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Regional Conservationist Carrie Lindig

Carrie Lindig has served as the NRCS acting regional conservationist for the Central Region since January 2023.

Carrie Lindig has served as the NRCS acting regional conservationist for the Central Region since January 2023.

Carrie Lindig, Acting Regional Conservationist, Central headshot

She provides agency and natural resources leadership and support to state conservationists and partners and ensures states effectively manage an extensive portfolio of comprehensive conservation strategies – which includes implementing NRCS’s conservation technical assistance and financial assistance programs on private lands.

Before being selected as acting Central regional conservationist, Lindig was the NRCS Easement Program Division director. She has also served as the New Jersey state conservationist and held multiple leadership positions in New York, Montana, Idaho, and Arizona.

A native Texan, Lindig holds a Bachelor of Science in Rangeland Management from Texas Tech University and a master’s degree in range science from Colorado State University. She and her husband own family farms in Texas. They have five grown children and two grandchildren.
 

Central Region States: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin.