Division of Forestry
The Division of Forestry through shared information, technology, and understanding, we empower others and ourselves to: sustain and enhance functioning forest ecosystems; provide a sustainable supply of forest resources to meet human needs (e.g., material, economic, and social); protect lives and property from wildfires; and provide a dollar return to the permanent school trust. We accomplish this through our three core programs: fire management, state land management, and cooperative forest managment.
Fire Management
Fire Administration Unit
- Steve Simmer, Administrative Supervisor
steve.simmer@dnr.state.mn.us
tel. (651) 259-5288 - Larry Himanga, Wildfire Prevention and Firewise Program Coordinator
larry.himanga@dnr.state.mn.us
tel. (651) 259-5277
Federal Excess Property Program(FEPP)
- Joseph Daninger, Property Specialist
tel. (651) 259-5258
Minnesota Interagency Fire Center (MIFC)
- Ron Stoffel, Wildfire Suppression Supervisor
tel. (218) 327-4436
State land management
Forest Development, Health, and Use Unit
- Alan Jones, Supervisor
alan.jones@dnr.state.mn.us
tel. (651) 259-5271
Resource Assessment and Inventory Unit
- David Heinzen, Supervisor
davidheinzen@dnr.state.mn.us
tel. (218) 327-4449x221
Timber Sales Unit
- Lillian Baker, Supervisor
lillian.baker@dnr.state.mn.us
tel. (651) 259-5262
Utilization and Marketing Unit
- Keith Jacobson, Supervisor
keith.jacobson@dnr.state.mn.us
tel. (651) 259-5270
Cooperative Forest Management
- Andrew Arends, Supervisor
andrew.arends@dnr.state.mn.us
tel. (651) 259-5261
Forest certification
- Rebecca Barnard, Coordinator
rebecca.barnard@dnr.state.mn.us
tel. (651) 259-5256
