Wabash River Basin Commission (UWRBC) was enacted by the State Legislature in 2001 by House Bill 2119, under IC 14-30-4.  It was established as a separate municipal corporation, which includes the area located in Adams, Huntington, Jay, and Wells counties that is drained by the Wabash River, including the tributaries of the Wabash River. 

Mission Statement

To provide regional leadership and promotion of flood prevention and control, soil and water conservation, and related resource management through a coordinated and comprehensive planning and implementing approach in which projects of the Commission will not adversely affect other landowners within the watershed.

 

  UWRBC jurisdiction  

 

The voting members on the commission are the three county commissioners from each county, the chairman of each county’s Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), and the surveyor of each county, or their designee. 

Voting Members

Adams Co.

Doug Bauman
Kim Fruechte
John Friedt -- Appointment for Ed Coil
Paul Norr - Surveyor
Rick Steiner - SWCD Representative

 

Jay Co.

Dwain Michael -- Appointment for Milo Miller
Faron Parr
Jim Zimmerman
Brad Daniels - Surveyor         
Ken Brunswick - SWCD Representative

 

Huntington Co.

Tom Wall
Steve Scher --  Appointment for Kathy Branham
Troy Hostetler -- Appointment for Jerry Helvie
Jay Poe - Surveyor
Kyle Lund - SWCD Representative

 

Wells Co.

Paul Bonham
Kevin Woodward
C. Scott Mossburg
Jarrod Hahn - Surveyor
Wayne Reinhard - SWCD Representative

 

Administrative Assistant

Stacia L. Henderson 117 W. Harvest Rd., Bluffton, IN 46714 Office: (260) 824-0624 ext. 3

Watershed Coordinator

Robert B. Winebrinner

117 W. Harvest Rd., Bluffton, IN 46714

 Mobile: (260) 273-9214