Stewards and Staff

Nachusa Stewards and Staff

The Nature Conservancy's Nachusa Grasslands Staff

Bill Kleiman, Project Director

Cody Considine, Restoration Ecologist

Elizabeth Bach, Ecosystem Restoration Scientist

Dee Hudson, Administrative Assistant

2018 Seasonal Restoration Technicians

Tyler Berndt
Kim Elsenbroek
Leah Kleiman**

Karey O'Brien
Avery Parmiter
Nathaniel Weickert*

*Crew Boss
**Volunteer

To contact a staff member, complete this TNC Contact Form, which will be reviewed by TNC staff. Depending on office resources, it may take several days for someone to send you a response.

Volunteer Unit Stewards

Nourished by the fresh air and the beautiful and ever–changing scenery, Nachusa’s stewards work with one another in a strong community, forging lasting friendships and strong relationships as advocates for land conservation. Stewardship often involves physical exercise, and it feels good. The labor has a calming and relaxing effect as stewards work with their hands in the soil in communion with nature — enjoying the abundant butterflies, uncommon birds, and iconic bison around them. The results of restoration are exciting and tangible, as new habitats quickly emerge and create new homes for species that have been in a downward spiral. Steward work is ongoing and impacts generations to come. Interested? Join us on a Saturday workday and see what Nachusa stewardship is all about.

Big Woods

Becky and Hank Hartman

Didier Woods

Paul Say

Dot and Doug Wade Prairie

Mary and Al Meier
Keith Kauffmann (Co–Steward)

Edith and Anna Heinkel Savanna East

Mike Crowe

Edith and Anna Heinkel Savanna West

Jay Stacy

Eight Oaks Savanna

Jan Grainger and Laurie Faller

Fen

Kevin Kaltenbach

Gobbler Ridge North

Jay Stacy

Gobbler Ridge South

Cindy and Bernie Buchholz

Hamill–Winter Prairie

Mike Adolph
Bob Brown, Bob Shone, Steve Ruby, and Gary Tollaksen (Co-Stewards)

Open Units Needing Stewards

Bennett Savanna
Coneflower Prairie
Prairie Potholes
Rolling Thunder
Harold Walkup
Clear Creek South
Clear Creek Knolls
Dropseed Hills
Crosby Prairie

Sand Farm
Kitten Tail Knob
Gobbler Bottom
Orland Prairie
Meiners Wetland
Tellabs Savanna West
Orland West Woodland
HQ Barn Steward

For more information, read Nachusa's Available Units page.

Holland Prairie

Jay Stacy

Holland Savanna

Kirk Hallowell

Hook Larson Prairie

Joe Richardson

Little Leopold Knob

Betty Higby

Orland Prairie Southeast

Mike Carr

Orland Prairie Middle

Dave Lawson

Preserve Roadsides

Emmylou Studier

Schafer Prairie

Jim Hodder

Soderholm Vassalo Land and Water Reserve

Paul Soderholm

Tellabs Savanna East

Mark Jordan

Thelma Carpenter Prairie

Dee Hudson

West Dahlberg Woods

Jim Hodder

Regular Volunteer Stewards

Kaleb Baker
Jeff Cologna
Damian Considine
Cindy Crosby
Ron Deters
Ray Derksen
Jim Duis
David Edelbach
Dick Gambrel
Joyce Gibbons
James Higby
Susan Kleiman
Charles Larry
Jeff Masters

John Mcdonald
Joy McKinney
Paul Mellen
Tim Ngo
Don Panozzo
Toren Reis
Sarah Rigdon
Cindy Schmadeke
John Schmadeke
Timothy Sherck
Frank Sprude
Paul Swanson
Kendall Winter