Utah State Office
Salt Lake City, UT 84138
Salt Lake City, UT 84138
Utah NRCS provides voluntary, cost-effective program and technical assistance to landowners to conserve, protect and improve soil, water, air, plants and animals, and enable farmers and landowners to manage their property and remain economically viable.
Welcome to NRCS in Utah!

Emily Fife, State Conservationist
At the Natural Resources Conservation Service, we proudly serve Utah's agricultural community. Led by our State Conservationist we provide both financial and technical assistance to help our farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners conserve natural resources and meet their unique conservation needs.
Key Contacts
NRCS Utah State Office
Name | Position | Phone Number | |
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Emily Fife
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State Conservationist
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Sarah Welliver
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State Public Affairs Specialist
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Name | Position | Phone Number | |
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Travis Mote
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Assistant State Conservationist Management and Strategy
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Paula Salazar
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Management and Program Analyst
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Chad Dzingleski
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Financial Resource Specialist
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Corinne Sorensen
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Business Services Specialist
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Name | Position | Phone Number | |
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Davie Stokes
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Acting Assistant State Conservationist for Programs
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David Schick
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Acting EQIP Program Manager
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James Huggard
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CSP Program Manager
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Sara Saunders
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RCPP Program Manager
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Keila Ortiz
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Easements Coordinator
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Stacey Youngren
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Salinity Program Coordinator
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Name | Position | Phone Number | |
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Kit (Kathryn) Quay
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Assistant State Conservationist for Partnerships
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Name | Position | Phone Number | |
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Andrew Hopkin
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State Resource Conservationist
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Ryan Pierce
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GIS Specialist
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Dustin Ford
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State Rangeland Management Specialist
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Matthew Phillippi
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State Biologist
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Brian David
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State Agronomist
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Shelley Szeghi
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State Archaeologist
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Dave Varner
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Field Business Tools Specialist
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Terron Pickett
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Area Resource Soil Scientist
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Allan Wolfrum
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Archeologist
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Jacob Jepsen
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Archeologist
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Stephen Lira
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Agriculture Economist
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Name | Position | Phone Number | |
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Anders Fillerup
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Acting State Conservation Engineer
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Brent Campbell
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State Irrigation Engineer
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Nicole Steiff
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Civil Engineer
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Jason Dodds
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Project Engineer
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Shawn Stuart
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North Area Engineer
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Derek Hamilton
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Water Resources Coordinator
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Todd Sieber
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State Geologist
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Joshua Bregger
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Geologist
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Kyle Wheeler
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Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program Coordinator
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Tara Hoffmann
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State Water Resources Cultural Resources Specialist
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Connor Benfield
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Field Watershed Coordinator
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