plan Coordinator |
Contact for: | Active wells, land cover/land use, precipitation monitoring, sealed wells, current state set aside (RIM) acres, and wetlands in Yellow Medicine. |
Phone | 320-669-4442 ext. 3 |
Fax | 320-669-7525 |
lan@mn.clarkfie.fsc.usda.gov | |
Address | 1000 10th Avenue, P.O. Box 545 Clarkfield, MN 56223 |
Office | Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Yellow Medicine County |
Name | Jamie Thomazin |
Title | District Conservationist |
Contact for: | Current federal set aside (CRP) acres |
Phone | 320-669-4442 |
Fax | |
jamie.thomazin@mn.usda.gov | |
Address | 1000 10th Avenue, P.O. Box 545 Clarkfield, MN 56223-0545 |
Office | Area II Minnesota River Basin Projects, Inc. |
Name | Kerry Netzke |
Title | Area II Coordinator |
Contact for: | Area II administers a joint powers agreement between Brown, Cottonwood, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone, Redwood, and Yellow Medicine Counties. Their primary function is to provide technical and financial assistance to local units of government in the installation of floodwater retarding/retention structures. Area II is administered through the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR). |
Phone | 507-537-6369 or 507-537-7068 |
Fax | 507-537-6368 |
area2@starpoint.net | |
Address | 1400 E Lyon Street, P.O. Box 267 Marshall, MN 56258 |
Office | Region 6W Upper MN Valley Regional Development Commission |
Name | Paul Michaelson |
Title | Upper MN Valley RDC Executive Director |
Contact for: | |
Phone | 320-289-1981 or 800-752-1983 |
Fax | 320-289-1983 |
umvrdc@umvrdc.org | |
Address | 323 W Schlieman Appleton, MN 56208 |
Office | Region 8 Southwest Regional Development Commission |
Name | Lisa Voss |
Title | Southwest RDC Executive Director (interim) |
Contact for: | Region 8 Southwest Regional Development Commission (interim) |
Phone | 507-836-8547 |
Fax | 507-836-8866 |
srdc@rconnect.com | |
Address | 2401 Braodway Avenue Slayton, MN 56172 |
Office | Prairie Country Resource Conservation and Development Council (RC&D) |
Name | Randy Nelson |
Title | Prairie Country RC&D Coordinator/Interim Coordinator for the Shakopee Creek Headwaters Project |
Contact for: | Prairie Country RC&D Office serving the following counties within the Minnesota River Basin: Big Stone, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, McLeod, Renville, Swift, and Yellow Medicine |
Phone | 320-231-0008 |
Fax | 320-235-8151 |
randy.nelson@mn.usda.gov | |
Address | 1005 High Avenue NE Willmar, MN 56201-4817 |