Renville County Soil and Water Conservation District is governed by a board of five elected supervisors. Supervisors are elected on the general ballot and serve four year terms.
Board of Supervisors
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Loyal Fisher, Chair, e-mail Loyal@centurytel.net (Loyal can be contacted regarding questions on parliamentary procedure) represents District 5. Term expires 2008
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Marc Iverson represents District 3. Term expires 2010
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James Schafer, e-mail joschafer@hcctel.net represents District 1. Term expires 2008
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Bill Radermacher, Secretary/Treasurer represents District 2. Term expires 2008
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Kathryn K. Kelly, email kkkay@hotmail.com represents District 4. Kathryn also represents Area VI which is a 13 county area in South Central Minnesota, on the Minnesota Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts Board. She is currently ending the first year in a two year term as Area VI Director. Renville SWCD term expires 2010.
The Regular meeting of the Renville SWCD Board of Supervisors is held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:00 a.m. at the Ag Services Building, 1008 West Lincoln in Olivia. If you are unable to access the agenda on this website, please call the office for a copy.
SWCD Staff
Tara Latozke, Karen Flom, Tom Kalahar & Cory Netland
recently visited a CREP site near Olivia.
Taralee Latozke, began working for the Renville SWCD in June 2007. Tara comes to the SWCD with many years of experience in the natural resources field. She is a graduate of SDSU and worked for the MN Waterfowl Association for several years assisting landowners and the USDA NRCS staff in Southern Minnesota with the USDA Wetland Reserve Program. Tara is responsible for the Wetland Conservation Act, the State Cost-Share Program, the tree program, and serves as the SWCD liaison to the Watershed Projects.
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Tom Kalahar, Technician
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Karen Flom, Office Manager
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Taralee Latozke, Technician.
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Cory Netland, Farm Bill Technician
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Jeff Kjorness, (USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service) District Conservationist
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Mike Anderson (USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service) Technician
Cory Netland is the Farm Bill Technician. Cory is a Graduate of the University of Minnesota, Duluth and began his career with the Lac qui Parle SWCD where he worked for three years before being hired by the Renville SWCD in March of 2006. Call Cory for assistance with any USDA Farm Bill Conservation Programs such as the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the Continuous CRP (CCRP). Cory can evaluate your land for eligibility and give you a rental quote. He will work with you to design a CRP or CCRP Contract that will fit into your overall operation.
Tom Kalahar has 29 years of experience at the Renville SWCD. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, Crookston His major program responsibilities are easement programs and feedlot inspections. Tom is currently working with several surrounding counties on expanding the easement program to protect Granite Rock Outcrops in the MN River Valley. The LCCMR funded this project to protect these rare and unique areas of Renville & Redwood counties last year. Those funds were quickly encumbered to fund four easements totaling 212 acres.
Karen Flom has been employed by the SWCD for the past 14 years as the Office Manager. She is a graduate of Moorhead State University. She came to the district with many years of experience in other governmental agencies. Her program responsibilities include SWCD Board of Supervisors support, general office duties including all areas of fiscal management and coordinating education programs.
Taralee Latozke joined the staff in June of 2007 but had several years of experience working with landowners in Renville and surrounding counties on the USDA WRP Program. During that time she was a Minnesota Waterfowl Association employee for several years and during that time she worked with all aspects of the WRP program from initial site investigation to application to easement processing to practice implementation. Tara is responsible for the SWCD tree program, the Wetland Conservation Act and the State Cost-Share program. She also reviews rain garden designs and mining reclamation plans. She serves as a liaison to all of the Watershed Projects. Tara is a graduate of South Dakota State University.
Cooperating Watershed Projects
Hawk Creek Watershed
Coordinator, Darrell Schindler
Field Staff, Dean Dambroten
Technician/Educator, Stephanie Klamm
Crow River Watershed
Coordinator, Diane Sander,
High Island Watershed
Coordinator, Joel Werscher