The Council welcomes the following new members:

Dennis Mitchell with the Blaine County Conservation District.
 Dennis Mitchell was born in Havre, Montana and attended school in Cleveland and Chinook.  He was raised on the family ranch outside of  Chinook were he is a 3rd generation rancher. Dennis and his wife of 19 years Tami and their  3 children, son Rusty and 2 daughters Jaycie and Dariane still reside there today.  Dennis has served on the Cleveland school board and has been a member of the Blaine County Conservation District board since 2009. In addition to serving on the Missouri River CD Council, Dennis is also a member of the Milk River Conservation Board. 

Dick Iversen with the Richland County Conservation District. 
 Dick Iversen was raised on a grain-cattle ranch near Fairview Montana. He received a degree in Range Management from MSU Bozeman and worked for 35 years with NRCS in Dillon, Glasgow, Scobey, Culbertson, and Chinook. Dick began farming in 1983 and enjoy spending more time on the farm since retiring from NRCS in 2009. Dick works cattle and hay land.  His irrigated farms rely 100% on the Missouri River to provide water to five pump site serving 950 acres of mostly center pivot irrigation. Dick currently serve on the Governor’s Private Lands Public Wildlife Council, is an alternate to Buzz Mattelin on the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee, and is an Associate member of the Richland County Conservation District, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Foundation for Community Care in Sidney, Mt. Additionally, Dick remains active in the Lower Missouri River Coordinated Resource Management Group, a group he was involved with during his time with NRCS and was instrumental in helping the group achieve permits for Montana’s first approved river dredge. Dick is and his wife Connie, who is also active in the community, have somehow also managed to find time to raise two successful children.