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Area 4 Technical Assistance Directory

Animal Waste Systems
Concrete Block Chutes
Concrete Drop Spillways, Toewalls & Drop Boxes
Contouring and Contour Stripcropping
Compost Bins
Computer Assistance
    GPS & GIS
    Microsoft Excel
    Microsoft Access
    Microsoft Power Point
    Tool Kit
    Microsoft Word
Diversions
Dry Dams
Dry Hydrants
Filter Strips
Gabions (Baskets & Mattresses)
Grassed Waterways
Grazing
Metal Toewalls
Ponds
Prescribed Burning
Rock Chute
Shallow Water Area
Spring Development
Stream Bank Protection
Surface and Sub-Surface Drainage
Terrace Systems
Water and Sediment Control Basins
Wetland Development
Wind Breaks
Wildlife Habitat Management
Woodland Management

 

Animal Waste Systems

Name Title/Location Phone
Terry Kerchner SCT, Freeport 815.235.2161

Jim Ritterbusch

 DC, Freeport 815.235.2161

Concrete Block Chutes

Name Title/Location Phone
Troy Brown SCT, Morrison 815.772.2124
Terry Kerchner SCT, Freeport 815.235.2161
Steve Nuppenau  SCT, Mt. Carroll 815.244.8732
Dale Smith  Princeton 815.875.8732
Elmus Wallace SCT, Monmouth 309.734.8569
Sterling Taylor  ED, Oregon 815.732.6127

Concrete Drop Spillways, Toewalls & Drop Boxes

Name Title/Location Phone
Troy Brown  SCT, Morrison 815.772.2124
Dale Smith SCT, Princeton 815.875.8732

Contouring and Contour Stripcropping

Name Title/Location Phone
Troy Brown  SCT, Morrison 815.772.2124
Tim Ertmer  SCT, Elizabeth 815.858.3418
Terry Kershner   SCT, Freeport 815.235.2161
Sterling Taylor  ED, Oregon 815.732.6127
John Lundquist  RC, Mt. Carroll 815.244.8732

Compost Bins

Name Title/Location Phone
Troy Brown SCT,  Morrison 815.772.2124

Computer Assistance (GPS & GIS)

Name Title/Location Phone
Lester Johnson RC Elizabeth 815.858.3418
Mary Johnson SCT Galesburg 309.342.5714

Computer Assistance (Microsoft Excel)

Name Title/Location Phone
Mary Johnson  SCT, Galesburg 309.342.5714
Sharon Hartzold RPS, Peoria 309.671.7040
Dave Dornbusch RCD Cord., Blackhawk RCD 815.625.3854

Computer Assistance (Microsoft Access)

Name Title/Location Phone
Mary Johnson  SCT, Galesburg 309.342.5714

Computer Assistance (Microsoft Power Point)

Name Title/Location Phone
Dave Dornbusch RCD Cord., Blackhawk RCD 815.625.3854
Barb Lutrell Area AC, Galesburg 309.342.5714
Jim Ritterbusch    DC, Freeport 815.235.2161

Computer Assistance (Tool Kit)

Name Title/Location Phone
Sandra Drake AC Milan 309.764.1486
Joe Gates DC, Milan 309.764.1486
Sharon Hartzold  RPS, Peoria 309.671.7040

Computer Assistance (Microsoft Word)

Name Title/Location Phone
Dave Dornbusch   RCD Cord., Blackhawk RCD 815.625.3854
Barb Lutrell Area AC, Galesburg 309.342.5714

Diversions

Name Title/Location Phone
Terry Kerchner  SCT, Freeport 815.235.2161
Bob Nayden  SCT, Lewistown 309.547.2215
Sterling Taylor  ED, Oregon 815.732.6127

Dry Dams

Name Title/Location Phone
Tim Ertmer  SCT, Elizabeth 815.858.3418
Bob Nayden  SCT, Lewistown 309.547.2215
Steve Nuppenau SCT, Mt. Carroll 815.244.8732
Dale Smith  SCT, Princeton 815.875.8732
Troy Brown SCT, Morrison 815.772.2124
Lori Bollin  DC, Carthage 217.357.2180
Terry Kerchner SCT, Freeport 815.235.2161

Dry Hydrants

Name Title/Location Phone
Paul Grissom
Dave King 		SCT, Aledo
RCD Coor., Prairie Hills RCD		 309.582.5153
309.833.4747

Filter Strips

Name Title/Location Phone
Ed Griffin  SCT, Milan 309.793.5843
John Lundquist RC, Mt. Carroll 815.244.8732
Bob Nayden  SCT, Lewistown 309.547.2215
Dan Pierce  DC, Oregon 815.732.6127
Jim Ritterbusch  DC, Freeport 815.235.2161
Mark Kaiser  DC, Morrison 815.772.2124
Henry Sanford  SC, Morrison 815.772.2124
Dave Harrison  RC, Morrison 815.772.2124
Lori Bollin  DC, Carthage 217.357.2180
Craig Schroeder  RC, Freeport 815.235.2161

Gabions (Baskets & Mattresses)

