Fisheries Central Office Staff

This is a complete listing of central office staff for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' Bureau of Fisheries Management.

Unless listed otherwise, the address, phone and fax for staff is:

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Bureau of Fisheries Management, FH/4
PO Box 7921
101 South Webster Street
Madison WI 53707
Phone: (608) 267-7498
FAX: (608) 266-2244

Bureau Staff

• Mike Staggs, Director - (608) 267-0796
• Bonnie Zitske, Executive Assistant - (608) 266-5407
• Kate Strom-Hiorns, Fisheries Management Policy Specialist – (608) 266-0828

Individual Sections/Teams

• Fisheries Operations Section
• Fisheries Management and Policy Section
• Planning, Budgeting and Outreach Section
• Training Team

Fisheries Operations Section

• Al Kaas, Section Chief – (608) 267-7865
• Dave Giehtbrock , Fish Production Manager - (608) 266-8229
• Nick Legler, Fish Health Support – (608) 264-6028
• Sue Marcquenski, Fish Health Specialist - (608) 266-2871
• Candy Schrank, Fish Toxicologist - (608) 267-7614
• Vacant, Hatchery Facilities Specialist
• Vacant, Fish Health Veterinarian
• Vacant, Fish Production Science Specialist (UW Contract)

Fisheries Management and Policy Section

• Steve Hewett, Section Chief – (608)  
• Tom Cichosz, Treaty Data Coordinator – (608) 266-8170
• Paul Cunningham, Fisheries Policy Ecologist – (608) 267-7502
• Joanna Griffin, Fisheries Policy Specialist – (608) 264-8953
• Jon Hansen, Fisheries Modeler/IT Coordinator – (608) 266-6883
• Joe Hennessy, Treaty Fisheries – (608) 267-9427
• Bill Horns, Great Lakes Fisheries Coordinator – (608) 266-8782
• Karl Scheidegger, Fisheries Outreach Specialist and Web – (608) 267-9426
• Tim Simonson, Fisheries/Lake Sampling Coordinator – (608) 266-5222
• Vacant, Coldwater Fisheries Ecologist

Planning, Budgeting and Outreach Section

• Vacant, Section Chief
• Sheila Ballweg, Fisheries Program Assistant – (608) 267-7477
• Cheryl Goodman, Budget Analyst – (608) 267-7506
• Casey Henrekin, Bureau IT Coordinator (UW Contract) – (608) 267-0548
• Heidi Nelson, Budget Analyst – (608) 267-7499
• Theresa Stabo, Natural Resources Educator – (608) 266-2272
• Vacant, Asst. Fisheries Database Coordinator (UW Contract)
• Vacant, Data Base Coordinator (UW Contract)

Training Team

• Vacant, Training Officer
• Jean Meyer, Assistant Training Officer - (608) 267-7425