Minnesota Forest Resources Council

State of Minnesota

About Us

 

Meet our MFRC members

The Governor of Minnesota appoints a chair and 15 other members to the MFRC.  Recognizing the sovereignty of Indian nations under federal law, the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council appoints one additional member.  MFRC members represent the following forest resource interests: commercial logging contractors, conservation organizations, county land departments, environmental organizations, forest products industry, game species management organizations, labor organizations, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Indian Affiars Council, nonindustrial private forest landowners, research and higher education, resort and tourism industry, secondary wood products manufacturers, and the USDA Forest Service.

Bob Stine, Chair

College of Continuing Education
Room 20 Ruttan Hall
1994 Buford Avenue
St. Paul, MN  55108
rstine@umn.edu

Committee: Personnel & Finance

Greg Bernu
Representing: County Land Departments

Carlton County Land Department
1630 County Road 61
Carlton, MN  55718
Greg.Bernu@co.carlton.mn.us





Committee: Landscape Program

Forrest Boe
Representing: Department of Natural Resources

DNR: Division of Forestry
MN DNR
500 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155
forrest.boe@state.mn.us

 




Committee: Personnel & Finance

Wayne Brandt
Representing: Forest Products Industry

Minnesota Forest Industries, Inc.
903 Medical Arts Building
324 West Superior Street
Duluth, MN 55802
janeabel@mfitpa.com


Committees: Personnel & Finance,
Landscape Program

Alan Ek
Representing: Research and Higher Education

University of Minnesota
Department of Forest Resources
115 Green Hall
1530 N Cleveland Ave
St Paul, MN 55108
aek@umn.edu

Committee: Information Management

Dale Erickson
Representing: Commercial Logging Contractors

Erickson Timber
10048 Hwy 11
Birchdale, MN  56629
ericksontimber@wiktel.com

 



Committee: Site-level

Shaun Hamilton
Representing: Conservation Organizations

The Trust for Public Land
2610 University Avenue, Suite 300
St. Paul, MN 55114
shaun.hamilton@tpl.org

Committee: Landscape Program

Darla Lenz
Representing: U.S. Forest Service   

Chippewa National Forest
200 Ash Avenue NW
Cass Lake, MN  56633
dlenz@fs.fed.us


Committee: Information Management

Bob Lintelmann
Representing: Minnesota Indian Affairs Council

Minnesota Agency BIA
Federal Building 418
522 Minnesota Avenue NW
Bemidji, MN 56601
Robert.lintelmann@bia.gov

Committee: Site-level

Gene Merriam
Representing: Environmental Organizations

12176 Bluebird Circle
Coon Rapids, MN 55448
genemerriam@msn.com


Committee: Personnel & Finance

Bob Owens
Representing: Secondary Wood Products Manufacturers

3924 East Skyline Parkway
Duluth, MN 55804
rmowens@aol.com



Committee: Site-level

Dave Parent
Representing: Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners

17900 Aztec Street NW
Andover, MN 55304
parentappraisal@earthlink.net



Committee: Site-level

Shawn Perich
Representing: Game Species Management Organizations

5188 N. Road
Hovland, MN 55606
info@shawnperich.com


Committee: Site-level

Kathleen Preece
Representing: Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners

P.O. Box 3095
Bemidji, MN 56619
katy@paulbunyan.net




Committee: Information Management

Mary Richards
Representing: Resort and Tourism Industry  

Maplelag Resort
30501 Maplelag Road
Callaway, MN  56521
marymaplelag@yahoo.com



Committee: Site-level

Susan Solterman Audette
Representing: Environmental Organizations

1463 Portland Avenue
St. Paul, MN  55104
ssolterman@gmail.com

Committee: Landscape Program

Mike Trutwin
Representing: Labor Organizations  

P.O. Box 123
Rice, MN  56367
mtrutwin@political.usw.org


Committee: Information Management