About our guests:

Emilie Henry serves as the program coordinator of the Western Montana Conservation Commission, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. Henry develops and supports on-the-ground projects and programs, including surrounding septic leachate, that protect aquatic resources in western Montana.

Nanette Nelson is a research scientist at the Flathead Lake Bio Station. She is an environmental economist with interests in non-market valuation of environmental goods and services and economic impacts of aquatic invasive species. 

Mike Koopal is the executive director and founder of the Whitefish Lake Institute, a science and education based nonprofit organization. Koopal serves as a governor-appointed member of the Water Pollution Control Advisory Committee and chairs the Western Montana Conservation Commission’s On-site Wastewater Treatment Committee and Technical Committee.



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