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Advisory Board

Land Between the Lakes Advisory Board

Unique to Land Between the Lakes, our Advisory Board, made up of representatives of our neighboring communities, provides a beneficial collaboration into the management of Land Between the Lakes.

The Board will advise the Secretary of Agriculture on:

  1. means of promoting public participation for the Land and Resource Management Plan
  2. environmental education as well as:
    • Develop an annual work plan for recreation and environmental education areas in the Recreation Area, including the heritage program, with the non-appropriated amounts in the Land Between the Lakes Management Fund;
    • Develop an annual forest management and harvest plan for the Recreation Area; and
    • Maintain the balance and status of the fund.

2025 Advisory Board members

  • Walter Battle – USDA Tennessee
  • VACANT – Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife
  • Nancy Dawson – USDA Kentucky
  • Mark Turner – Trigg County, Kentucky
  • Patrick Lemons – Tennessee Wildlife Resources
  • David Nickell – Lyon County, Kentucky
  • Melissa Parker – Stewart County, Tennessee
  • Lori Anne Oakley – Trigg County, Kentucky
  • Abigale Smith – USDA Kentucky
  • John Zimmer – Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife
  • Susan “Ski” Witzofsky – Stewart County, Tennessee
  • VACANT – Lyon County, Kentucky
  • De’Etra Young – USDA Tennessee

AD-755 Advisory Committee Background Information (application)