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Kim Brackett – IWJV Board Chair
About KIM Kim Brackett and her husband, Ira, operate Brackett Ranches Limited Partnership, a cow-calf and stocker operation based in southern Idaho on the Idaho/Nevada border. The ranch participates in third-party verification programs to provide consumers with more information about how their food is raised. The primary goal of her operation is to produce superior…
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Alan Jenne – IWJV Board Vice Chair
About ALAN Alan is a third generation Nevadan who has had the pleasure of growing up across Nevada’s rural communities and experiencing the associated wildland wonders. Alan obtained his bachelor’s in wildlife management from the University of Idaho before beginning his career with the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) in 1993. During Alan’s NDOW tenure,…
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Dan Tomascheski
About DAN Dan was Vice-President of Resources for the past 34 years, until gaining the role of senior advisor to the company in mid-2024. Dan had overall management responsibility for 2.4 million acres of timberland in the three West Coast states, as well as directing the environmental and regulatory programs for forest resources. Sierra Pacific…
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Emily Fife
About EMILY Emily Fife was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania but grew up in Northeast Ohio. While growing up she worked on horse farms and developed an appreciation for agriculture and the outdoors. She found her calling in college when she learned that she could take her passion for the environment and combine it with her…
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Erik Glenn
About ERIK Erik is the President of the Partnership of Rangeland Trusts (PORT). PORT is a membership organization made up of 9 agriculturally focused land trusts that operate in 11 states across the West and Midwest. Collectively, PORT members have helped to conserve more than 3 million acres of productive agricultural land. Erik also serves…
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Jacque Buchanan
About JACQUE Ms. Jacque Buchanan has been a US Department of Agriculture/Forest Service employee for 32 years. Jacque is the Pacific Northwest Regional Forester for the US Forest Service. Prior to starting in this position, Jacque was the Director for Renewable Resources in the Rocky Mountain Region. Jacque also served as the Forest Supervisor on…
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Jeff Davis
About JEFF Jeff Davis joined Colorado Parks and Wildlife as Director in May 2023. Prior to leading CPW, Jeff had a nearly 23-year career with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, serving as an Area Habitat Biologist, a Forest and Fish Section Manager, the Deputy Assistant Director and the Assistant Director of WDFW’s Habitat…
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Jeff McCreary
About JEFF Jeff is a native Californian who has been with Ducks Unlimited (DU) for over 12 years and has worked for over 15 years in the wetland conservation and restoration field throughout the western United States. Jeff received a bachelor’s degree in wildlife biology from the University of California at Davis and a master’s…
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Jim Durglo
About JIM Jim is a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Northwestern Montana (CSKT). He holds a B.S. in Forest Resource Management from the University of Montana (‘87. He currently has over 39 years of experience in wildland fire management, forest planning and management, and environmental compliance. He is currently the Intertribal…
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Jim Fredericks
About JIM Jim is currently the director of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. He was raised in northern Idaho where he grew up engaged in a range of outdoor pursuits. He attended the University of Idaho for his undergraduate education, earning a B.A. in psychology in 1988. After working in a psychiatric hospital…
