MAFWA COMMITTEES AND APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVES
2016-17
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Jim Douglas (NE) , President
Terry Steinwand (ND), First Vice President
Ray Petering (OH), Second Vice President
Sara Parker Pauley (MO), Past President
Keith Sexson (KS), Member
Bill Moritz (MI), Member
AUDIT COMMITTEE:
Terry Steinwand (ND), Chair
Kurt Thiede (WI), Member
Ray Petering (OH), Member
AWARDS COMMITTEE:
Keith Sexson (KS), Chair
Terry Steinwand (ND), Member
Mark Reiter (IN), Member
Greg Johnson (KY), Member
Jim Leach (MN), Member
BYLAWS COMMITTEE:
Sara Parker Pauley (MO), Chair
INVESTMENTS COMMITTEE:
Kurt Thiede (WI), Chair
Wayne Rosenthal (IL), Member
Jim Douglas (NE), Member
NATIONAL CONSERVATION NEEDS COMMITTEE:
Jim Douglas (NE), Chair
Kelly Hepler (SD), Member
Ray Petering (OH), Member
RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE:
Terry Steinwand (ND), Chair
Jim Leach (MN), Member
Sara Parker Pauley (MO), Member
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Jim Douglas (NE), Chair
Terry Steinwand (ND)
Sara Parker Pauly (MO)
Ollie Torgerson (MAFWA)
CONSERVATION FUND BOARD:
MAFWA Executive Committee (see above)
Kurt Thiede (WI), Member
TECHNICAL WORKING COMMITTEES (Director Liaison)
- MAFWA Private Lands Working Group, Bill Moritz, MI:privlands_rpt17
- MAFWA Public Lands Working Group, Mark Reiter, IN:
publands_rpt17 - Midwest Legal Committee, Keith Sexson, KS:legal_rpt16
- Assn. Midwest F&G Law Enforcement Officers, Wayne Rosenthal, IL:AMFGLEO_rpt17
- Midwest Wildlife and Fish Health Committee, Dale Garner, IA: f-w health-rpt17
- Midwest Deer & Wild Turkey Group, Dale Garner: IA deerturk_rpt16
- Midwest Furbearer Group, Kurt Thiede, WI: fur_rpt17
- MAFWA Wildlife Action Plan Working Group, vacant: actplan_rpt17
- MAFWA Climate Change Working Group, Don Periera, MN: climatchg_rpt17
- MAFWA Hunter & Angler Recruitment & Retention, Mark Reiter, IN: HARR_rpt17
- NATIONAL Conservation Needs (NCN) Committee, MAFWA President: NCN_rpt17
- Midwest CITES, MAFWA President:CITES_rpt17
- Ad Hoc Feral Swine Committee, MAFWA President. feral swine_rpt17
OFFICIAL MAFWA REPRESENTATIVES
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE & NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENCE:
Pat Lederle (MI)
Vacant alternate
AFWA CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TASK FORCE:
Dan Grove (ND)
Tom DeLiberto (APHIS-WS)
AFWA FARM BILL WORKING GROUP:
Greg Hoch (MN)
Michael Parker (MI)
AFWA SCIENCE AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE:
Joe Larscheid (IA)
Paul Telander (MN)
AMERICAN WILDLIFE CONSERVATION PARTNER’S HUNTING &
SHOOTING SPORTS ROUNDTABLE
Mark Reiter (IN)
CITES:
Carolyn Caldwell (OH)
ESA JOINT TASK FORCE:
Bill Moritz (MI)
FEDERAL BUDGET:
Bill Moritz (MI)
FEDERAL AID JOINT TASK FORCE:
Jim Douglas (NE)
HUNTER ACCESS:
Tom Kirschenmann (SD)
HUNTING HERITAGE ACTION PLAN:
Dennis Fox (MI)
LCC NATIONAL COUNCIL:
Vacant
MONARCH JOINT VENTURE STEERING COMMITTEE:
Bill Moritz (MI)
NATIONAL BOBWHITE CONSERVATION INTIATIVE:
Jim Douglas (NE)
NATIONAL CLIMATE ADAPTATION JOINT IMPLEMENTATION WG
Olivia LeDee (MN)
NATIONAL COOPERATOR’S COALITION:
Ollie Torgerson (MAFWA)
NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE HEALTH INITIATIVE
Kelly Hepler (SD)
NATIONAL FISH HABITAT BOARD:
Jim Leach (MN)
NATIONAL GRANTS COMMITTEE:
Bill Moritz (MI)
NATIONAL WHITE NOSE SYDROME EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Mark Reiter (IN)
RESERVOIR FISH HABITAT PARTNERSHIP:
Doug Nygren (KS)
SOUTHERN WINGS TECHNICAL COMMITTEE:
Craig Thompson, (WI)
STATE WILDLIFE ACTION PLAN REVIEW TEAM:
Mark Reiter (IN)
Bill Moritz (MI)
WIND ENERGY:
Rob Manes (TNC)
PRESIDENT’S AD HOC COMMITTEES
FERAL SWINE COMMITTEE:
Steve Backs (IN), Chair