Winamac Soil Survey Project Office former Team Members

Former Indiana Headwaters MLRA Project Office Team Members



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Wade Bott

Soil Scientist / MLRA Project Leader

Responsible for coordination, quality assurance, progressive correlation, Official Series Descriptions, soil interpretations, special studies, taxonomic and map unit descriptions, manuscripts, data collection, analysis, and mapping efforts associated with updating the soil surveys of Northern Indiana including portions of MLRA's 98, 99, 110, and 111. Past work experience in Minnesota, Mississippi, Georgia, and Indiana. Graduate of North Dakota State University.

Currently serving as a Soil Data Quality Specialist

MLRA 4, Bozeman, Montana

Franklin Furr (Retired)

Resource Soil Scientist

Responsible for maintaining Field Office Technical Guides, providing on-site investigations (ie. animal waste facilities, potential dam sites, special interpretations), and soil training needs of personnel in the LaSalle Northwest and the Three Rivers Regions in Northwest Indiana. Also work with MLRA project office in updating soil surveys as needed. Assist with mapping, data collection and analysis, taxonomic and map unit descriptions, quality assurance, and soil interpretations. Member of drainage class and similar/dissimilar workgroups. past work experience in northwestern and southeastern Indiana. Graduate of Texas Tech University with BS and MS degrees.


Nancy Manion

Field Operations Technician

Responsible for field operations assistance to the Three Rivers Natural Resource Region and Arrow Head Country RC&D Area and Indiana Headwaters MLRA Project office in North Central Indiana. Assistance includes maintenance of field office databases, information collection and dissemination, and files management. Provides support and training for FOCS modules. Assists with orientation training for new NRCS, IDNR and SWCD employees. Assists with preparation of watershed and NRI maps, data, documentation and reports. Responsible for PC-TARE for all NRCS employees in region. Assists SO Public Affairs Staff with information programs by collecting data and preparing articles. Coordinates meeting arrangements within the region and with state office staff to set up contract with hotel or other meeting facilities. Past work experience in Arrow Head Country RC&D office in Winamac and NRCS Area I Office in Rensselaer. Relevant courses taken at Purdue University in West Lafayette and St. Joseph College in Rensselaer.

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436 North West Street
Winamac, IN 46996-1619
(219)-946-3013


Gary Hudson (Private Soil Consultant)

Project Soil Scientist

Responsible for data aquisition, quality, and analysis for the Pulaski County Soil Survey Subset Update. Mapping experience in several counties in Southern Indiana for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Former Chairman for the Miami County Soil and Water Conservation District Board. Graduate of Purdue Universtiy.

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