Task Force Voting Members
    The Task Force is made up of a wide cross section of local area citizens, and local, state, and federal agency representatives.  Individually, they represent specific constituencies within the local community; yet together, they form a “balanced table” of diverse groups strongly concerned about the natural and economic resources in the basin. 


  
John Bailey

John Bailey, Chair, Fly Fishing Business Owner

John has been Chair of the Task Force for four years.  He is the owner of the internationally renowned Dan Bailey’s Fly Shop in downtown Livingston. Born and raised in Paradise Valley, John has been fishing the upper Yellowstone River for more than 40 years.  His home is located on a lagoon along the Yellowstone River.

 


Dave Haug

Dave Haug, Present Vice Chair, Park Conservation District Supervisor

The Haug family has been farming and ranching in Park and Sweetgrass Counties for three generations, since the turn of the century.  As a Supervisor for the Park Conservation District, Dave’s Board issues 310 permits on the Yellowstone River; he is also a member of the City/County Planning Board and a board member of the Livingston Ditch Association, which uses water from the Yellowstone.  Currently, his family farms and manages timber on their property in the Upper Yellowstone River Study Area.

 


Roy Aserlind

Roy Aserlind, Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Roy grew up in Livingston and has owned a home on Ninth Street Island for 30 years, where he and his wife, Margot, now live the year around.  Roy’s concerns for the Yellowstone are all first hand, going back to the 1940s and1950s when there was concerted effort to build the Allenspur Dam.  There were also problems created by gold dredging near Chico Hot Springs resulting in a constantly muddied river, and a spruce budworm spraying episode that resulted in a massive poisoning of the river’s aquatic insect life.  Roy feels that he understands and appreciates the health and fragility of riverine structures.

 

Andrew Dana

Andrew Dana, local property owner along the Yellowstone River

Andrew Dana's family owns a working ranch on the Yellowstone River.  He is
an attorney who specializes in protection of agricultural, open-space, and
natural lands and represents local, regional, and national land conservation
organizations, as well as landowners.  He consults nationally on land
conservation issues and currently serves on the Advisory Council of the Yellowstone Park Foundation.

 


Doug Ensign

Doug Ensign, local property owner along the Yellowstone River 

Doug and his wife, Zena, own and operate the Mission Ranch, a cattle ranch that has been in the family for two generations.  The Yellowstone River flanks the ranch on its northern end for a stretch of two miles.  The ranch contains extensive Yellowstone River bottom lands and several spring creeks. 

 


Michelle Goodwine
Michelle Goodwine, CRS, ABR, GSI; past president of the Montana Association of REALTORS®.  

Michelle has worked as a REALTOR® for 14 years and owns Coldwell Banker Maverick Realty.  Michelle and her family are Livingston natives and live north of town on the Yellowstone River.

 


Jerry O’Hair

Jerry O’Hair, local property owner along the Yellowstone River 

O’Hair family members are fourth generation Paradise Valley residents.  Jerry owns and operates a working cattle ranch that adjoins the upper Yellowstone River for approximately three miles.  The internationally famous Armstrong Spring Creek is also located on his ranch.

 


Brant Oswald

Brant Oswald, Conservation Group(s) Representative

Brant is a licensed Montana outfitter and co-manager of the Yellowstone Angler, a fly fishing shop in Livingston.  He has served on the Board of Directors of both the Joe Brooks Chapter (Livingston) of Trout Unlimited and the Park County Environ-mental Council.

 


Ed Schilling

Ed Schilling, Park County Commissioner

Ed has lived in Montana for more than 40 years.  He and his family reside in the Clyde Park area.  In addition to his many commission duties, Ed is a local businessman and owner of AG Tech, a ranch or property consulting and management company.

 


Rod Siring

Rod Siring, local property owner along the Yellowstone River 

Rod was born and raised in Montana, and he and his wife have spent the last 33 years in Park County.  Rod is a retired Park Electric Cooperative manager, where he worked for 30 years.  He enjoys fishing and boating on the Yellowstone.

 


Bob Wiltshire

Bob Wiltshire, Angling Community Representative

For more than 20 years, Bob has been closely involved with the fishery of the
Yellowstone River.  Employed by the Federation of Fly Fishers, Bob has 15
years of outfitting experience, a background in fishery management, is a
frequent lecturer about fisheries issues, and contributes angling articles to
a number of publications

 


Jim Woodhull

Jim Woodhull, City of Livingston Planner

Born and raised in Livingston, Jim has been with the Livingston City Planning Office since graduating from Montana State University, Bozeman in 1992.

 


Ex-Officio Members

Ken Britton, District Ranger
USFS, Gallatin National Forest
Gardiner Ranger District
Gardiner Montana 

Liz Galli-Noble, Task Force Coordinator
Livingston Montana  

Tom Olliff, Chief, Branch of Natural Resources
NPS, Yellowstone National Park 
Mammoth Wyoming

Ron Archuleta, District Ranger 
USFS, Gallatin National Forest
Livingston Ranger District,
Livingston Montana

Robert Ray, Watershed Management
Section Supervisor
Montana DEQ
Planning, Prevention, and Assistance Division
Helena Montana

Laurence Siroky, Water Operations
Bureau Chief
Montana DNRC
Floodplain Program, Water Resources Division
Helena Montana

Allan Steinle, Montana State Program Manager
US Army Corps of Engineers,
Regulatory Branch
Helena Montana

Stan Sternberg, Environmental Program Manager
Environmental Services
Montana Department of Transportation
Helena Montana

Joel Tohtz, Fisheries Biologist
Montana FWP
Livingston Montana


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