Council Members

Chair
Pete Aube
- Personnel and Finance Committee
- Policy Committee
  
  50602 Vinewood Trail
  Bemidji, MN 56601
  PJAube@outlook.com
Commercial Logging Contractors Representative
Dale Erickson
- ericksontimber@wiktel.com
Conservation Organizations Representative
Jim Manolis
- Personnel and Finance Committee
- Landscape Advisory Committee
- Policy Committee
- The Nature Conservancy
  1101 West River Parkway
  Suite 200
  Minneapolis, MN 55415
  james.manolis@tnc.org
County Land Department Representative
Kory Cease
- Site-Level Committee
- Research Advisory Committee
- Itasca County Land Department
  1177 LaPrairie Ave.
  Grand Rapids, MN 55744
  kory.cease@co.itasca.mn.us
Department of Natural Resources Representative
Patty Thielen
- Personnel and Finance Committee
- Division of Forestry
  Minnesota DNR
  500 Lafayette Road
  St. Paul, MN 55155
  patty.thielen@state.mn.us
Environmental Organizations Representative
Kim Berns-Melhus
- Personnel and Finance Committee
- Landscape Advisory Committee
- Communication Committee
- The Conservation Fund
  1000 County Road E West, Suite 220
  Shoreview, MN 55126
  kberns@conservationfund.org
Dale Gentry
- Landscape Advisory Committee
- Site-Level Committee
- Audubon Minnesota
  2355 Highway 36 West, Suite 400
  Roseville, MN 55113
  Phone 651/274-1073
  dale.gentry@audubon.org
Forest Products Industry Representative
Rick Horton
- Policy Committee, Chair
- Personnel & Finance Committee
- Family forest Landowners Committee
- Minnesota Forest Industries
  37305 Deer Lake Way
  Grand Rapids, MN 55744
  rhorton@minnesotaforests.com
  218-244-5207 (cell)
  218-722-0128 (office)
Game Species Management Organizations Representative
Scott Johnson
- Landscape Advisory Committee
- Site-Level Committee
  
  Minnesota State Forest Conservation Coordinator
  The Ruffed Grouse Society/ The American Woodcock Society
  30691 Peaceful Point Road
  Bovey, MN 55709
  cell 412/860-3481
  scottj@ruffedgrousesociety.org
Labor Organizations Representative
Tim Wegner
- Communication Committee
2102 24th Avenue West

International Falls, MN 5664

timothywegner@packagingcorp.com
Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners Representative
John Rajala
- Family Forest Landowner Committee, Chair
      PO Box 23
        Bigfork, MN 56628

      jarajala@rajalacos.com

Linda Kingery
- Family Forest Landowner Committee
Research and Higher Education Representative
Mike Kilgore
- Research Advisory Committee, Chair
- Personnel and Finance Committee
- Policy Committee
- Family Forest Landowners Committee
- University of Minnesota
  Department of Forest Resources
  115 Green Hall
  1530 N Cleveland Ave
  St Paul, MN 55108
  mkilgore@umn.edu
Resort and Tourism Industry Representative
Deb Theisen
- Landscape Advisory Committee
- Site-Level Committee
- Communication Committee
- 26009 County 89
  Park Rapids, MN 56470
  pinepark@paulbunyan.net
Secondary Wood Products Manufacturers Representative
Ben Wallace
- Communication Committee
Tribal Affairs Council Representative
U.S. Forest Service Representative
Michael Stansberry
- Chippewa National Forest
- 200 Ash Avenue NW
- Cass Lake, MN 56633
- michael.stansberry@usda.gov