Nevada State Office
300 Booth Street, Room 2070
Reno, NV 89509
Reno, NV 89509
NRCS Nevada State Office
Welcome to NRCS in Nevada!

Heidi Ramsey, State Conservationist
Heidi Ramsey is the NRCS Nevada state conservationist, headquartered in Reno, Nevada. Ramsey began her career with NRCS in 2009 as a student intern in Española, New Mexico. She later served as a rangeland management specialist in Susanville, California; district conservationist in Holden, Massachusetts; Western Governors’ Association liaison and Watershed Programs manager based in Denver, Colorado; and assistant state conservationist for field operations in Red Bluff, California. Ramsey has served in numerous detail capacities at the local, state, national, and departmental levels. Her most recent detail in 2022 was serving as the National Drought Resilience Partnership executive officer. Prior to Federal service, Ramsey spent over a decade in the private sector specializing in both business marketing and customer service.
Heidi received her Bachelor of Science in Rangeland Resource Science from Cal Poly Humboldt, in California, and her Master of Science in Management and Leadership from Western Governors’ University in Utah. Ramsey belongs to and participates in many professional organizations including Women in NRCS (WiN), the National Organization of Professional Hispanic NRCS Employees (NOPHNRCSE), Society for Range Management, and the Soil and Water Conservation Society.
Ramsey is at home in the wide-open spaces of the West. She is from California and her family’s cattle ranch was near Wells, Nevada. She enjoys spending time outdoors watching wildlife, hiking, and botanizing when given the chance.
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Employee Directory - ASTC = Assistant State Conservationist
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Heidi Ramsey
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State Conservationist
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Ariel (Ari) DeLara
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ASTC-Programs
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Trina Johnson
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Resource Conservationist
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LaKeisha Barber
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ASTC-Management and Strategy
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Financial Resource Specialist
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Administrative Assistant
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Business Services Specialist
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Chris Rose
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ASTC-Partnerships
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John George
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American Indian Liaison (*Based in the Elko Service Center)
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Ken Sowers
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Outreach Coordinator
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Public Affairs Specialist
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Jim Gifford
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State Resource Conservationist
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Angela Mushrush
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State Rangeland Management Specialist
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Todd Allai
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State Wildlife Biologist
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Charles (Pete) Armitage
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Archaeologist
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Allen Moody
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State Agronomist
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Rachel Bolger
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GIS Specialist
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Resource Conservationist
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Name | Position | Phone Number | |
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Cory Lytle
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ASTC - Field Operations
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Jessica Gwerder
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Resource Conservationist
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Rebecca Powell
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Administrative Specialist (Based in the Elko Service Center)
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Doug Higbee
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State Conservation Engineer
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Mark Martini
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Watershed Project Engineer
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Adam Porath
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Geologist
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State Soil Scientist
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Terry Miller
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State Resource Inventory Coordinator
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Chris Savastio
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Resource Soil Scientist
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Jeff Anderson
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State Hydrologist
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Sam Liu
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Information Technology Specialist
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CEC IT Specialist
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Contracting Officer
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Daniel Gilbert
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Purchasing Agent
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Thad Heater
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Sage Grouse Initiative Coordinator
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