Meet the Clayton County Conservation Board
The Clayton County Conservation Board is a 5-member volunteer board appointed by the Clayton County Board of Supervisors to a 5-year rotating term. The Conservation Board usually meets the second Tuesday of each month at the Osborne Conservation Center.
Board Member Names (Left to Right)
Board Vice-Chairman: Joe Ihm of Guttenberg
Board Chairman: Jim Langhus of Monona
Board Member: Liz Jaster of Volga
Board Secretary: Deanna Krambeer of St. Olaf
Board Member: Larry Stone of Elkader
The Clayton County Conservation staff would like to thank our board members for volunteering their time to make Clayton County a better place to live and visit. View our 2011 Annual Report.
Tim Engelhardt - Director
Tim began his career with the Clayton County Conservation Board as a naturalist in 1991. In 1999, Tim was hired as the director for the department and learned a lot during two major flooding events that year. Tim enjoys the variety and challenges the position offers, but mostly the people he works with and the visitors who come through to enjoy the many activities offered in your Clayton County Parks. Email Tim
Marty Mulford - Operations Supervisor
For over twenty years Marty has worked with the Clayton County Conservation Board. Before coming to this area he was a self-employed farmer raising cattle, pigs, corn and two kids. Marty received his degree in Animal Science from Hawkeye Community College and before that he graduated from East Buchanan High School in Buchanan County.
Marty enjoys working in the outdoors and hopes to stay in this area for many years to come.
Brian Gibbs - Naturalist
Brian was born and raised in Boone, Iowa. After graduating from UNI, Brian worked as a naturalist and volunteer coordinator at Hartman Reserve Nature Center, Cedar Falls. He then spent the next two summers teaching outdoor education in Montana and worked as a residential naturalist with the Des Moines Y-Camp.
Brian likes fishing, birding, writing and sauntering in the woods; he encourages everyone to play outside! Email Brian
Abbey Harkrader - Naturalist
Abbey grew up in Adel, Iowa before finding her way to Northeast Iowa. She graduated from Upper Iowa University with a degree in Conservation Management in 1998 and worked that spring as a Seasonal Naturalist with Clayton County Conservaton and then the following two winters working weekends in the office.
She took a position at Effigy Mounds National Monument as a Park Ranger in 1999 where she worked more than nine years in addition to doing two Americorp terms with the DNR as the Regional Naturalist for Eastern Iowa
. Abbey enjoys fishing, wildflowers, forests, and introducing kids and adults to the natural world. Email Abbey
Harry Luster - Office Welcome Center Manager
Harry joined the Osborne staff in 2005. He enjoys welcoming visitors to the center and assisting them with their traveling needs. He grew up in Clayton County, but left to pursue a 24 year career with the Navy after high school. After "seeing the world," he discovered that Clayton County has as much to offer as any other scenic site on the globe. Come see what Northeast Iowa has to offer! Email Harry
Joyce Schoulte - Secretary
After growing up in Emmet County, Iowa, near Estherville and attending college at Iowa Lakes Community College in Estherville and Mankato State University in Minnesota, Joyce came to Garnavillo as a teacher. This is where Joyce met her husband Roger and settled down to raise a family. As their children grew up, she did lots of substitute teaching in the area schools In January 2003, Joyce accepted the part-time position of secretary/receptionist at the office of the Clayton County Conservation Board. Email Joyce
Wally Reichstadter - Maintenance Technician
Wally was born and raised in Chicago, IL. In 1968 he married his wife, Lin; together they had 3 children. In 2001 they moved to Iowa where Wally’s wife is the pastor at St. Sebald Church in Strawberry Point and St. Paul in Volga. With an education in auto tech and years of experience fixing motors, switches and lights, Wally makes the perfect handyman to have around the office.
Tucker Anderson - Special Operations Park Ranger
Tucker is our fulltime Park Ranger for Clayton County Conservation.Tucker came to northeast Iowa from Monroe, Iowa. He received his degree from University of Northern Iowa and Hawkeye Community College. His main job duties are patrolling and maintenance of our county parks. If you see him in the parks, please stop and say hi.
