The Cannon River Watershed Partnership currently employs five permanent and one seasonal staff person. Our phone numbers and emails are displayed below. The main office phone is (507) 786-8400.
Our address is 8997 Eaves Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057. We are located in the James Farm Building on the edge of St. Olaf College’s Natural Lands.
STAFF
Beth Kallestad
Executive Director
(507) 786-3913 - beth@crwp.net
Leslie Kennedy
Office Manager and Volunteer Coordinator
(507) 786-3915 - leslie@crwp.net
Aaron Wills
Community Wastewater Facilitator and Finance Director
(507) 786-3914 - aaron@crwp.net
Sheila Craig
Community Wastewater Facilitator
(507) 765-2605 - scraig@co.fillmore.mn.us
Karl Hakanson
Agriculture Program Coordinator
(507) 786-3916 – karl@crwp.net
Alana Bartolai
Program Assistant
(507) 786-3916 – alana@crwp.net
Board of Directors (2013 – 2014)
The Cannon River Watershed Partnership is governed by a 25 member Board of Directors. Twelve are elected officials – six county commissioners and six Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors from the six counties of the watershed. Thirteen are citizen members who are elected each year at our annual meeting in March.
The Board meets six times a year – January, March, May, July, September and November typically on the 2nd Monday of each month at 7 PM. Dates, times and locations are listed in the calendar of events.
Officers
Nancy Braker - Chair
Gary Wagenbach - Vice Chair
Paul Drotos - Secretary
John Hamer - Treasurer
Members
- Don Banks-Goodhue SWCD
- Byron Brady-citizen – Steele County
- Nancy Braker – citizen – Rice County
- Ollie Byrum – citizen – Rice County
- Curt Coudron – citizen – Dakota County
- Paul Drotos – citizen – Goodhue County
- Matt Durand – citizen – Steele County
- John Hamer – citizen – Rice County
- Carrie Jennings – citizen – Dakota County
- Bob Koch-citizen – Dakota County
- Bruce Kubicek-Steele Co Commissioner
- Virginia Lorang – citizen – Rice County
- Galen Malecha-Rice Co Commissioner
- Lorn Manthey-citizen – Dakota County
- Tom Meagher – citizen – Rice County
- Tom Miller-citizen – Le Sueur County
- Blair Nelson-Waseca Co Commissioner
- Ron Purcell-Waseca SWCD
- Richard Samuelson -Goodhue Co Commissioner
- Mike Slavik -Dakota Co Commissioner
- Gary Wagenbach-Rice SWCD
- Brian Watson -Dakota SWCD
- Lance Wetzel -Le Sueur Co Commissioner
- Kyle Wolfe -Steele SWCD
- Vacant – Le Sueur SWCD
