Focus Groups
Memphis, TN - February 25, 2010
Participants:
- Glenn Cox, Mississippi River Corridor
- Keith Garrison, Arkansas Waterways Commission
- George Grugett, Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association
- Donald C. McCrory, Memphis & Shelby County Port Commission
- Joe Royer, Outdoors, Inc
- John Ruskey, Quapaw Canoes
- Mark Sattelberg, US Fish & Wildlife Service
- Rob Todd, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
New Orleans, LA - February 23, 2010
Participants:
- Rob Bourgeois, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
- Kyle Graham, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana
- David Humphreys, Magnolia Marine
- John Lopez, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
- Matt Rota, Gulf Restoration Network
- Henry Sullivan, Port of South Louisiana
- Jim Monroe, Farm Bureau Federation of Louisiana
Columbia, MO - February 4, 2010
Participants:
- Randy Asbury, Coalition to Protect the Missouri River
- Clif Baumer, USDA - Natural Resource Conservation Service
- Ron Blakley, MO-Ark
- Dan Cassidy, Missouri Farm Bureau
- Aaron DeLonay, U.S. Geological Survey
- Joe Engeln, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
- Chris Klenklen, Missouri Department of Agriculture
- Drew Lemberger, Missouri River Boatworks, Drew’s Guide Service
- Steve Murray, Missouri American Water
- Ernest B. Perry, Missouri Department of Transportation
- Steve Schnarr, Missouri River Relief
- David Storvick, Columbia Water and Light
Billings, MT - January 28, 2010
Participants:
- Timothy Bryggman, Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation
- Theresa Hanley, U.S. Bureau of Land Management
- Richard Iversen, Farmer/Rancher
- John Ostlund, County Commissioner, Yellowstone County District 1
- Don Pfau, Fort Peck Advisory Committee
- Greg Rauschendorfer, Farmer/Rancher
- Nicole Rolf, Montana Farm Bureau
- Mike Ruggles, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
- Jody Sundsted, Western Area Power Administration
- Jerry Wegner, Retired Engineer
- Burt Williams, The Nature Conservancy
Pierre, SD - January 26, 2010
Participants:
- Larry Weiss, President, Missouri Sedimentation Action Coalition
- Angela Ehlers, South Dakota Association of Conservation Districts
- John Cooper, Former Chair of Missouri River Association of States and Tribes
- Wayne Nelson-Stastny, MRNRC Coordinator, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- Harry Stiles, Walleyes Unlimited
- Jason Yates, Harvest Initiative
- Leslie Labahn, Randall RC&D Council
- Garland Erbele, South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- Vic Simmons, Chairman, Rush Electric
Omaha, NE - January 14, 2010
Participants:
- Steve Gaul, Nebraska Department of Natural Resources
- Kevin Knepper, Tegra Corporation
- Chris Larson, SW Regional Fisheries Supervisor, Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources
- Mike McGhee, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- Jessica Montana, Iowa Department of Economic Development
- Glenn, Pollock, Sierra Club
- Mark Porath, American Fisheries Society-North Central Division/Nebraska Game and
Parks Commission
- Julia Sage, Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
- David Sieck, Iowa Corn Growers Association
- Dan Wiley, National Park Service
St. Louis, MO - January 12, 2010
Participants:
- Mike Bush, St. Louis Confluence River Keeper
- Jerry Daugherty, St. Charles County Council Member for District 6
- Steve Engemann, Hermann Sand & Gravel, Inc.
- Bob Fuerman, Missouri American Water
- Robert Goodwin, Maritime Administration
- Mitch Leachman, St. Louis Audubon Society
- Ana Londono, Saint Louis University
- Terry Moore, AEP River Operations
- John Pozzo, Ameren
- Carolyn Pufalt, Eastern MO Sierra Club
- Paul C. Rohde, Waterways Council, Inc.
- Elisa Royce, American Land Conservancy
- Mark Zurbrick, Missouri Society of American Fisheries
Bismarck, ND - December 8, 2009
Participants:
- Wade Anderson, Dakota Tackle Inc
- Wade Bachmeier, Morton County Water Resource District
- Mike Dwyer, North Dakota Water Users Association.
- Bruce Engelhardt, North Dakota State Water Commission
- Dave Fryda, North Dakota Game and Fish Department
- Herb Grenz, North Dakota Irrigation Caucus
- Everett Iron Eyes, Sr., Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
- David Johnson, Garrison Diversion Conservancy District
- Richard Nelson, Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains Region
- Al Sapa, North Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society
- Gene Veeder, McKenzie County Economic development
- Lyle Witham, Basin Electric Power Cooperative
Kansas City, KS - November 19, 2009
Participants:
- Steve Adams, KS Dept. Wildlife and Parks
- Mike Armstrong, WaterOne
- Noel Challis, Platte County Parks and Recreation
- Mareal Denning, Private Citizen
- Harold Draper, Private Citizen
- Alan Kelley, Iowa Tribe of KS and NE
- Mike Klender, City of Kansas City, MO
- Frank Pogge, MO-ARK
- Vicki Richmond, Missouri River Relief
- Mike Sobetski, Lifeline Foods
- Gene Zverlein, NE Game and Parks
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