About the core group
Linda Popelka
I retired from a 30-year career in Speech Language Pathology and am now directing my energy into learning about and supporting this wonderful, beautiful ecosystem that surrounds and supports us all. As a Certified Idaho Master Naturalist and a Certified Pollinator Steward, I'm passionate about introducing youth and adults to the fascinating world of plant-pollinator relationships and helping the public create supportive pollinator habitat in their own yards. It has been an incredible blessing to be a member of the Portneuf Pollinator Partnership and work with other like-minded enthusiasts who have now become my friends!
Contact: linda2483204@gmail.com
Deb Pein
Contact: debpe89@gmail.com
Hannah Clawson
Contact: hannah@sagebrushlandtrust.org
Elizabeth Mandala
Contact: elizabethmandala@isu.edu
Gloria Hansen
Contact: glohhrn@gmail.com
Jessica Fultz
Jessica Fultz received her undergraduate training at Montana State University (MSU) - Bozeman in biology and biotechnology and graduate training in entomology. As an entomology M.S. student, she spent three summers in Central Montana at the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest studying insect and plant interactions. After graduating in 2005 she was hired as an insect diagnostician and pesticide applicator program assistant for the Montana State University Extension Service. Since arriving in Pocatello, she has worked for the Department of Biological Sciences at Idaho State University as an instructional laboratory coordinator and senior lecturer.
Contact: fultjess@isu.edu