Department Staff

Michele Sadauskas
County Conservationist
     Michele Sadauskas is the Oneida County Conservationist and joined the Oneida County Land & Water Conservation Department in 2011,  as the Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator.  Michele strives to develop landscape level projects that incorporate regional partners, especially those projects that involve native plantings!   

​​     Sadauskas grew up on Pioneer Creek in Conover, WI and has a passionate relationship with the water resources of the Northwoods.  She graduated from UW-Stevens Point with majors in forest management and biology, focusing her studies on plant ecology.  

     She enjoys growing peppers, night photography, and is an advocate for pit bulls.  She is the proud owner of two rescue pit bull mixes named Tsuga and Piglet.

Stephanie Boismenue
Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator

​        As a former resident of Squash Lake, Stephanie Boismenue has embraced protecting the lake’s ecosystem through her past role as Squash Lake Association’s Volunteer Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator and Eurasian water milfoil, Hand-harvesting Project Coordinator.  Stephanie also previously served as a board member of Squash Lake Association and Oneida County Lakes and Rivers Association, a member of the Crescent Town Lakes Committee and served on several Squash Lake Association committees and volunteered for CBCW and Citizens Lake Monitoring Network.
​        Stephanie’s passion for protecting water resources is influenced by a lifetime of camping, swimming, fishing, exploring wild places, canoeing in Wisconsin and Ontario, and kayaking Lake Superior.

Our summer staff are starting to arrive. 
We lost Tom Boisvert to a full-time job in Burnett
County -  Congratulations, Tom! 
Jody and Vanessa have moved on to other endeavors.
Good luck you two!
​Thank you all for everything!

Welcome Back!

Aubrey Nycz, AIS Lead Project Assistant

     Aubrey Nycz is the AIS Lead Program Assistant for Oneida County, Wisconsin. Aubrey is excited to be returning for her fourth year on the AIS team to help with outreach programs, Clean Boats Clean Waters, lake monitoring, and AIS management. Having lived in Northern Wisconsin all of her life, Aubrey has seen firsthand the negative effects that AIS can have on local waterbodies. For this reason, she hopes to share her passion and knowledge about invasive species with community members, in order to stop the spread of unwanted invaders.

​     Aubrey is a recent graduate from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, where she received a degree in elementary education and English as a second language. As a teacher, she hopes to inspire her students to become lifelong learners who strive to make a difference in the world around them. During her free time, Aubrey enjoys boating, swimming, and fishing with family and friends.

Isaac Benz, AIS Project Assistant

     ​Isaac is currently a junior pursuing a degree in Biology at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. He grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin, and has a cabin on Crescent Lake near Rhinelander, where he will be living this summer while working as an AIS Project Assistant.

     Isaac enjoys spending time outdoors fishing, hiking, kayaking, and running. Growing up, Isaac has always had a vast love for the outdoors and looks forward to working to help protect the environment so generations to come can continue to enjoy it as he has.

Lauren Radtke, AIS Project Assistant

     Lauren recently graduated from UW- Stevens Point with a degree in wildlife ecology & management and biology. She grew up in Tomahawk, WI and now lives on Snowden Lake near Rhinelander. Growing up she was always loved being in the outdoors, kayaking, fishing, and hunting. The past four years, Lauren has worked for the Wisconsin DNR doing creel surveys. She has also helped the DNR with their fyke netting and goose banding. She is excited to be part of the team to help protect Wisconsin’s waters.

Baerbel Ehrig
Pollinator Project Coordinator

     Baerbel grew up in West Berlin, Germany and discovered her love for the outdoors after the Berlin wall came down in 1989. She came to the US as an exchange student and developed a deep respect and love for the beautiful nature of this country, and soon discovered that what you don’t have, you yearn for. She developed her extensive knowledge of environmental sciences through studies and observation and received a Masters of Science degree (Msc) in Environmental Science from the University of Potsdam, Germany and specialized in soil science and climate change.  She’s built a deep understanding of the Northwoods' ecosystem through attending the Wilderness Guide Program at Teaching Drum Outdoor School in Three Lakes, WI.  She’s been involved in re-establishing native plant species in the region and eradication of invasive species since 2006.
       In 2013, Baerbel did a terrestrial invasive plant species survey for the Town of Three Lakes. Since February, 2016, she has been part of the Oneida County Land and Water Conservation team as a Pollinator Project Coordinator and has, since then, helped to increase habitat for pollinator species. Baerbel is a volunteer tracker for the Wisconsin DNR Wolf Population Survey and loves to do many outdoor activities like tracking, canoeing, swimming, biking, and can regularly be found outdoors exploring.

Jonna Jewell
Administrative Assistant
     Jonna is our office manager extraordinaire, and takes care of our departmental administrative tasks and much more.  She started work with the University of Wisconsin-Extension in February, 1982 and enjoyed a 30-year career in that office with a particular emphasis on creative tasks, including brochure and newsletter design and publication.  Although she officially retired in 2012, Jonna agreed to return in 2014 to assist our department during a staff change, and has been a valuable contributor to all of our projects and programs ever since.  Jonna also serves as a board member of the Hodag Schools Foundation.  When she's not in the office, she enjoys creating nature-based, artificial floral and feather arrangements and trying to keep up with her 2 active grandchildren.