Current staff include the Team Leader, Mike Steuck, classified as a Natural Resource Biologist. The Assistant Team Leader, Andy Thompson, is also a Natural Resource Biologist who fills in for the Team Leader or Technicians in their absence and does a majority of our data analysis. We have three specialists who are classified as Natural Resource Technicians. Mel Bowler is our Fisheries Specialist, Dave Gould is our Water Quality Specialist, and Theresa Blackburn is our Vegetation Specialist. Three to four Natural Resource Aids, or temporary employees, are hired each year to help with the field sampling and various other tasks.
All staff employed at the station have degrees in various biological fields.
Our station is officially supervised by the District Supervisor for the Northeast Region of Iowa, Mr. David Moeller at Manchester. His formal title is a Public Service Executive. Fisheries Management has only four regions. The next level above Dave Moeller is the Fisheries Bureau Chief, Marion Conover. After monitoring, staff are involved with a wide range of duties and projects.