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Committees

Joint Powers Board

Daniel O'Keefe

Le Sueur County 

Al Malecha

Rice Soil & Water Conservation District

Doug Schoenecker

Scott Soil & Water Conservation District

Greg Entinger

Le Sueur County Soil & Water Conservation District

Charlie Peters

Rice County

Daniel O'Keefe

Al Malecha

Charlie Peters

Greg Entinger

Doug Schoenecker

Steering Team

Holly Bushman

Le Sueur County

Water Coordinator​

Shelly Tietz

Scott Soil & Water Conservation District

Fiscal Agent 

Troy Kuphal

Scott Soil & Water Conservation District

Brad Behrens

Rice County

Trevor Rudenick

Le Sueur County

Emmie Peters

Rice Soil & Water Conservation District

Barb Peichel

Board of Water & Soil Resources

Meghan Darley

Scott Soil & Water Conservation District

Project Coordinator

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Kourtney Spitzack

Le Sueur County Soil & Water Conservation District

Education and Outreach 

Mike Schultz

Le Sueur County Soil & Water Conservation District

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Karl Schmidtke

Le Sueur County Soil & Water Conservation District

Steve Pahs

Rice Soil & Water Conservation District

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Anne Sawyer

Board of Water & Soil Resources

Technical Advisory Committee Members

Holly Bushman

Le Sueur County

Brad Behrens

Rice County

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Meghan Darley

Scott Soil & Water Conservation District

Linda Loomis

Lower MN River Watershed District

Barb Peichel

Board of Water & Soil Resources

Joni Giese

Prior Lake Spring Lake Watershed District

David DePaz

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Steve Christopher

Metropolitan Council

Mike Schultz

Le Sueur County Soil & Water Conservation District

Steve Pahs

Rice Soil & Water Conservation District

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Melissa Bokman

Scott Watershed Management Organization

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Anne Sawyer

Board of Water & Soil Resources

Amy Timm

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

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Abby Shea

Minnesota Department of Health

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Travis Hirman

Minnesota Department of Agriculture

Policies

Lower Minnesota River East Watershed JPA 

Bylaws 2025

Projects and Practices Funding Policy 2025

Education and Outreach Plan 2024-2026

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