The following people contributed to the material contained in the webpages comprising the bioretention section of the Manual.

Kestrel Design Group and contract team

  • Marcy Bean: Kestrel Design Group
  • John Gulliver: Ph.D., P. E., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota
  • William Hunt: Ph.D., P.E. Professor and Extension Specialist, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Urban Stormwater Management, North Carolina State University
  • Peter MacDonagh: Peter MacDonagh, Director of Science and Design, The Kestrel Design Group
  • Nathalie Shanstrom: Sustainable Landscape Architect, The Kestrel Design Group*Dwayne Stenlund: Transportation Program Specialist, Minnesota Department of Transportation
  • Ryan Winston: P.E., Extension Associate, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University

Technical support and review team

  • Mary Davy: No-Stress Gardening and Landscapes
  • Sharon Doucette: Environmental Resources Coordinator, City of Woodbury
  • Lois Eberhart: Water Resources Administrator, City of Minneapolis*Jim Hafner: Stormwater Manager, City of Blaine
  • Mike Isensee: CPESC, Administrator, Middle St. Croix Watershed Management Organization Watershed Specialist, Washington Conservation District
  • Karen Jensen: Environmental Engineer and Project Manager, Environmental Services, Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities
  • Forrest Kelly: Regulatory and Construction Program Manager, Capitol Region Watershed District
  • Paul Moline: Planning and Water Management Director, Carver County
  • Joe Mulcahy: Grant Administrator, Environmental Services, Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities
  • Andy Schilling: Watershed Restoration Specialist, Washington Conservation District
  • Nathalie Shanstrom, Sustainable Landscape Architect, The Kestrel Design Group

Minimal Impact Design Standards Workgroup

  • Mary Davy: No-Stress Gardening and Landscapes
  • Mark Doneux: Administrator, Capitol Region Watershed District
  • Matt Durand: Mankato State University
  • Larry Frank: Project Manager, Arcon Development Inc.
  • Jim Hafner: Stormwater Manager, City of Blaine
  • John Hanson: PE, Vice President, Senior Civil Engineer, Barr Engineering Company
  • Mike Isensee: CPESC, Administrator, Middle St. Croix Watershed Management Organization Watershed Specialist, Washington Conservation District
  • Paul Moline: Planning and Water Management Director, Carver County
  • Bruce Wilson: Senior Water Scientist, Emmons and Olivier Resources Inc.

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency staff

  • Anne Gelbmann
  • David Fairbairn
  • Mike Findorff
  • Todd Smith