LOLO WATERSHED GROUP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Board Member ( past President )
Bobbie Bartlette grew up in Missoula, Montana spending weekends hunting, fishing, camping, ghost town exploring, and square dancing with her family. She began her career with the US Forest Service in 1968, working seasonally at the Fire Sciences Laboratory in Missoula while attending the University of Montana. She holds a Bachelors degree in Zoology and a Masters degree in Forestry from the UM. She retired from her work in fire research and teaching fire science in 2007. Bobbie became involved with the Lolo Watershed Group during an evaluation of streambank erosion lead by the group in 2005-2006. In 2008, severe erosion on a portion of the family's property on Lolo Creek led Bobbie to work with local Federal agencies regulating streams to create a successful stabilization project. She has been president of the Lolo Watershed Group since November 2008. Outside of the art and science of fire and water, Bobbie has been involved in square and round dancing since the 1950s. She and her husband, Barry, operate the Square Dance Center & Campground on Lolo Creek. Bobbie and Barry have 4 grown children and 2 grandsons. Her hobbies include dancing, playing guitar, painting, fishing, and camping.
Dan Grey was born and raised in Missoula, Montana. He graduated from Sentinel High School and later attended the University of Montana and obtained his BA degree in elementary education. He has been employed by Hellgate Elementary Grade School since 2001 and is currently the physical education teacher for Kindergarten through Second Grade. Dan lives in Lolo with his wife Tana on a small farm with Lolo Creek flowing through their property. Dan loves the outdoors and enjoys fishing, camping, floating, hiking, as well as snow shoeing, and cross country skiing. Dan joined the Lolo Watershed Group Board during 2017 to learn more about the current challenges facing the Lolo Watershed and what he can do to help conserve the watershed and surrounding areas for the community and future generations.
Darla joined the LWG Board as an interested landowner living in the beautiful Lolo Creek Watershed and as a resident of the Bitterroot Valley for the past three decades. Being a Missoula native and working for a national conservation nonprofit has helped embed a conservation focus and shapes her desire to help steward and protect this great resource from pressures of increasing development and usage within the Watershed.
Deana has a broad background in environmental research- from graduate work at the University of Montana to working at the Flathead Biological Station and more. She was formally the president of the Watershed Education Network and looks forward to serving on another board. For the past ten years she has worked for Lolo National Forest as a hydrologic technician in the watershed program. She lives in Missoula with her husband and ("the cutest") baby boy.
Job Titles:
- Monitoring Coordinator, Clark Fork Coalition
Tana Doyle was born in Shelby, Montana and raised in Missoula. Tana grew up with a great respect and love of the outdoors and the breath taking beauty of Montana. She enjoys hiking, fishing, camping, skiing, exploring, and floating the beautiful rivers of Montana. Tana attended the University of Montana and received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, emphasis in accounting. She went on to obtain her Certified Public Accountant license and has worked in public accounting since 1996. Tana began working in Lolo in 2001 as a partner in the accounting firm Murphy & Doyle, PLLP and currently owns the accounting firm Doyle & Associates, P.C. in Lolo. During 2008 Tana moved to Lolo and has a small farm near Lolo Creek. She began learning more about the Lolo Watershed Group and their conservation efforts during 2016 and joined the Board of Directors during 2017.
Ron Pierce is an FWP retired fisheries biologist who worked the Blackfoot River restoration program for 30 years. Ron joined LWG in 2021 to offer his skillset to the Lolo watershed - his home watershed. His skillset includes aquatic habitat restoration, fish population investigations, and riparian land management. Ron is also a member of the Missoula Conservation Roundtable, sits on the FWP Future Fisheries Committee, and holds AFS Certified Fisheries Professional Emeritus status. Ron likes everything outdoors, especially fly fishing and his dogs!
Tana Doyle was born in Shelby, Montana and raised in Missoula. Tana grew up with a great respect and love of the outdoors and the breath taking beauty of Montana. She enjoys hiking, fishing, camping, skiing, exploring, and floating the beautiful rivers of Montana. Tana attended the University of Montana and received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, emphasis in accounting. She went on to obtain her Certified Public Accountant license and has worked in public accounting since 1996. Tana began working in Lolo in 2001 as a partner in the accounting firm Murphy & Doyle, PLLP and currently owns the accounting firm Doyle & Associates, P.C. in Lolo. During 2008 Tana moved to Lolo and has a small farm near Lolo Creek. She began learning more about the Lolo Watershed Group and their conservation efforts during 2016 and joined the Board of Directors during 2017.
Job Titles:
- Vice President: Ag / Ranch Representative
Tom migrated to Missoula from the east coast in 1976 and has lived in the upper Bitterroot Valley on Mormon Creek since 1984. He is generally interested in preservation of the natural character of Montana and the Clark Fork/Bitterroot watershed. He views the Lolo Watershed as an integral part of this environment and he promotes the protection and improvement of the positive attributes of this resource. Tom, a retired Computer Scientist, is enthusiastically involved with the raising and training of Australian Shepherd stock dogs. He maintains a small herd of sheep for training purposes at his place on Mormon Creek. He enjoys competing with his dogs in local as well as national stock dog trials. Tom has been on the Lolo Watershed Group advisory board since 2008. His goal is to maintain the agricultural benefits of the creek, such as livestock water and crop irrigation, while assuring that the health of the watershed is protected and preserved. He would also like to see the trout habitat of the creek returned to its former status as an excellent fishery. Tom has worked on the stream flow monitoring projects put in place by LWG and other conservation organizations. He is interested in the history of stream flow and temperature variations and the causes of these fluctuations. Tom sees the Lolo Watershed Group as a valuable community resource for acquiring and disseminating accurate and useful information about the watershed to area residents. It is also a valuable focal point for organizing community projects that benefit the watershed.
Job Titles:
- Engineer / Hydrologist, Lolo National Forest
Job Titles:
- President
- Water Quality Specialist, Missoula Water Quality District
Travis Ross joined the LWG board in 2017. For the last 15 years, he has worked with the Missoula Valley Water Quality District an Environmental Health Specialist. Prior to that he worked in environmental monitoring and education in Birmingham, AL. He studied Biology, Environmental Science and Geography at Samford University. His interest include canoeing, skiing, camping, biking and spending time with family. travis59801@gmail.com