NRD Staff
The Lower Platte North NRD employs 16 full-time personnel based at the district headquarters in Wahoo. The NRD also employs four clerks and two technicians at Natural Resources Conservation Service offices in Butler, Colfax, Dodge, and Saunders counties. A part-time, seasonal employee is responsible for groundskeeping at the Czechland & Homestead recreation areas, and part-time employees or interns are often hired in the summer to assist with tree planting and other duties.
Main Office Staff
Administrative
John Miyoshi - General Manager
Overall coordination and supervision of district programs and employees
Tom Mountford - Assistant Manager
Coordination and supervision of district programs and employees; Special Projects
Jill Breunig - Office Manager
Office management, general administration, coordination of meeting times; recording secretary for Board of Directors
Karen Rezac - Bookkeeper/Receptionist
Bookkeeping, general secretarial duties and support
Water
Larry Angle - Water Resources Manager
Coordination and supervision of all water programs
Russell Oaklund - Lead Water Resources Specialist
Ground Water Management Area, ground/surface water quality, coordination of Abandoned Well Program
Curt Becker - Water Resources Specialist
Groundwater quality and water well permitting programs; updating of well registration information; GIS/GPS
Mike Sousek - Rural Water Manager
Development/management of Rural Water System activities; coordination of Wellhead Protection activities with area communities
Operations & Maintenance
Bob Heimann - Operations & Maintenance Manager
Coordination and supervision of forestry programs, Rock & Jetty program, general operations and maintenance
Sam Barlean - Operations & Maintenance Specialist
Tree planting, dam maintenance, vehicle maintenance, office maintenance
Joe Sabata - Operations & Maintenance Specialist
Tree planting, dam maintenance, vehicle maintenance, office maintenance
Projects
Eric Gottschalk - Projects Coordinator
Coordination of land treatment programs and special projects
Mike Murren - Lake Wanahoo Coordinator
Coordination of Lake Wanahoo/Sand Creek Watershed Project activities; liasion between city, county and NRD for Wanahoo/Sand Creek Project
GIS
Chris Poole - GIS Specialist
Geographic Information System maintenance/development, custom mapping for staff/public, NRD MapMaker maintenance/development
Information/Education
Troy Thompson - Information/Education Specialist
Writing/design for district publications; web page design and maintenance; coordination of educational programs
NRCS Clerks & Technicians
Administrative and program support for NRD programs in county NRCS offices
Butler County
Susie Leu
Colfax County
Brenda Wardman
Dodge County
Jenny Campbell
Saunders County
Kelly Bartek
Marla Milliken - NRD/NRCS Technician
Technical services for NRD and NRCS land treatment and conservation programs
Sean Elliot - NRD/NRCS Technician
Technical services for NRD and NRCS land treatment and conservation programs