The following officials and governmental agencies are involved in Nebraska water issues. Their names and contact information are posted here for your convenience:

Governor Dave Heineman
Lincoln Office:
State Capitol
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 94848
Lincoln, NE 68509-4848
Phone: 402-471-2244
Fax: 402-471-6031

Western Office:
Office of the Governor
4500 Avenue I
P.O. Box 1500
Scottsbluff, NE 69363-1500
Phone: 308-632-1370
Fax: 308-632-1313

Legislature:

The Natural Resources Committee is one of 14 standing committees of the Legislature. For more information about the committee go to: http://news.legislature.ne.gov/nat/

Senator Tom Carlson, chair
Email: tcarlson@leg.ne.gov

Members of the Natural Resources Committee:
Annette Dubas
Rick Kolowski
Tanya Cook
Lyndia Brasch
Ken Haar
Jerry Johnson
Ken Schilz

State agencies that deal with water issues:

Department of Natural Resources
Brian Dunnigan, director
Email: Brian.dunnigan@nebraska.gov

Department of Agriculture
Gregory Ibach, director
Email: Gregory.ibach@nebraska.gov

Senators and Representatives:

US Senator Deb Fischer
Website: http://fischer.senate.gov.

US Senator Mike Johanns
Website: http://johanns.senate.gov

Website: Fortenberry, Jeff, Nebraska, 1st
Website: Terry, Lee, Nebraska, 2nd
Website: Smith, Adrian, Nebraska, 3rd

School of Natural Resources
University of Nebraska
Don Wilhite, Director
819 Hardin Hall - UNL
Lincoln, NE 68583-0988
(402) 472-4270
dwilhite2@unl.edu

Conservation and Survey Division
School of Natural Resources
Hardin Hall
3310 Holdrege Street
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0961
(402) 472-3471
Fax: (402) 472-2946

Department of Environmental Quality
Mike Linder, Director
1200 N Street, Suite 400
P. O. Box 98922
Lincoln, NE 68509-8922
(402) 471-0510
Fax: (402) 471-2909
mike.linder@nebraska.gov

Game & Parks Commission
Jim Douglas, Director
2200 N. 33rd Street
P. O. Box 30370
Lincoln, NE 68503-0370
(402) 471-0641
Fax: (402) 471-5523
Website: www.ngpc.state.ne.us

Federal agencies that deal with water issues:

Bureau of Reclamation
Michael L. Connor
Commissioner
Dept. of the Interior
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20240-0001
(202) 513-0501
Fax: (201) 513-0314
mconnor@usbr.gov

Aaron Thompson Area Manager
NE-KS Area Office
203 W. Second
P. O. Box 1607
Grand Island, NE 68802-1607
(308) 389-5301
Fax: (308) 389-4780
athompson@gp.usbr.gov

Mike Ryan
Regional Director
Great Plains Region
316 N. 26th Street
P. O. Box 36900
Billings, MT 59107-6900
(406) 247-7600
Fax: (406) 247-7604
myran@usbr.gov

Marvin Swanda
Field Office Manager
1706 W. 3rd Street
McCook, NE 69001
(308) 345-1027
mswanda@gp.usbr.gov

Corps of Engineers
Public Affairs Office
Omaha District
106 S. 15th Street
Omaha, NE 68102

Farm Service Agency

Dan Steinkruger
State Executive Director
7131 A Street
Lincoln, NE 68510
(402) 437-5581
Fax: (402) 437-5280
molly.tebo@usda.gov

Fish and Wildlife Service
State Office
203 W. 2nd Street
Grand Island, NE 68801
(308) 382-6468, ext. 12
Fax: (308) 384-8835

National Office
Sam Hamilton
Main Interior Building
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20240
(202) 208-4717
Fax: (202) 208-6965

Natural Resources Conversation Service
Local Office
Stephen Chick
State Conservationist
100 Centennial Mall N
Room 152
Lincoln, NE 68508-3866
(402) 437-5300
Fax: (402) 437-4327
steve.chick@ne.usda.gov

National Office
Dave White
Chief of NRCS
14th & Independence Ave.
Room 5105A-S
Washington, DC 20013
(202) 720-7246
Fax: (202) 720-7690
dave.white@usda.gov

United States Geological Service
Local Office
Robert Swanson, District Chief
5231 S. 19th Street
Lincoln, NE 68512
(402) 328-4100
Fax: (402) 328-4101
rswanson@usgs.gov

National Office
Marcia McNutt, Director
John Powell Federal Building
12201 Sunrive Valley Drive
Reston, VA 20192
(703) 648-7411