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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Joseph Treen
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Acting Executive Assistant
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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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Micah Hansen
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Administrative Support 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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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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Jason Roper
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State Conservation Engineer
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Shawn Stanley
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Watershed Engineer
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Jason Dodds
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Project Engineer
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Lance Smith
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Project Engineer
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Brent Campbell
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State Irrigation Engineer
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Name | Position | Phone Number | |
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Anders Fillerup
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Assistant State Conservationist for Water Resources
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Derek Hamilton
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Water Resources Coordinator
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Tony Beals (RET - ACES Affiliate)
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Resource Conservationist
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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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Norm Evenstad (RET - ACES Affiliate)
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Water Resources Specialist
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Tara Hoffmann
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State Water Resources Cultural Resources Specialist
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Nicole Steiff
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Civil Engineer
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