Agricultural Technician since Summer 2018 Twenty years of dairy farming and management experience Current owner and operator of family’s apple orchard Past personal experience with NRCS in crop and nutrient […]
Matt Soehnel – District Conservationist
Matt has been the District Conservationist for over 13 years. He enjoys helping Kent County resident’s conserve their soil, water, air, plant, and other natural resources. To get started, NRCS first […]
Katie Droscha – Soil Conservationist
CTAI – Soil Conservationist since June 2010B.S. in Fisheries & Wildlife and M.S. in Limnology from Michigan State University From Charlotte, MI Contact Info: CTAI – Soil Conservationist NRCS Grand […]
Kendra Zeman – NFWF Engineer
District Engineer since April 2020 M.S., B.B. in agricultural and Biological Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Previous Intern at Fillmore Soil and Water Conservation District in Preston, Minnesota […]
Jessie Schulte – District Manager
Jessie Schulte has been the Conservation District Manager since 2016. She spent her first five years in Kent County working as the Land Manager and Volunteer Coordinator at Blandford Nature […]
Ryan Wilemski – Strike Team
Ryan Wilemski, Conservation Coordinator, graduated from Oakland University in 2017 and has been working for KCD since June of 2021. As of October of the same year, he has taken […]
Joel Betts– MAEAP Coordinator
Joel Betts oversees the MAEAP program in Kent County. He graduated from Calvin College with a B.S. in Biology and B.A. In International Development, and from Michigan State University […]