Members

RED RIVER WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP

CONTACT PERSON: Linda Weispfenning (701) 328-4967

Manitoba Directors:
Steven D. Topping, PE (RRWRC Vice-Chairman)

Executive Director
Infrastructure and Operations Division
Manitoba Water Stewardship
Box 11, 200 Saulteaux Crescent
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 3W3
CANADA
Steve.topping@gov.mb.ca

Dwight Williamson
Assistant Deputy Minister
Ecological Services Division
Manitoba Water Stewardship
Box 11, 200 Saulteaux Crescent
Winnipeg, MB R3J 3W3
CANADA
dwight.williamson@gov.mb.ca

Minnesota Directors:
William A. Haapala

Regional Manager
MN Pollution Control Agency
MPCA Detroit Lakes Office                                         
714 Lake Avenue, Suite 220                                       
Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
218-846-0730
william.haapala@state.mn.us

John Jaschke (RRWRC Chair)
Executive Director
Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
520 Lafayette Road North
Saint Paul, MN 55155
651-296-0878
612-202-3815 (cell)
john.jaschke@state.mn.us

Kent Lokkesmoe
Director, MN DNR – Division of Waters
Box 32 Centennial Building
St. Paul, MN55155
651-259-5701
651-296-0445 (fax)
612-390-0572 (cell)
kent.lokkesmoe@dnr.state.mn.us

North Dakota Directors:
Dennis Fewless

Director, Division of Water Quality
North Dakota Department of Health
PO Box 5520
Bismarck, ND 58506-5520
701-328-5215
701-328-5200 (fax)
dfewless@state.nd.us 

Todd Sando
State Engineer
North Dakota State Water Commission
900 East Boulevard
Bismarck, ND 58505
701-328-4940
701-328-3696 (fax)
tsando@state.nd.us

Linda Weispfenning (RRWRC Secretary/Treasurer)
Water Resource Planner
North Dakota State Water Commission
900 East Boulevard
Bismarck, ND 58505
701-328-4967
701-328-3696 (fax)
lweispfenning@nd.gov

Alternates for Minnesota Directors:
William Haapala’s
Alternate:

Jim Ziegler
MN Pollution Control Agency
714 Lake Avenue, Suite 220                                       
Detroit Lakes,MN 56501
218-846-0731
jim.ziegler@state.mn.us

John Jaschke’s Alternate:

Brian Dwight
MN Board of Water and Soil Resources
701 Minnesota Ave., Suite 234
Bemidji, MN 56601
218-333-8027
brain.dwight@state.mn.us 

Kent Lokkesmoe’s Alternate:

Bob Bezek
MN DNR – Division of Waters
2115 Birchmont Beach Road Northeast
Bemidji, MN 56601
218-755-3637
bob.bezek@dnr.state.mn.us

Other Members:

Craig Evans
US Army Corps of Engineers
Senior Planner & Project Manager
St Paul District
US Army Corps of Engineers
651-290-5594
craig.o.evans@usace.army.mil

Tom L. Fischer
Red River Joint Water Management Board
1524 Sundance Square S
Fargo, ND 58104-7606
tfischer@nd.gov

Roger Hollevoet
Devils Lake Wetland Management District
PO Box 908
Devils Lake, ND 58301
Roger_Hollevoet@fws.gov

Gregg J. Wiche
ND Water Science Center
US Geological Survey
821 East Interstate Ave.
Bismarck, ND 58503
gwiche@usgs.gov

Naomi Erickson
Administrator
Red River Watershed Management Board
PO Box 763
Detroit Lakes, MN 56502
218-844-6166
rrwmb@arvig.net

Lance Yohe
Executive Director
Red River Water Basin Commission
119 S 5th St., PO Box 66
Moorhead, MN 56560
218-291-0422
lance@redriverbasincommission.org

Todd Hagel
Assistant State Conservationist for Water Resources
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
220 East Rosser Avenue
PO Box 1458
Bismarck, ND 58502
701-530-2092
todd.hagel@nd.usda.gov
 

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