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Forestry NWLO Employee Directory

2250 Highway 93 North
Kalispell, MT 59901-2557
Office Location

406/751-2240
Fax: 751-2288

Area Manager - Bob Sandman 406/751-2242
Area Operations Manager – Steve Frye  751-2252
Business Management Supervisor – Donna Jones 751-2249
Manager-Fire & Forestry Assistance Programs – Dan Cassidy 751-2247
Fire Management Specialist – Wally Bennett 751-2248
Service Forestry Specialist – Dave Jones 751-2267
Principal Planner – Steven Lorch 751-2262
Special Services Professional – Jim Wallace 751-2253
Business Management Specialist – Glenda Rothacher 751-2246
Fire Program Administrative Assistant – Susan Dowler 751-2245
Trust Lands Administrative Asst./Reception – Terrie Davison 751-2240
Senior Right-of-Way Specialist – Norm Kuennen 751-2256
Real Estate Property Management Specialist – Jean Crow 751-2251
Air Operations Supervisor – Jesse Best 751-2243
Asst. Air Operations Supervisor - Mike Willardson 751-2243
Forest Product Accountability Spec. – Terry Thorpe 751-2254
Trust Lands Professional – Allen Wolf 751-2257
Hydrologist/Resource Analyst – Tony Nelson 751-2261
Wildlife Biologist – Carly Walker 751-2259
Wildlife/Fisheries Biologist – Garrett Schairer 751-2258
Area Mechanic – Bruce McMaster 751-7363
Technical Services Specialist– Ted Joern 751-2279
Hydrologist – Marc Vessar 751-2260

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Kalispell Unit

Kalispell Unit Office
2250 Highway 93 North
Kalispell, MT 59901-2557
Office Location

406/751-2240
Fax: 751-2288

Unit Manager Greg Poncin 751-2263
Office Manager – Kim Read 751-2241
Fire Program Manager – Dave Poukish 751-2269
Fire Supervisor – Fred Holmes 751-2270
Fire Team Leader– Bill Glaspey 751-2275
Fire Cache Supervisor – Jim Price 751-2276
Prevention Team Leader – VACANT 751-2271
Forest Management Supervisor – Pete Seigmund  751-2266
Management Forester – Mark Alan Slaten  751-2264
Management Forester – Brent Kallander  751-2265
Forestry Assistance Specialist – Rick Moore 751-2268
Land Use Planner – Anne Shaw Moran  
Forestry Technician – Vacant  

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Libby Unit

Libby Unit Office

14 Miles East of Libby
14096 Highway 37
Libby, MT 59923
Office Location

Phone: 406/293-2711
Fax: 293-9307

Unit Manager - John Shotzberger
Office Manager - Debbie Byrd 
Forest Management Supervisor - David Marsh 
Service Forester - Mike Justus 
Unit Fire Supervisor - Douglas Turman 
Service/Fire Forester - Harold Gemmell 
Management Forester - Jeremy Rank

Plains Unit

Plains Airport
Off Highway 200
P. O. Box 219
Plains, MT 59859

Phone: 406/826-3851
Fax: 826-5785

Unit Manager - Larry Ballantyne
826-4724
Office Manager - Teresa Garrison
826-4720
Service Forester - Everett Young
826-4721
Forest Management Supervisor - Dave Olsen
826-4723
Management Forester - Dale Peters
826-4722
Management Forester - Kyle Johnson
826-4725
Unit Fire Supervisor - Calvin Minemeyer
826-4726
Fire Team Leader - Stan Meredith
826-4728
Dispatch Center Manager - Ned Winebrenner

826-4730

Assistant Dispatcher - Bobbie Bennett
826-4732

 

Plains Dispatch

Plains Airport
Off Highway 200
Plains, MT 59859

406/826-4044
Fax: 826-3061

Dispatch Center Manager - Ned Winebrenner 
826-4730
Dispatcher - Mary Jo Lommen
826-4731
Dispatcher - Sheri Dorathy
826-4732

Polson Field Office

P. O. Box 640
502 First Street East
Polson, MT 59860
Office Location

Phone: 406/883-3960
Fax: 883-1874
Service Forester - Les Thomas 883-3960

Stillwater Unit

Stillwater State Forest
P.O. Box 164
Olney, MT 59927

Phone: 406/881-2371
Fax: 881-2372

Unit ManagerBrian Manning 881-2663
Officer Manager – 881-2661
Publications Specialist – Margaret Beck 881-2662
Unit Fire Supervisor – Jeremy Pris 881-2664
Fire Team Leader – Shane Feightner 881-2677
Management Forester – Jason Glenn 881-2667
Management Forester – Elspeth Pevear 881-2674
Management Forester – Will Wood 881-2673
Management Forester – Pete Evans 881-2675
Forest Management Specialist – Michael McMahon 881-2670
Forest Management Specialist – David Ring 881-2665
Forest Improvement Forester – Rick Komenda 881-2668
Special Uses Forester – Nicole Stickney 881-2666

Swan River Unit

Swan River State Forest

Phone: 406/754-2301

Swan Lake, MT 59911

Fax: 754-2884

Unit Manager Dan Roberson
Office Manager – Wanemah Hulett
Management Forester – William Burdick
Timber Sale Specialist –Karen Jorgenson
Management Forester – Steve Beaulieu
Management Forester – Kristin Baker
Unit Fire Supervisor – Allen Branine
Fire Team Leader – Dylan Dickinson
Forest Maintenance Supervisor – Claude Cassidy