The ACPF National Hub is a collective of partners from the Iowa Water Center, North Central Region Water Network, Iowa State University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Minnesota Water Resources Center. We work in teams focused on the administrative, training, technical, and outreach and communication aspects of ACPF delivery and support. Meet some of those team members
Rick Cruse
is a professor in the Department of Agronomy at Iowa State University and the Director of the Iowa Water Center. With research focused on water-driven soil erosion and soil management, he co-leads the Daily Erosion Project and the ACPF National Hub. As the administrative leader for the ACPF National Hub, his primary project duties involve building strategies for increasing ACPF use and expanding geographical coverage of the ACPF framework. When not focused on soil, Rick is a happy, albeit unsuccessful, hunter.
Contact Rick about ACPF partnerships and strategic direction
Josh Obrecht
is the ACPF Technical Team lead responsible for overseeing the creation, script editing, review and management of GIS data related to the ACPF toolbox, the sharing of results and helping with ACPF training and outreach. Before becoming the lead, he has assisted with all aspects of the ACPF program. He has worked with Iowa State University in Ames for over 15 years and has recently been appointed the GIS Facility manager. He holds a B.S. in Animal Ecology from Iowa State University and an M.S. in Geographic Information Science from St. Mary’s University (MN).
Contact Josh about ACPF Core Data and submitting new Core Data or Results
Kevin Erb
is the Program Manager of the Conservation Professional Training Program (CPTP), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Division of Extension. He leads the CPTP team responsible for developing, updating and deploying training for ACPF users and those using ACPF outputs in watershed planning. A Certified Crop Advisor (CCA), Kevin’s outreach and research focuses include ag impacts on surface and groundwater quality, nutrient management planning and manure spill response/prevention.
Contact Kevin if you or your staff are looking for ACPF training
Claudette Sandoval-Green
is a Research Scientist III at Iowa State University’s Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and serves as a GIS Analyst for the ACPF National Hub and the Daily Erosion Project. She holds a Master of Geographic Information Systems from The Pennsylvania State University, a Bachelor of Science in Animal Ecology from Iowa State University, and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of New Mexico. Claudette specializes in GIS database development and has managed the agricultural field boundary editing component of the ACPF and the Daily Erosion Project since 2015. In her new capacity, Claudette will also focus on integrating ACPF technology, training, and communication to enhance its adoption and support broader watershed planning initiatives.
Dave James
is a recently retired Geographic Information Specialist at the USDA/ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment in Ames, Iowa. Formally trained as a Geographer, his efforts are directed toward the employing scientifically- sound principles of spatial data analysis and information management to agricultural research topics. Dave provides GIS technical support to the ACPF National Hub through the development of custom applications and database management. He is one of the original ACPF developers.