Meet Our Board Members
Tami Nelson-President
GM @ Rieger Creek Lodge
(605)850-3984
Tami Nelson was raised on a farm and ranch by Mobridge, SD. She graduated from Selby High School and attended BHSU where she played basketball. She continued to coach JV and High School basketball in Selby and still enjoys coaching today.
Tami returned to the Thompson Family Farm where she bought her own cattle and land. She enjoyed working at various livestock auctions. Due to her focus on habitat, Tami initiated the planting of numerous shelter belts on the farm and ranch.
Governor Krisiti Noem appointed her to the Second Century Habitat Fund Board where she continues to share her love for the outdoors and habitat.
In 2006, Tami started working at Paul Nelson Farm where she eventually became the general manager. After 15 years as GM of PNF, Tami took a job with Rieger Creek Lodge in Selby, SD as the general manager.
Tami lives in Selby with her children, Teagan Grace and Cooper Dean.
Sal Roseland-Vice President
R&R Pheasant Hunting
(605)216-2436
Sal Roseland is a 5th generation South Dakota rancher who grew up hunting and trapping on the South Dakota prairie.
Sal is a partner along with his father, Steve and brother, Slade in the Roseland Ranch, a commercial cow/calf and farming operation near Seneca, South Dakota.
After graduation from NSU earning his Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, he returned home to continue the family legacy and to further utilize the natural resources of the ranch by starting a commercial pheasant hunting operation. In 2002, Sal started R & R Pheasant Hunting, LLC and became one South Dakota’s youngest hunting preserve operators.
Nearly 20 years later, Sal continues to share his life-long passion for hunting and his ranching heritage with clients from around the world. He is committed to production practices and predator control methods that create a healthy balance for the land, livestock, and wildlife.
Sal and his wife Kelly involve their four young children in every aspect of both ranching and operating a hunting preserve. Sal devotes his free-time to coaching youth baseball, football and 4-H Shooting Sports.
Christine Sawinsky- Treasurer
Rieger Creek Lodge
(605)845-8851
Christine grew up outside Sioux Falls and attended Brandon Valley where she ran cross country and was involved in track for five years. She graduated from Brandon Valley in 1991.
After school she spent nine years in the Army National Guards from 1990 to 1999, while attending SDSU where she earned her bachelor's degree in pharmacy.
In 2000 she married Steve Sawinsky of Selby, SD and then started to work as a pharmacist in the area and filled in at many local pharmacies. Currently, Christine consults for a pharmacy in Eureka, Eagle Butte, Gettysburg, and Selby. In addition, she runs and owns Rieger Creek Lodge.
Running a pheasant hunting lodge has been a job that I look forward to every fall. I love the excitement of our customers and making sure everyone has a blast. The best part of my job is meeting new people and making them feel like South Dakota is their second home.
Michael Bollweg- Secretary
Tumbleweed Lodge
tumbleweed@venturecomm.net (605) 870-1725
Michael Bollweg resides south of Harrold. He is the co-owner/operator of Tumbleweed Lodge, one of the longest tenured hunting operations in the state. His diverse operation also includes grain farming, certified seed producer/sales, and rental properties in western SD.
Upon graduation from Harrold High School in 1991 he accepted an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and served as a cadet in 1991-1992. He received an honorable discharge and transferred to NDSU and studied accounting and architecture before
making one last move to SDSU; graduating with a B.S. in Agronomy in 1996.
He and his wife Angie, who is an integral part of the lodge/farm after more than 20 years working as a clinic director for Sanford, have two children. Madison (Zach) Strand live in Sioux Falls where she is a government relations specialist for a law firm and Zach serves with the Sioux Falls police department. Regan is a Sophomore at SDSU and wrestles for the Jackrabbits.
In their limited spare time, they enjoy outdoor activities with family and friends and traveling; including an annual trip to Alaska to fill their freezers with halibut, ling cod, and salmon.
Denny Rowley
Pheasant Creek Outfitters
Denny grew up in Spencer, South Dakota. After graduating from Dakota State University in 1972, he came back home and started Pheasant Creek Outfitters.
He is a past executive board member of both the South Dakota Game Bird Association and the South Dakota Sport Hunting Association. He is the past owner of Royal Flush Pheasant where they raised pheasants. He serves as president on the Lake County Pro Pheasant Board.
Along with owning and operating pheasant hunting lodges, Denny runs his own insurance business- Rowley and Associates in Spencer, South Dakota and is the owner of D & D Land.
Denny is a chairman on the South Dakota Petroleum and Compension Fund and serves as a national committeeman for the South Dakota Insurance and Financial Planners.
As an outdoorsman and pheasant hunting lodge operator, he is very invested in the habitat of South Dakota and has a great love for the state.
Justin Larson
Fischer Rounds Insurance
(605)351-8820
Originally from Davis, SD I moved to Pierre in 2008 after graduating from the University of South Dakota.
I spent 7 years within state government in various roles, including the outdoor media and public relations rep for the Department of Tourism.
In 2015, I joined Fischer Rounds & Associates. For the past 7 years I have put my communication and leadership skills to work helping the company grow the transportation book of business and expanding it to the lower 48 states.
My wife (Carrie) and I have been married for 15 years and have three beautiful children Andrina (11), Beckett (9), Cohen (4). We spend a lot of our time at the family farm, south of Presho, where we operate a small farm and pheasant preserve. It’s here where I can give back not only to the conservation side of things but to our youth. We enjoy hosting family, friends, co-workers, and clients along with their children. Allowing the youth to learn how to hunt safely and properly is the key to our outdoor future.
I spent 7 years within state government in various roles, including the outdoor media and public relations rep for the Department of Tourism.
In 2015, I joined Fischer Rounds & Associates. For the past 7 years I have put my communication and leadership skills to work helping the company grow the transportation book of business and expanding it to the lower 48 states.
My wife (Carrie) and I have been married for 15 years and have three beautiful children Andrina (11), Beckett (9), Cohen (4). We spend a lot of our time at the family farm, south of Presho, where we operate a small farm and pheasant preserve. It’s here where I can give back not only to the conservation side of things but to our youth. We enjoy hosting family, friends, co-workers, and clients along with their children. Allowing the youth to learn how to hunt safely and properly is the key to our outdoor future.