Livestock Producer Advisory Council Members

Lane Adamson
Madison Valley Ranchlands Group
Ennis, MT

Jael Kampfe
The Lazy EL Ranch
Roscoe, MT

Clinton H. Krebs
Krebs Ranches
Ione, OR

Michael S. Stevens
Lava Lake Land & Livestock, L.L.C.
Hailey, ID

Tim Tew
LF Ranch
Augusta, MT

Biographies


Lane Adamson grew up on a cattle ranch along the Rocky Mountain Front near Augusta, Montana. He attended and graduated from Montana State University with a degree in Agriculture Production but also took classes at UTEP, SUSU and BYU. He focused his graduate studies in agriculture education. Much of his professional activity has been in ranch management in Montana. He also worked as a purchasing agent and store manager for a concrete construction supply business in Idaho. Four years in real estate convinced him that there was a need for people to consider the impact of growth on the communities and ecosystems of Montana. The past six years he has served as project director for The Madison Valley Ranchlands Group, a non-profit, grassroots ranching organization that encourages collaborative stewardship of the Madison Valley. He serves on the Madison County Planning Board and the Ennis Chamber of Commerce. Lane and his wife Charlotte have nine children. He served in Vietnam with the 9th Infantry Division. Rodeo, hunting, hiking and family activities have always been of great importance in his life, not necessarily in that order. Lane is a founding member of the council and has spoken at Defenders' conferences including the North American Wolf Conference and the Carnivores Conference.


Jael Kampfe is a fourth generation Montanan and the first female in her family to serve as General Manager of the 107 year old ranch, the Lazy EL. Located in Roscoe, Montana, the ranch is a yearling angus operation with a recreational hunting, fishing, and guest business. For the last two years, the Lazy El has participated in a range rider project co-sponsored by Defenders of Wildlife.

Clinton H. Krebs is a fourth-generation sheep producer. Along with his brother, father and their respective families, Clint has a range operation running five bands of ewes and lambs in two different locations, one for summer and the other for winter, in Oregon. He has raised sheep his entire life, taking a break only to get his bachelor's degree in agriculture economics from Oregon State University. Clint currently serves as a director for the National Lamb Feeders Association and serves on the Executive Board of Directors of the American Sheep Industry Association. He formerly served as the past president of the Oregon Sheep Growers Association and the past chairman of the Oregon Sheep Commission. He also participated on Oregon’s Wolf Advisory Committee and offered a presentation about the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan at the 2006 North American Wolf Conference. Clint and his wife, Maureen, have two daughters, Jessica Langley and Shelby, and a son, Cameron.


Mike Stevens is the co-founder and managing partner of Pioneer Mountain Group, a land management and conservation advisory firm. Since 2002, Mike has served as President of Lava Lake Land & Livestock, which conducts ranching, conservation, and land management activities on 900,000 acres of private, state and federal land in south-central Idaho. Lava Lake has been widely recognized for its range management practices, its success in working with the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service, its conservation work and its direct meat marketing business. Mike previously worked with The Nature Conservancy in Idaho and New Hampshire, where he led the planning, implementation and financing of large scale conservation projects. Mike has received multiple awards for his land management and conservation work from the U.S. Forest Service, the Wildlife Society, the Switzer Foundation, and the Mellon Foundations. Mike received a B.A. in Biology from Middlebury College and a M.S. in Conservation Biology from the University of Vermont. Mike is an original member of the Livestock Producer Advisory Council and spoke at Defenders' North American Wolf Conference. He lives in Hailey, Idaho, with his wife Liz Mitchell, an environmental attorney.