Ecological assistance for Minnesota communities

Whether you are a resource manager, a local government official, a concerned citizen, or a community leader, it is important to understand how local ecosystems are impacted by everyday decisions. Regional Plant Ecologists can help by providing information about the original vegetation, existing native plant communities, and native rare plants and animals in your area. This information can inform stewardship of public and private lands, parks and open space planning, and comprehensive planning.

Plant communities

Kinds of services and information

  • Access to electronic GIS data with rare features locations
  • Hard-copy printouts and maps with information about native plant communities, rare plants and animals, and other natural features
  • Publications detailing land protection options for landowners and local governments
  • Assistance in drafting open space and comprehensive plans
  • Presentations, workshops, and field trips
  • Referrals to other natural resource professionals with special expertise
  • Information about grants and other financial assistance
  • Training for DNR staff and others in native plant community classification and management options
  • Assistance to writers of forest and prairie stewardship plans
  • Training for DNR staff and others in the use of rare features data
  • Maps of original vegetation

Areas included in this program

Map of Minnesota showing work areas of Regional Ecologists

Northwest Region

Becky Marty
Phone:218-308-2658
email: becky.marty@state.mn.us
2115 Birchmont Beach Road NE
Bemidji, MN 56601

South Region

Vacant

Central Region

Hannah Dunevitz Texler
Phone: 651-259-5811
email: hannah.texler@state.mn.us
1200 Warner Road
St. Paul, MN 55106

Northeast Region

Bruce Carlson
Phone: 218-723-4763x225
email: bruce.carlson@state.mn.us
4805 Rice Lake Road
Duluth, MN 55803

Please note that at this time, there is no Regional plant ecologist position in the South Region. For rare features information in the South Region, contact the endangered species environmental review coordinator:
Lisa Joyal
Phone: 651-259-5109
Fax: 651-296-1811
e-mail: lisa.joyal@state.mn.us
Box 25, 500 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155