Constance “Connie” Cummins has stepped down from the Minnesota Forest Resources Council (MFRC).  Cummins had served as Governor Walz’s appointed U.S. Forest Service representative to MFRC. 

Cummins also is retiring from a long-standing career with the U.S. Forest Service that most recently included serving as Forest Supervisor for the Superior National Forest.  As Forest Supervisor and MFRC member, Cummins lead the establishment of the Arrowhead Shared-Stewardship Pilot Project which featured a “cross-boundary”, multi-agency partnership to coordinate forest management activities within the 500,000-acre Arrowhead project area.  

Michael Stansberry, Forest Supervisor of the Chippewa National Forest, serves as the Forest Service’s alternate to the MFRC.  Stansberry will be the acting representative until such time that Governor Walz makes an official appointment replacing Cummins.