Contact BECWA

Mailing Address

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Black Earth Creek Watershed Association
9580 Union Valley Rd
Black Earth WI 53515
Phone: 608-767-3325
Email: becwa_coordinator@yahoo.com

Watershed Coordinator

Briana Burns
Phone: 608-767-1475
Email: becwa_coordinator@yahoo.com

Board of Directors

HUGH ANDERSON
Watershed resident for over 20 years, They have done land restoration on their property adjacent to Brewery Creek where they live. Hugh is an attorney specializing in private infrastructure projects.

Richard Anderson
Village of Cross Plains resident and former President of Village board, Professor of Pharmacology, UW-Medical School.

Barbara Borns, President 608-767-3325
Retired from the University of Wisconsin Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies; town of Vermont resident.

Steve Born
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Planning, former volunteer Chair National TU, former state agency official (State Planning Director, State Energy Director), water resources professional expert, and trout fishing addict!

Pam Bosben
Director Rosemary Garfoot Public Library, Cross Plains Resident

Briana Burns, Watershed Coordinator 608-767-1475
Current resident of Village of Black Earth, formerly resided in the town of Berry.

GreG Hyer, VICE PRESIDENT
Cross Plains resident and Avid trout fisher - Southern Wisconsin Trout Unlimited representative

HARRIET IRWIN
Resident of the Town of Vermont. Educator specializing in biology, botany and ecology. Has taught at UW-Baraboo, UW-Arboretum, Madison Schools, Trees for Tomorrow and Elderhostel. Loves water of all kinds.

Carl Jones, Jr.
39 year resident of BEC Watershed, dairy farmer, and building inspector for Town of Cross Plains.

David Lucey, Treasurer 608-798-4669
25 year Town of Berry resident and teacher at Waunakee Middle School for 32 years.

Barbara Peckarsky
Resident of the Town of Cross Plains, Honorary Fellow at UW-Madison Zoology Department, specialty is aquatic entomology and stream ecology.

Jeff Postle, Secretary
Current resident of Village of Cross Plains--17 year resident of the Town of Berry; water quality specialist at the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

Wayne Rounds
Watershed resident and farmer.

Past Presidents

Steve Born, Ron Ahner, James Van Duerzen

Past Board Members

Vern Wendt, Tim Grizwold, Robert Boehnen, Del Esser, Tim Mattix, Walter Haack, Lee Swanson, Bud Sather, Jeff Rettenmund, Jim Festge, Wendy Sterne, Jim Troupis, Tom Ehlert, Kenneth Zander, John Mulligan, Porter Martin