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Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program

Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program

Long Term Resource Monitoring

  

Field Stations Staff Directory

 

Lake CityLa CrosseBellevueIllinois RiverGreat RiversOpen River

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Lake City Field Station
1801 S. Oak Street
Lake City, Minnesota 55041
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
La Crosse Field Station
2630 Fanta Reed Road
La Crosse, Wisconsin 54603
Phone: 608-781-6360
Fax: 608-783-6066
Team Leader Nicole Ward
651-299-4021
 Team Leader Patrick Kelly
608-781-6362
Fisheries Specialist Steve DeLain
651-299-4019		 Fisheries Specialist Andy Bartels  
608-781-6361
Vegetation Specialist Eric Lund
651-299-4023		 Vegetation Specialist Alicia (Weeks) Carhart
608-781-6363
Water Quality Specialist Rob Burdis
651-299-4018		 Water Quality Technician Jeremy King
Field Operations Chris Dawald
651-299-4017		 Water Quality Specialist John Kalas
608-781-6365
Fish Biologist Tony Long Fish Technician Bonnie Richards
River Ecologist Stephanie Szura Field Operations Specialist Ben Patschull

Iowa DNR Mississippi River Monitoring Station

Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Bellevue Field Station
206 Rose Street
Bellevue, Iowa 52031
Phone: 563-872-5495
Fax: 563-872-5456

Great Rivers Field Station

Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois
918 Union Street
Alton, IL  62002
Team Leader Dave Bierman Team Leader John Chick bio sketch for Terry Dukerschein
217-300-3844
Fisheries Specialist Travis Kueter Fisheries Specialist Eric Gittinger
217-300-3923
    Fisheries Technician David Weyers
217-333-9701
Vegetation Specialist  Seth Fopma Fisheries Technician Eric Hine
217-300-1123
Water Quality Specialist Ashley Johnson Water Quality Technician  
    Water Quality Specialist Lori Soeken-Gittinger
217-300-1036
    Aquatic Ecologist  

Illinois River Biological Station

Illinois Natural History Survey
Illinois River Biological Station
704 N. Schrader Avenue
Havana, Illinois 62644
Phone: 309-543-6000
Fax: 309-543-2105

Big Rivers and Wetlands Field Station

Missouri Department of Conservation
Big Rivers and Wetlands Field Station
2302 County Park Drive
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Phone: 573-290-5858
Fax: 573-290-5736
Team Leader Jim Lamer Field Station Supervisor Dave Herzog
extension 4481
Technical Assistant April Burgett Fisheries Specialist*  Andrew Glen
extension 4484
Fisheries Specialist
 Levi Solomon Systems Ecologist
 Molly Sobotka
extension 4483
Fisheries Specialist Kristopher Maxson Water Quality Specialist Kathryn Smith
extension 4486
Water Quality Specialist Sara Sawicki
 Office Manager*  Susan Reinagel
extension 4480
    Large River Ecologist Sara Tripp
extension 4485
    Resource Scientist Dave Ostendorf
extension 4482
    (* denotes those positions funded fully or partially by LTRM, else the position is funded by the MDC)

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