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Montgomery County Soil & Water Conservation District

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Lea Dick

Conservation Director

Contact about: grants, events, and general district operations/finances

Lea Dick

Conservation Director

Lea was hired in September of 2024. She is an alum of Ball State University where she studied Environmental Geoscience and Natural Resource Management. She has experience in public programing and events, soil/water sampling, and data reporting. Lea and her husband live in Crawfordsville with their two dogs.

Phone:765-362-0405 ext. 2641
Email:lhickle@montgomerycoswcd.com

Sam Lovold

Program Coordinator

Contact about: events, education/outreach, or invasive species.

Sam Lovold

Program Coordinator

Sam was hired as the Program Coordinator in 2023. He coordinates activities throughout the year for the Montgomery County CISMA, Community Growers of Montgomery County (CGMC), Women4theLand , as well as various field days. Sam enjoys educating people on conservation issues and contributing to making Montgomery County a better place. Sam lives in Crawfordsville.

Phone:765-362-0405 ext. 2653
Email:programs@montgomerycoswcd.com

Natural Resource Conservation Service

Brandy Dagget

District Conservationist (Acting)

You can contact her about: Farming, Soil Health, EQIP, Conservation, and CRP

Brandy Dagget

District Conservationist (Acting)

Phone:765-362-0405 ext. 2646
Email:brandy.daggett@usda.gov

Supervisors

Daniel Bullerdick

Chair

Term Start: Q1 2024 | Term End: Q1 2027 | Elected

Daniel Bullerdick

Chair

Daniel joined the board in 2021 as Supervisor. He and his dad have a small family farm where they produce corn and soybeans. They have used various conservation practices on their farm over the years. They have no-tilled soybeans for about 30 years and no-tilled corn since the mid- 2000s. The Bullerdicks also have a considerable amount of CRP (conservation reserve program). A personal goal of his on their farm is to reduce surface runoff and leaching of nutrients from the soil.

Jordan Gillenwater

Vice-chair

Term Start: Q1 2025 | Term End: Q1 2028 | Elected

Jordan Gillenwater

Vice-chair

Jordan lives with his wife in the northern part of the county near Darlington. This is where they farm, have cows, and have pigs. They are part owners of a local grocery store called Four Seasons Local Market where they sell a lot of their products. Some conservations projects the Gillenwaters have done of their farm include multiple EQIP projects, a high tunnel, heavy use areas for livestock, some CRP acres, fencing projects for rotational grazing, and pasture improvement projects.

Raoul Moore

Secretary/Treasurer

Term Start: Q1 2026 | Term End: Q1 2029 | Elected

Raoul Moore

Secretary/Treasurer

Raoul's family moved to the area in 1954 when his father got an English Professor job at Wabash. In 1956 his family moved to a 40 acre hobby farm north of town at junction of Walnut Fork and Sugar Creek. They grew most of their food and truck farmed for some income. His father did timber stand improvement and planted a hard to access field near the creek to trees in 1958. One of those walnut seedlings is now 24” diameter at breast height (DBH). The Moore Family Farm currently has about 700 acres of woodlands with about half of those as plantations from 25 different years. The changes in AG have made many smaller, high perimeter to volume fields uneconomic to farm. Some soils since the clearing off of the state and 100 years of plowing have lost fertility also making them unattractive for farming. Trees on good soils can return well over row crops but require tree time to mature. Raoul's hope is to get more people nurturing their woodlands and converting areas to trees.

Rachel Stine

Supervisor

Term Start: Q1 2025 | Term End: Q1 2028 | Appointed by SSCB

Rachel Stine

Supervisor

Rachel grew up on a small grain farm in Huntington County and holds a degree in Agricultural Communications from Purdue University. Together, she and her husband, Matt, are grateful to grow corn, soybeans, pumpkins, and Christmas trees on MRS Farm and Oak Hill Tree Farm in Crawfordsville. They strive to optimize soil health for their current crops and steward farmed land for the future. A nature enthusiast, she enjoys hiking locally, traveling, and paddle boarding on Sugar Creek. The Stines have four children, ages 7-14.

Aron Rhoads

Supervisor

Term Start: Q1 2024 | Term End: Q1 2027 | Appointed by SSCB

Aron Rhoads

Supervisor

Aron has been a part of the Montgomery County SWCD board in some capacity for the last 17 years. His family farm is located Southwest of New Ross, North of Ladoga. He has a wife and three kids. Aron also works for Beacon Credit Union as a Loan Officer at this time. He got involved when his family was installing some grassed waterways and filter strips on the ground they operate and he was approached by Dave Stanley and George Reger about possibly joining the board to bring in some young and new blood to the board. One of the big benefits that Aron has seen over his time with the board has been recognizing how much conservation is put on the ground in Montgomery County.

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