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Montana NRCS State Office Staff Directory

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
10 East Babcock Street, Room 443
Bozeman, MT 59715-4704
Phone: 406-587-6811
Fax (Front Office): 406-587-6761
Fax (Copy Room): 406-587-6808

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Montana NRCS Personnel Directory Nov 2009 (PDF; 530 MB)


State Conservationist
Name Position Phone
Joyce Swartzendruber State Conservationist 406-587-6813
Leslie Taylor State Conservationist's Secretary 406-587-6868
Jill Binette Office Assistant 406-587-6961

Public Affairs
Name Position Phone
Larry Cooper Public Affairs Manager 406-587-6842
Mary Myers Visual Information Specialist 406-587-6945
Ivy Allen Public Affairs Specialist 406-587-6971

Operations
Name Position Phone
Ouellette, Tim Acting Assistant State Conservationist (Operations) 406-587-6794

Programs
Name Position Phone
Carrie Mosley Assistant State Conservationist (Programs) 406-587-6967
Kristine Berg EQIP and CIG Program Specialist 406-587-6849
Dennis Dellwo CSP, FRPP, and GRP Program Specialist 406-587-6748
Jeffrey Combs Program Biologist and WHIP, WRP Program Specialist 406-587-6795

Administration
Name Position Phone
Bart Huber State Administrative Officer 406-587-6957
Cathy Logar Office Assistant 406-587-6952
Marsha Harris Contracting Officer 406-587-6859
Pam Matthews Contract Specialist 406-587-6731
Stacey Thompson Mail Clerk 406-587-6730
Jake Ceartin Purchasing Agent 406-587-6862
Sharon Huber Human Resources Manager 406-587-6937; Fax: 406-587-6955
Doreen Peters Human Resources Specialist 406-587-6869; Fax: 406-587-6955
Matthew Kidney Human Resources Assistant 406-587-6712; Fax: 406-587-6955
Deborah Ernst Budget Officer 406-587-6780
Connie Ritts Budget Analyst 406-587-6857
Anna Garber Financial Technician 406-587-6789
Cherie Rath-Williams Financial Technician 406-587-6835
Byrdeen Warwood Accounting Technician 406-587-6858

Technology
Name Position Phone
Ron Nadwornick State Resource Conservationist 406-587-6998
ReNae Grantier Secretary, Technology/Engineering 406-587-6822
Gerald Schaefer Agricultural Economist 406-587-6829
Dori Passmann Archaeologist 406-587-6708
Patrick Hensleigh Agronomist 406-587-6837
Peter Husby Biologist 406-587-6902
Robert Logar Forester 406-587-6836
Thomas Potter GIS Coordinator 406-587-6968
Joseph Little GIS Specialist 406-587-6861
Jim Jacobs Plant Materials Specialist 406-587-6995
Jon Siddoway Rangeland Management Specialist 406-587-6790
Kirt Walstad Rangeland Management Specialist 406-587-6782
Deborah Kaiser Resource Conservationist
(Toolkit Coordinator)		 406-587-6855
Vacant Water Quality Specialist 406-587-6947
Catherine Maynard Geospatial Analyst 406-444-4546
FAX: 406-444-0581
State Library
1515 E. 6th Ave.
Helena, MT 59620-1800
Bruce Waage Sage Grouse Coordinator 406-657-6135
extension 123
1629 Avenue D, Building A, Suite 4
Billings, MT 59102
Mark Novak Biologist 406-449-5225
extension 202
585 Shepard Way
Helena, MT 59601

Bridger Plant Materials Center (PMC), 98 S. River Road, Bridger, MT 59014-9514, FAX 406-662-3428
Name Position Phone
Roger Hybner Plant Materials Center Manager 406-662-3579
Joseph Scianna Horticulturist 406-662-3579
Susan Winslow Agronomist 406-662-3579
Larry Sticka Biological Technician 406-662-3579
Darren Zentner Biological Science Technician 406-662-3579

Engineering
Name Position Phone
Steve Becker State Conservation Engineer 406-587-6828
ReNae Grantier Secretary, Technology/Engineering 406-587-6822
Darryl Baker Civil Engineer 406-587-6827
Karen Hoffman Civil Engineer 406-587-6824
Bruce Krueger Civil Engineer 406-587-6834
Randy Pierce Civil Engineer 406-587-6860
Mark Yerger Design Engineer 406-587-6912
Michael Garverich Geologist 406-587-6830

Major Land Resource Area Office, Region 4 (MO-4)
Name Position Phone
Charles Gordon State Soil Scientist/MO Leader 406-587-6818
Cathy Logar Office Assistant 406-587-6835
Jane Karinen Soil Data Quality Specialist 406-587-6820
Melissa Kellogg Cartographic Technician 406-587-6853
Mary Beth Martinec Editor 406-587-6812
Eva Muller Soil Data Quality Specialist 406-587-6866
Robert Spokas Soil Data Quality Specialist 406-587-6819

Soils Staff
Name Position Phone
Charles Gordon State Soil Scientist 406-587-6818
Michael Hansen Assistant State Soil Scientist 406-587-6960

Snow Survey
Name Position Phone
H. Scott Oviatt Data Collection Specialist 406-587-6844
Austin Beard Electronics Technician, located at Snow Survey Shop 406-388-4028; FAX: 406-388-4641
Roy Kaiser Water Supply Specialist 406-587-6991
Brooke Nelson Hydrologic Technician, located at Snow Survey Shop 406-388-4028; FAX: 406-388-4641
Jeri Lynn Ward Statistical Assistant 406-587-6809
Lucas Zukiewicz Hydrologist 406-587-6843

Digitizing and Cartographic Unit
Name Position Phone
John Flocke Cartographer 406-587-6747
Graham Holyszko Cartographer 406-587-6854
Robert Lund Cartographic Technician 406-587-6994
Richard (Dean) Robbins Cartographer 406-587-6720

Natural Resource Inventory (NRI) Collection and Coordination
Name Position Phone
Julie Tesky State Resource Inventory Coordinator 406-587-6908

Last Modified: 11/09/2009