Chel Anderson

Botanist, Plant & Forest Ecologist, Author and Retired, MN Biological Survey, MN DNR

Chel has lived and worked in northeastern Minnesota since 1974. She began her career with the USFS on the Superior National Forest then transitioned to a consulting botanist, forest and plant ecologist. Before retiring to the rest of her life in 2019, she thrived for a couple decades as a lead plant ecologist and botanist with the Minnesota Biological Survey—responsible for planning, executing and coordinating the Survey’s efforts in data collection, integration and interpretation; providing technical expertise on Minnesota’s plant communities, flora and rare plants, communicating the Biological Survey’s work and results and participating in regional landscape scale planning efforts. She is co-author with Adelheid Fischer of, North Shore—A Natural History of Minnesota’s Superior Coast.

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