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The Deciduous Transition Region offers an appealing mix of remnant forests, prairies, savannas, and wetlands set in an agricultural landscape. The headwaters of many of Minnesota’s cold-water trout streams are located here. This rural farm countryside offers wide-open spaces broken by river valleys and bluffs where woodlands still are common. The pastoral nature of the region is balanced by a close proximity to urban amenities of the rapidly growing southern Twin Cities and Rochester. The overall result is a landscape of small towns where it is still possible to make a living off the land and regional growth centers that offer rapidly expanding economic opportunities.

Region Leader: Clint Miller, 651-388-5978, cmiller@mnland.org
Facilitator: Mary Laeger-Hagemeister, 507-379-3523, laege001@umn.edu

Meeting Schedule

• March 19, 2007 - Gainey Conference Center, Owatonna
• April 9, 2007 - Cabela's, Owatonna

Meeting Participants

• Clint Miller, Minnesota Land Trust
• Jeanine Vorland, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
• Hugh Valiant, Fisheries, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
• Harley Miller, Shell Rock Watershed District
• Bill Bruins, Audubon Minnesota
• Sandi Goslee, Rochester/Olmsted Planning Department
• Rich Biske, The Nature Conservancy
• Ann Pierce, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
• Norman Senjem, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency