References and Resources

DNR Web Site

Ecological Restoration

• Native Plant Suppliers and Landscapers
• Guidelines along Trails and Waterways

Field Guides: Animals

• Selected Birds of Minnesota
• Fishes of Minnesota
• Mammals of Minnesota
• Reptiles and Amphibians of Minnesota

Field Guides: Plants

• Aquatic Plants of Minnesota

Minnesota's Native Ecosystems

• Minnesota's Native Plant Communities
• Minnesota's Scientific and Natural Areas

Shoreland Management

• A Guide to Aquatic Plants
• Lakescaping
• Score Your Shore
• Shoreline Alteration Sheets

Books and Other Publications

Ecological Restoration

• Lakescaping for Wildlife and Water Quality. Carrol Henderson, Carolyn Dindorf, and Fred Rozumalski. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 1999.
• Restoring the Tallgrass Prairie: An Illustrated Manual for Iowa and the Upper Midwest. Shirley Shirley. University of Iowa Press. 1994.
• What every water gardener and shoreline restorer should know about harmful exotic aquatic plants Wendy Crowell. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 2006. Pamphlet
  Download

Field Guides: Animals

• Butterflies Through Binoculars: the East. Jeffrey Glassberg. Oxford University Press. 1999.
• Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America. 5th edition. Roger Tory Peterson. Houghton Mifflin Company. 2002.
• Northwoods Wildlife: A Watcher's Guide to Habitats. Janine M. Benyus. NorthWord Press. 1989.
• Traveler's Guide to Wildlife in Minnesota. Carrol Henderson, Andrea Lee Lambrecht and others. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 1997.

Field Guides: Plants

• Ferns of Minnesota. Rolla Tryon. University of Minnesota Press. 1980.
• North Woods Wildflowers: A Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada. Douglas M. Ladd. Falcon Publishing Inc. 2001.
• Northland Wildflowers: The Comprehensive Guide to the Minnesota Region. Revised Edition. John B. Moyle and Evelyn W. Moyle. University of Minnesota Press. 2001. Purchase from University of Minnesota Press
• Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers: A Field Guide. Douglas M. Ladd A Nature Conservancy Book published by Falcon Press. 1995.
• Trees and Shrubs of Minnesota. Welby Smith. University of Minnesota Press. 2008.
  Purchase from University of Minnesota Press
• Wildflowers, Grasses and Other Plants of the Northern Plains and Black Hills. 4th edition. Theodore Van Bruggen. Badlands Natural History Association. Fenske Printing, Inc. 1992.

Lake Ecology

• A Primer on Limnology. 2nd edition. Bruce A. Monson. Water Resources Research Center. University of Minnesota. 1992. Report
• Lake Vegetation Reports. Donna Perleberg. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
  See lake list
• The Water's Edge, Helping Fish and Wildlife on Your Lakeshore Property. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 2009.
  Pamphlet Download
• Natural Vegetation of Minnesota at the Time of the Public Land Survey 1847-1907. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 1988.
  Pamphlet Download
• World's Within A World: Reflections on Visits to Minnesota Scientific and Natural Area Preserves Paul Gruchow. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 1999.

Other Online Publications:

Agricultural Buffers

• Native Buffers
• Conservation Easements
• Guidance for Clean Water Buffers