Water Resources Leadership Group

The Water Resources Leadership Group brings together state agencies that have a major role in taking care of the state’s waters and advises the EQB and Governor's Clean Water Cabinet on Minnesota’s water issues and priorities. Each member looks at water issues from a different angle — drinking water, agriculture, recreation, pollution — and coordinates their concerns through the committee, board and cabinet in order to create a unified, coherent approach to managing Minnesota’s water.

The committee membership:

Tim Scherkenbach, Clean Water Cabinet
John Wells, Environmental Quality Board
John Linc Stine, Department of Health
Greg Buzicky and Jerry Heil, Department of Agriculture
Steve Woods and Doug Thomas, Board of Water and Soil Resources
Craig Engwall and Kent Lokkesmoe, Department of Natural Resources
Lisa Thorvig, Pollution Control Agency
Keith Buttleman, Metropolitan Council
Princesa VanBuren, Environmental Quality Board (committee staff)