Name Title/Location Phone
Gary Gordon  SCT, Peoria 309.671.7040

Grassed Waterways

Name Title/Location Phone
 Troy Brown SCT, Morrison 815.772.2124
Terry Kerchner SCT, Freeport 815.235.2161
Elmus Wallace SCT, Monmouth 309.734.8569
Lori Bollin  DC, Carthage 217.357.2180
Sterling Taylor  ED, Oregon 815.732.6127
John Lundquist  RC, Mt. Carroll 815.244.8732
Steve Nuppenau SCT, Mt. Carroll 815.244.8732

Grazing

Name Title/Location Phone
John Bell  DC, Elizabeth 815.858.3418
Ed Griffin  SCT, Milan 309.793.5843

Metal Toewalls

Name Title/Location Phone
Troy Brown  SCT, Morrison 815.772.2124
Ed Griffin  SCT, Milan 309.793.5843
Bob Nayden  SCT, Lewistown 309.547.2215
Steve Nuppenau  SCT, Mt. Carroll 815.244.8732
Dale Smith  SCT, Princeton 815.875.8732

Prescribed Burning

Name Title/Location Phone
Dan Pierce DC, Oregon 815.732.6127
Dave Harrison  RC, Morrison 815.772.2124
Mark Kaiser  DC, Morrison 815.772.2124
Jim Ritterbusch  DC, Freeport 815.235.2161

Ponds

Name Title/Location Phone
Bob Nayden  SCT, Lewistown 309.547.2215
Tim Ertmer  SCT, Elizabeth 815.858.3418

Rock Chute

Name Title/Location Phone
Troy Brown  SCT, Morrison 815.772.2124
Tim Ertmer  SCT, Elizabeth 815.858.3418

Shallow Water Area

Name Title/Location Phone
Troy Brown  SCT, Morrison 815.772.2124
Dan Pierce  DC, Oregon 815.732.6127
Dave Harrison RC, Morrison 815.772.2124
Mark Kaiser  DC, Morrison 815.772.2124

Spring Development

Name Title/Location Phone
Tim Ertmer  SCT, Elizabeth 815.858.3418
Terry Kerchner  SCT, Freeport 815.235.2161

Stream Bank Protection

Name Title/Location Phone
Tim Ertmer  SCT, Elizabeth 815.858.3418
Paul Grissom  SCT, Aledo 309.582.5153
Bob Nayden SCT, Lewistown 309.547.2215
Dave Harrison RC, Morrison 815.772.2124
John Lundquist RC, Mt. Carroll 815.244.8732

Surface and Sub-Surface Drainage

Name Title/Location Phone
Steve Nuppenau  SCT, Mt. Carroll 815.244.8732
Dale Smith  SCT, Princeton 815.875.8732
Terry Kerchner  SCT, Freeport 815.235.2161

Terrace Systems

Name Title/Location Phone
Gary Gordon  SCT, Peoria 309.671-7040
Terry Kerchner SCT, Freeport 815.235.2161
John Lundquist  RC, Mt. Carroll 815.244.8732
Bob Nayden  SCT, Lewistown 309.547.2215
Steve Nuppenau  SCT, Mt. Carroll 815.244.8732
Sterling Taylor  ED, Oregon 815.732.6127
Lori Bollin  DC, Carthage 217.357.2180

Water and Sediment Control Basins

Name Title/Location Phone
Gary Gordon  SCT, Peoria 309.671.7040
Ed Griffin SCT, Milan 309.793.5843
John Lundquist RC, Mt. Carroll 815.244.8732
Bob Nayden  SCT, Lewistown 309.547.2215
Steve Nuppenau  SCT, Mt. Carroll 815.244.8732
Lori Bollin  DC, Carthage 217.357.2180
Mary Johnson  SCT, Galesburg 309.342.5714
Troy Brown  SCT, Morrison 815.772.2124

Wetland Development

Name Title/Location Phone
Troy Brown  SCT, Morrison 815.772.2124
Paul Grissom  SCT, Aledo 309.582.5153
Mark Kaiser  DC, Morrison 815.772.2124
Dave Harrison  RC, Morrison 815.772.2124

Wind Breaks

Name Title/Location Phone
John Lundquist  RC, Mt. Carroll 815.244.8732
Mark Kaiser  DC, Morrison 815.772.2124
Dave Harrison  RC, Morrison 815.772.2124
Henry Sanford  SC, Morrison 815.772.2124
Sterling Taylor  ED, Oregon 815.732.6127

Wildlife Habitat Management

Name Title/Location Phone
Dan Pierce DC, Oregon 815.732.6127
Jim Ritterbusch  DC, Freeport 815.235.2161
Mark Kaiser  DC, Morrison 815.772.2124
Dave Harrison  RC, Morrison 815.772.2124
Henry Sanford  SC, Morrison 815.772.2124

Woodland Management

Name Title/Location Phone
Mark Kaiser  DC, Morrison 815.772.2124
Dave Harrison  RC Morrison 815.772.2124
John Lundquist  RC, Mt. Carroll 815.244.8732


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