Division of Waters Contact Information

General Information: (651) 259-5700

Division of Waters Offices

Central Office - St. Paul Region 1 - Northwest Minnesota, Bemidji Region 2 - Northeast Minnesota, Grand Rapids Region 3 - Central and Southeastern Minnesota, St. Paul Region 4 - Southern Minnesota, New Ulm Area Offices - list | map

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Central Office - St. Paul

DNR Waters
500 Lafayette Road - Box 32
St. Paul, MN 55155-4032

phone: (651) 259-5700
fax: (651) 296-0445

Office of the Director

• Director: Kent Lokkesmoe, (651) 259-5700
• Executive Assistant to the Director: Beth Tessman, (651) 259-5702
• Business Manager: Lori Rodriguez, (651) 259-5652

Water Management Section

• Assistant Director: Jim Japs, (651) 259-5656
• Water Permit Programs: Julie Ekman, (651) 259-5674
• Land Use Programs: Rebecca Wooden, (651) 259-5717
• Shoreland Management Programs: Peder Otterson, (651) 259-5697

Technical Resources Section

• Section Administrator: Mel Sinn, (651) 259-5709
• Water Monitoring and Surveys
  • Surface Water Hydrology: Greg Kruse, (651) 259-5686
  • Hydrographic Survey Crew: John Scherek, (651) 259-5708
  • Climatology: Jim Zandlo, (651) 296-4214
  • Ground Water Level Monitoring: Mike MacDonald, (651) 259-5676
• Engineering and Surface Water
  • State Dam Safety Engineer: Jason Boyle, (651) 259-5715
• Hydrogeology and Ground Water
  • Ground Water Technical Analysis: Jeanette Leete, (651) 259-5687
  • Ground Water Mapping: Jan Falteisek, (651) 259-5665
  • Geophysics: Todd Petersen, (651) 259-5698
• Information Management: Joe Gibson, (651) 259-5675
• Geographic Information Systems: Glenn Radde, (651) 259-5690

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Region 1 - Northwest Minnesota, Bemidji

DNR Waters
2115 Birchmont Beach Road Northeast
Bemidji, MN 56601

phone: (218) 308-2620
fax: (218) 755-4066

Regional Manager

• Bob Bezek, (218) 308-2620

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Region 2 - Northeast Minnesota, Grand Rapids

DNR Waters
1201 East Highway 2
Grand Rapids, MN 55744

phone: (218) 327-4417
fax: (218) 327-4263

Regional Manager

• Mike Peloquin, (218) 327-4417

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Region 3 - Central and Southeastern Minnesota, St. Paul

DNR Waters
1200 Warner Road
St. Paul, MN 55106

phone: (651) 259-5845
fax: (651) 772-7977

Regional Manager

• Dale Homuth, (651) 259-5845

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Region 4 - Southern Minnesota, New Ulm

DNR Waters
261 Highway 15 South
New Ulm, MN 56073-8915

phone: (507) 359-6053
fax: (507) 359-6018

Regional Manager

• Dave Leuthe, (507) 359-6053