Steering Committee

Loess Canyons, NE. Photo Credit: Nebraska Game and Parks

The Midwest Landscape Initiative Steering Committee recognizes the ever-mounting challenges of fish and wildlife management while providing for the needs of growing human populations in the region. The Steering Committee provides overall leadership, direction, and support through agency authorities and resources and by working collaboratively with others who share in the vision and priorities of the Midwest Landscape Initiative.

Samantha Brooke

USFWS, Region 6

Craig Czarnecki

USFWS, Region 3, Co-Chair

Pete Hildreth

Pete Hildreth

Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Photo of Cyndy Loftin

Cyndy Loftin

USGS Cooperative Research Units

Shannon Lott

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Brad Loveless

Kansas Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism

Tim McCoy

Nebraska Game and Parks

Sara Parker Pauley

Sara Parker Pauley

Missouri Department of Conservation, Co-Chair

Bill Uihlein

Bill Uihlein

USFWS, Region 4

Amanda Weustefeld

Amanda Wuestefeld

Indiana Division of Fish and Wildlife