USWCD About Us

Union SWCD Board of Directors

Jarod Teeter, Chairman, Director Zone 1

Paul Boehne, Vice-Chairman, At-Large

Curt Ricker, Treasurer, At-Large

Doug Watts, Secretary, Director Zone 3

Fred Wallender, Director Zone 2

The USWCD, one of the 45 districts in Oregon, is a 501(c)(6) municipal coroporation and form of local government governed under Oregon Revised Statue (ORS) 568.210-890 and ORS 568.900-933, the laws which govern state agencies and special districts. The USWCD was established in 1946 and is currently led by a five member, locally elected Board of DIrectors. The USWCD generally overlaps with the boundaries of the Upper Grande Ronde River Basin, and is divided into three zones. The Board of Directors is made up of one Director from each zone and two at-large Directors. Please see the DIstrict map on the zone map page for the individual zones.

Union SWCD Partners

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Oregon Department of Agriculture

Bureau of Reclamation

Grande Ronde Model Watershed

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Tri-County Cooperative Weed Management Area

Union SWCD Staff

James Webster, District Manager

Aaron Bliesner, Project Manager

Deric Carson, Watershed Conservationist