
David Haukos photo
LPCI succeeds through partnership.
Within the NRCS-led LPCI partnership, more than 25 agencies, nonprofit organizations, universities, and private businesses pool resources and know-how to conserve rural agriculture and provide habitat for native wildlife. While LPCI partners embrace a broad range of interests, values, and organizational missions, we act together from the foundation of our shared goal to conserve lesser prairie-chickens.
LPCI partners expand the field delivery, science, and communications capacity for lesser prairie-chicken conservation. Several partner organizations pool funding to hire up to 13 range conservationists and wildlife biologists based in strategic habitat areas throughout the Southern Plains states. These LPCI partner field staff work one-on-one with landowners who chose to participate in LPCI’s voluntary range conservation programs. LPCI partners also fund a GIS mapping specialist who provides mapping support to all partner field staff.
We’ve highlighted some of our partner organizations in our on-going Featured Friend series.
Meet the many LPCI partners that collaborate to conserve lesser prairie-chicken habitat: Conservation Districts | Federal Agencies | State Wildlife Agencies | Universities | NGOs | Partnerships | Private Corporations
Download a printable list of LPCI Partners.
Conservation Districts
New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts
Debbie Hughes, Executive Director, conserve@hughes.net (575) 562-0492
Federal Agencies
Farm Service Agency
David Hoge, Conservation and Environmental Programs Division, david.hoge@wdc.usda.gov, (202) 720-7674Natural Resources Conservation Service
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Randy Howard, Wildlife Biologist, Randy_Howard@blm.gov, (575) 627-0266U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Heather Whitlaw, Field Supervisor, Heather_Whitlaw@fws.gov, (785) 539-3474
State Wildlife Agencies
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Jonathan Reitz, Terrestrial Biologist, jonathan.reitz@state.co.us, (719) 691-9130Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism
Mike Mitchener, Wildlife Section Chief, mikewm@wp.state.ks.us, (620) 672-5911New Mexico Game and Fish
Grant Beauprez, Wildlife Biologist, Grant.Beauprez@state.nm.us, (575) 478-2460Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Matt Fullerton, Endangered Species & Private Lands Biologist, matthew.fullerton@odwc.ok.gov, (580) 571-5820Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Brad Simpson, Wildlife Diversity Biologist, Brad.Simpson@tpwd.texas.gov (806) 651-3475
Universities
Kansas State University
Dr. David Haukos, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader, dhaukos@ksu.eduOklahoma State University
Dr. Dwayne Elmore, Natural Resource Ecology and Management Specialist, dwayne.elmore@okstate.edu, (405) 744-9636Texas Tech
Dr. Blake Grisham, Assistant Professor, blake.grisham@ttu.eduNew Mexico State University
Dr. Scott Carleton, New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Ecologist, carleton@nmsu.edu, (575) 646-7196
Nongovernmental Organizations
CEHMM
Doug Lynn, Executive Director, info@cehmm.org, (575) 885-3700D.M. Wood Foundation
Laura Wood, Executive Director, laura@dmwoodfoundation.org, (817) 716-3963Kansas Forest Service
Jason Hartman, Fire Protection Specialist, kfs@k-state.edu, (785) 532-3316Kansas Prescribed Fire Council
Barth Crouch, Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition Director, barth.crouch@gmail.com, (785) 452-0780National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Rob Blumenthal, Communications Director, Rob.Blumenthal@nfwf.orgNorth American Grouse Partnership
Steve Riley, President, sriley@grousepartners.org, (402)786-5547Pheasants Forever
Jarad Wiklund, Public Relations Specialist, jwiklund@PheasantsForever.org, (651) 209-4953Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Laura Quattrini, Stewardship Program Manager, Laura.Quattrini@rmbo.org, (970) 482-1707 ext. 21Texas Wildlife Association
Helen Holdsworth, Conservation Legacy Program Director, hholdsworth@texas-wildlife.orgThe Nature Conservancy
Rob Manes, State Director (Kansas), rmanes@tnc.org
Dave Gori, Director of Science (New Mexico), dgori@tnc.org
Partnerships
Partners for Fish and Wildlife
Heather Johnson, Mountain-Prairie Region Coordinator, Heather_Johnson@fws.gov, (303) 236-4316Playa Lakes Joint Venture
Bob McCready, Deputy Coordinator, bob.mccready@pljv.org, (206) 780-1102Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Ross Melinchuk, Lesser Prairie-Chicken Initiative Council Chairman, ross.melinchuk@tpwd.texas.gov, (512) 389-4868
Private Corporations
ConocoPhilips
Eileen Dey, Stakeholder Engagement Manager, eileen.d.dey@conocophillips.com, (432) 688-9042