The Task Force includes federal and state agencies and the tribes. Federal agencies include those with responsibilities over activities in the Mississippi River and its basin, and in the Gulf of Mexico. The role of the Task Force is to provide executive level direction and support for coordinating the actions of participating organizations working on nutrient management within the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed. The Task Force has designated members of a Coordinating Committee, and solicits information from interested stakeholders.

The role of the Coordinating Committee is to facilitate communications and coordination of all sub-committees and working groups, and make recommendations to the Task Force for action. The group is responsible for ensuring that all actions complement each other and that communication flows effectively to all sub-committees and working groups.

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Federal Agency Members of the Task Force

• Ellen Gilinsky (Task Force Co-Chair), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Ann Bartuska, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Research, Education and Economics
• Camille Touton, U.S. Department of the Interior
• Ann Mills, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
• Major General Michael C. Wehr, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Mary C. Erickson, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

State Agency Members of the Task Force 

• Bill Northey (Task Force Co-Chair), Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
• Gary C. Rikard, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
• Rebecca Flood, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• Johnny Bradberry, Louisiana Governor's Office of Coastal Activities
• Joe Engeln, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
• Ted McKinney, Indiana State Department of Agriculture
• Raymond Poe, Illinois Department of Agriculture
• Russell Rasmussen, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• Larry Taylor, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
• Larry Maxwell, Tennessee Department of Agriculture
• J. Ryan Benefield, Arkansas Natural Resources Commission
• Tiffani Kavalec, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

Tribal Members of the Task Force

• Michael Bolt, National Tribal Water Council

Federal Agency Members of the Coordinating Committee

• Katie Flahive (Coordinating Committee Co-Chair), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Kevin Wickey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Robert Magnien, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Gary Young, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• TBD, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
• Dr. James Dobrowolski, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture
• Dr. Rachel Melnick, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture
• Michael Woodside, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
• Glen Salmon, U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service

State Agency Members of the Coordinating Committee 

• Matthew Lechtenberg (Coordinating Committee Co-Chair), Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
• Mike Freiman, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
• Wayne Anderson, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• Ken Brazil, Arkansas Natural Resources Commission
• Jordan Seger, Indiana State Department of Agriculture
• Warren Goetsch, Illinois Department of Agriculture
• Peter T. Goodmann, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
• Dan Dudley, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
• TBD, Louisiana Governor's Office of Coastal Activities
• John McClurkan, Tennessee Department of Agriculture
• Pamela Biersach, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• Kurt Boeckmann, Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Additional Entities Participating on the Coordinating Committee

• Doug Daigle, Lower Mississippi River Sub-basin Committee
• Greg Youngstrom, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission