Region-wide Contacts

Katie Lamke
Conservation Biologist
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
​Lincoln, NE
katie.lamke@xerces.org

Rich Hatfield
Senior Conservation Biologist; Bumble Bee Lead
​The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Portland, OR
​rich.hatfield@xerces.org

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Iowa

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Kansas

Main email:​ greatplains.bba@xerces.org

Laura Mendenhall
Fish & Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Manhattan, KS
laura_mendenhall@fws.gov 

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Minnesota

Main email: mnbumblebee@umn.edu

​Elise Bernstein 
Bee Squad Pollinator and Climate Justice Coordinator
​University of Minnesota Bee Squad
Saint Paul, MN

​Elaine Evans
Extension Professor
University of Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN

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Missouri

Project email:​ mobumblebees@xerces.org

Steve Buback
Natural History Biologist
Missouri Department of Conservation
Location
Steve.buback@mdc.mo.gov
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Deborah Finke
Associate Professor of Plant Sciences
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
FinkeD@missouri.edu

Jared Brabant
Graduate Student
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
jmbmdb@mail.missouri.edu 

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Nebraska

Main email:​ nebumblebeeatlas@xerces.org

Brett Andersen
Title
​Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
​Lincoln, NE
brett.andersen@nebraska.gov 

Cody Drier
Pollinator Ecologist
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Lincoln, NE
cody.drier@nebraska.gov

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North Dakota

Main email:​ greatplains.bba@xerces.org

Jerry Reinisch
Fish & Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Bismarck, ND
jerry_reinisch@fws.gov ​

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South Dakota

Main email:​ greatplains.bba@xerces.org

Daniel Kim
Grassland Bird & Prairie Pollinator Biologist 
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Pierre, SD
daniel_kim@fws.gov