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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, Vice Chair, e-mail
Loyal@centurytel.net (Loyal can be contacted regarding questions on
parliamentary procedure) represents District 5. Term expires 2012
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Marc Iverson, Chair,
represents District 3. Term expires 2014
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James Schafer,
represents District 1. Term expires 2012
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Dave Guggisberg Sec/Treas.,
represents District 2. Term expires 2012.
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Kathryn K. Kelly, email
kkkay@hotmail.com represents District
4. Term expires 2014
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.
Congratulations to Kathryn Kelly. Kathryn was elected
President of the Minnesota Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts (MASWCD)
at the December annual meeting.
Congratulations to Loyal Fisher who was elected Area 6, South
Central Area, MASWCD Director in November 2010. Loyal serves on the State
MASWCD Board representing Area 6.
SWCD Staff

Tom Kalahar, Karen
Flom & Tara Latozke
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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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Farm Bill Technician:
Jason Beckler, Pheasant's Forever Farm Bill Biologist took over
responsibility for this position
June 8, 2009.
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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
Call Jason Beckler,
Farm Bill Biologist, for assistance with any USDA Farm Bill Conservation Programs such
as the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the Continuous CRP (CCRP) and the
Wetland Reserve Program (WRP).
He can evaluate your land for eligibility and give you a quote. He will work with you to design a CRP or CCRP Contract that will
fit into your overall operation.
Tom Kalahar has 32 years of
experience at the Renville SWCD. He is a graduate of the University of
Minnesota, Crookston. His major program responsibilities are the easement programs
and feedlot inspections.
Karen Flom has been employed by
the SWCD for the past 17 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 for the SWCD as well as some grant 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. 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 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, Cory Netland
Field Staff, Dean Dambroten
Technician/Educator, Stephanie Klamm
Crow River Watershed
Coordinator, Diane Sander,
High Island Watershed
Coordinator, Joel Werscher
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