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Doug Goodlander
Nutrient Management Program Director, SCC
717-705-3895
717-705-3778 (FAX)
Email: dgoodlande@state.pa.us

Oversees the implementation of the Nutrient Management Program in Pennsylvania. Provides technical, administrative and programmatic guidance to program participants, district staff and boards, the press, ag industry representatives and the general public. Oversees program policy and regulation development and future program direction. Assists with the legal issues related to the program and activities involving the Environmental Hearing Board.

Michael Brubaker
Nutrient Management Program Coordinator, SCC
717-705-1688
717-705-3778 (FAX)
Email: mibrubaker@state.pa.us

Provides Act 38 assistance to the Southeastern Region County Conservation Districts. Oversees compliance/enforcement actions related to the Act 38 rules and regulations. Provides information on program policies, procedures and technical issues to program participants, district staff and boards and the general public. Act as a liaison between conservation districts and the State Conservation Commission.

Bill Clouser
Nutrient Management Program Supervisor, SCC
814-946-7315, ext. 217
814-946-7354 (FAX)
Email: wclouser@state.pa.us

Supervises the regional Nutrient Management Program Coordinators. Provides Act 38 assistance to the Southwestern Region County Conservation Districts. Oversees compliance/enforcement actions related to the Act 38 rules and regulations. Provides information on program policies, procedures and technical issues to program participants, district staff and boards and the general public. Act as a liaison between conservation districts and the State Conservation Commission.

Jamie Ulrich
Nutrient Management Program Coordinator, SCC
814-946-7315, ext. 235
814-946-7354 (FAX)
Email: aulrich@state.pa.us

Provides Act 38 assistance to the Northwestern Region County Conservation Districts. Oversees compliance/enforcement actions related to the Act 38 rules and regulations. Provides information on program policies, procedures and technical issues to program participants, district staff and boards and the general public. Act as a liaison between conservation districts and the State Conservation Commission.

Michael Walker
Nutrient Management Program Coordinator, SCC
570-433-2640, ext. 221
570-433-4770 (FAX)
Email- miwalker@state.pa.us

Provides Act 38 assistance to the Northeastern Region County Conservation Districts. Oversees compliance/enforcement actions related to the Act 38 rules and regulations. Provides information on program policies, procedures and technical issues to program participants, district staff and boards and the general public. Act as a liaison between conservation districts and the State Conservation Commission.

Karl Dymond
Odor Management Program Coordinator, SCC
570-836-2181
570-836-6266 (FAX)
Email: kdymond@state.pa.us

Coordinates the development and implementation of the Commission’s Odor Management Program and regulations. Provides odor program assistance statewide.

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Room G-11, 2301 N. Cameron Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110
717-787-3568
717-783-3275 (FAX)

Johan E. Berger
Nutrient Management Section Chief, PDA
717-772-4189
717-783-3275 (FAX)
Email: joberger@state.pa.us

Supervises the activities assigned to the Department of Agriculture in the Nutrient Management Program such as the development and implementation of the certification and education programs, financial assistance and technical assistance. Assists the State Conservation Commission in the implementation of general activities of the Nutrient Management Program.

Michael Aucoin
Certification/Education Specialist, PDA
717-772-5218
717-783-3275 (FAX)
Email: maucoin@state.pa.us

Manages the Pennsylvania Nutrient Management Certification/Education Program which includes approving courses for continuing education credits, conducting training, education grants, keeping track of specialist’s progress towards provisional and final certification, enforcement of certification issues, promulgating regulations and coordinates educational programs with cooperating agencies.

Roy Richardson
Financial Assistance Specialist, PDA
717-772-4187
717-783-3275 (FAX)
Email: rrichardso@state.pa.us

Manages the financial assistance programs such as the Plan Development Incentives Program, Nutrient Management Plan Implementation Grant Program and Agri-link Program.

Christian Sautter
Technical Assistance Specialist, PDA
717-772-4188
717-783-3275 (FAX)
Email: csautter@state.pa.us

Conducts the review of nutrient management plans for nutrient management specialist certification. Handles technical questions related to the writing or reviewing of nutrient management plans and other technical issues of the program.

Penn State Cooperative Extension
Penn State Nutrient Management
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
116 ASI Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-6541
814-863-7043 (FAX)

Doug Beegle
Professor of Agronomy
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
116 ASI Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-863-1016
814-863-7043 (FAX)
Email: dbb@psu.edu

Acts as an educational resource to the Pennsylvania Nutrient Management Program. Provides technical information to questions relating to nutrient management, manure management, water quality best management practices and related agronomic and livestock management issues.

Jerry Martin
Senior Extension Associate
Nutrient Management Education Program
1383 Arcadia Road, Room 1
Lancaster, PA 17601
717-394-6851 (Lancaster office)
717-394-3962 (Lancaster FAX)
717-783-9704 (Harrisburg office)
Email: jmartin@psu.edu

Serves as a liaison between the Penn State University and the PA Department of Agriculture. Acts as an educational resource to the Pennsylvania Nutrient Management Program. Provides technical information to questions relating to nutrient management, manure management, water quality best management practices and related agronomic and livestock management issues.

Jennifer Weld
Project Associate
317 Lantern Green Way
Orwigsburg, PA 17961
570-366-1558
570-366-1558 (FAX)
Email: jlw23@psu.edu

Provides technical support for the P Index and staff science support for the alternative uses initiative for the Nutrient Management Advisory Board.

United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
One Credit Union Place, Suite 340
Harrisburg, PA 17110-2993
717-237-2100
717-237-2238 (FAX)

Mark Goodson
Agronomist, NRCS
717-237-2146
717-237-2238 (FAX)
Email: mark.goodson@pa.usda.gov

Provides leadership for the Nutrient Management conservation practice standard 590 and the nutrient management policy which covers the technical aspects of managing the amount, source, placement, form and timing of the application of plant nutrients. Provides agronomic technical guidance to NRCS staff and others who work with NRCS programs.

Hosea Latshaw, PE
Assistant State Conservation Engineer, NRCS
717-237-2212
717-237-2238 (FAX)
Email: hosea.latshaw@pa.usda.gov

Provides leadership development of engineering standards in PA Tech Guide, engineering design procedures and aids, engineering training, and interagency coordination on ag waste issues. Covers the technical aspects of manure management and manure storage in the Nutrient Management Program.

Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Watershed Management Rachel Carson State Office Building
400 Market Street
P.O. Box 8456
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8456
717-772-5644

Bob Gibson
Nutrient Management Section Chief, DEP
717-772-5658
717-787-9549 (FAX)
Email: rogibson@state.pa.us

Provides support to the State Conservation Commission in the Nutrient Management Program. Oversees programs to regulate agricultural animal production operations under the Clean Streams Law and the CAFO program.

Don Fiesta, PG
Hydrogeologist, DEP
717-772-5644
717-787-9549 (FAX)
Email: dfiesta@state.pa.us

Provides input to the Nutrient Management Program on hydrogeology, water quality related issues both chemical and biological, ground water related issues, surface water loading and contamination issues, groundwater contamination, recharge and yield problems.

Tom Juengst
Conservation Program Specialist, DEP
717-772-5646
717-787-9549 (FAX)
Email: tjuengst@state.pa.us

Handles the nutrient management delegation agreements for conservation districts and related reporting activities. Assists with delegation program funding and development of support and outreach materials.