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Little Miami River Partnership
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The Little Miami
River Partnership is a service-oriented, non-profit, 501 (c) (3),
organization
whose aims are to develop community based watershed plans and projects
to help restore and
protect water and environmental quality in the Little Miami River
Watershed.
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2004 Board of Directors and Officers
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The Little
Miami River Partnership Board is made up of nine member-elected representatives.
There are four "At-Large" seats where members may be from
any area within the watershed.
There are also five "Sub-Watershed" seats where each member
must come from one of the
five sub-watersheds of the Little Miami River: Upper Little Miami,
Caesar's Creek, Todd's
Fork, East Fork, and the Lower Little Miami. The Board then elects
its own officers.
The Board of LMRP oversees the employees and volunteers
of the organization, establishes
the mission and values by which the organization runs, and determines
the strategic plan for
what the organization will accomplish.
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Stephanie Hines
OSU Extension
1000 Locust St.
PO Box 670
Owensville, OH 45160
Phone: 513-732-7070
FAX: 513-732-7060
hines.180@osu.edu
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Hines has been a county agriculture and natural resources
agent in The Ohio State University Extension - Clermont County
office since August, 2001. Current areas of interest include
watershed assessment and restoration, implementation of best
management practices to improve water quality, horse and pasture
management, and planning for agricultural and other local emergencies.
Prior to that, she worked at the Ohio Environmental
Protection Agency from 1994 to 2001. She earned a MS in Environmental
Science from Indiana University - Bloomington in 1994. She
has also earned a BS in zoology and BA in economics from Michigan
State University in 1990.
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Bruce Smith
(Secretary)
Ohio EPA Division of Surface Water
Southwest District Office
401 E. Fifth St.
Dayton, Ohio 45402
Phone: 937-285-6099
FAX: 937-285-6249
Term expires - 2008 |
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Bruce Smith is an Environmental Specialist with Ohio EPA
at the Southwest District Office in Dayton. Bruce handles
surface water permitting and compliance in the Little Miami
River Basin. Bruce received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering
from the University of Cincinnati and is a registered professional
engineer.
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Eric B. Partee
Executive Director Little Miami, Incorporated 6040 Price Road Milford, OH 45150-1429 partee@littlemiami.com www.littlemiami.com 513/965-9344 voice 513/588-9883 fax Term expires - 2006 |
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Eric B. Partee has served as Executive Director of the nonprofit river conservation organization Little Miami Inc. since 1982. His professional background also includes holding the position of River Basin Planner with the Ohio River Basin Commission from 1974 to 1981. His academic background includes Bachelor degree in Natural Resource Management from the OSU School of Natural Resources, and in Civil Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. Over the past 22 years he has been actively promoting the restoration and protection of the river ecosystem of the Little Miami National & State Scenic River, a 105 mile long river in Southwest Ohio. His duties include discussions and negotiations with riverfront landowners, developers, and local officials along the Little Miami corridor, fundraising, environmental education and day-to-day administrative management. Landowner discussions focus on permanent protection and restoration of riparian zones, floodplain and aquifer management, water quality and stream health, land stewardship, land use, and a host of other river-related matters.
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Ron
S. Volkerding (Treasurer)
Deputy Director
Greene County
Sanitary Engineering Department
667 Dayton-Xenia Rd.
Xenia, Ohio 45385
Phone: 937-562-7415
FAX: 937-562-7465
rvolkerding@co.greene.oh.us
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Ron Volkerding has lived in the watershed for the past 25
years. He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati with
a degree in civil engineering, is a licensed professional
engineer in Ohio, a Certified Public Manager, and possesses
Ohio EPA Class 3 Operator Licenses for both Wastewater Works
and Water Supply. He is currently Deputy Director for the
Greene County Sanitary Engineering Department. Married for
28 years to his wife Andrea, who is a school teacher, he has
4 grown children. His hobbies include gardening and pursuit
of a master's degree in Public Administration at Wright State
University.
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Sub-Watershed Committee Chairs
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Paul Berringer (President)
Clermont SWCD District Administrator
1000 Locust St.
PO Box 549
Owensville, OH 45160
Phone: 513-732-7075
FAX: 513-732-7077
Interim Board Member
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Anne Lyon (Vice-President)
Water Quality Project Director
Greenacres Foundation
8255 Spooky Hollow Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45242
Phone: 513-891-4227 ext. 225
FAX: 513-792-9199
alyon@green-acres.org
Foundation Website:
www.green-acres.org
Term expires - 2008
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Anne Lyon is the Water Quality Project Director at the Greenacres
Foundation, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to preserving
the environmental and cultural arts. Anne is responsible for
the Foundation's school and citizen-based water quality monitoring
and education programs. Anne has over 22 years experience
in volunteer water quality monitoring and environmental education.
Prior to joining the Greenacres staff, she worked 14 years
for the Tennessee Valley Authority as both an education specialist
and community specialist.
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Steve Miller
Effectiveness Plus
870 Fairground Rd.
Xenia, OH 45385
Phone: 937-372-1674
FAX: 937-372-0401
miller_steve@email.msn.com
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Roy Joe Stuckey
Term expires - 2005 |
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Roy Joe Stuckey, Little Miami River Partnership, Director
for Todd Fork and its tributaries, grew up on a dairy farm
crossed by Lytle Creek, at the western city limits of Wilmington
Ohio. He earned, as the top male graduate in his high school
class, a scholarship to Wilmington College where he received
the AB degree. He also received The Baltimore and Ohio Scholarship
to Ohio State University, as Ohio's outstanding 4H-club boy.
There, he received a master's degree in Agricultural Economics,
and a Doctorate in Dairy Science. In 1949, with limited resources,
he founded the Agriculture Department at Wilmington College.
There, he later served as a vice president, before becoming
president of Jamestown College, Jamestown, North Dakota. He
now serves as a trustee of Wilmington College, and as president
of The Lytle Creek League of Conservators. This organization
works for clean water, public access, and Scenic River extension
designation for Todd Fork and its tributaries. He has helped
implement conservation plans on his childhood farm on Lytle
Creek, the Wilmington College farms on both Lytle Creek and
Todd Fork, his ancestral farm near Sabina Ohio, and his family's
ranch, on the Rocky Mountain slope of the high desert, in
Cochise County, Arizona.
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