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March 18, 2024
Molly MacGregor
Northeast Regional Planner, Operations Services Division, Grand Rapids, Minnesota
After 24 years of service with the State of Minnesota, 12 with the DNR, Molly MacGregor is retiring
Brief summary of her career
Molly started her career with the DNR in June 2012 as the Northwest Regional Planner in Bemidji. A year later, she left to become the Continuous Improvement Coordinator in St Paul. In 2014, Molly moved on to become the St Louis River Restoration Supervisor in Duluth and in June 2017, she took her last position as the Northeast Regional Planner in Grand Rapids.
In her current capacity as Northeast Regional Planner, Molly has been part of:
- New Forestry-Wildlife area building at Cloquet
- Riverlands State Forest (Minnesota Power lands acquired by DNR in the 1990s transferred to Forestry)
- Community Engagement for Willow River Dam Removal
- Planner for the Tribal Relations Work Team which redrafted and obtained signatures approving Op Order 129: Tribal Consultation
 The Tribal Relations Work Team posed for a picture in Jay Cooke State Park. Staff are from left to right-
Front row: Christa Maxwell, Parks and Trails Division Supervisor; Kerry Ross, NW Regional Planner; Lonnie Lilly, NE Regional Manager, Forestry; Molly MacGregor, NE Regional Planner; Lisa Angelos, Jay Cooke State Park Manager; and Scott Staples, NE Region Enforcement Manager.
Back row: Theresa Ebbenga, NW Region Director; Grant Wilson, Central Region Director; Greg Snyder, NW Regional Assistant Manager, Forestry; Mike Liljegren, Assistant Director, Lands and Minerals Division; Scott Roemhildt, Southern Region Director; Phil Seefeldt, NE Region Enforcement Manager; Alex Watson, Southern Regional Naturalist, Parks and Trails Division; and Bradley Harrington, Tribal Relations Manager.
Plans for the future
Molly has some grand adventures planned including:
- Serving on the Grand Rapids City Council and working on a climate action plan for the city
- Volunteering as a precipitation monitor and plant identification monitor for the DNR
- Removing dams on the upper Mississippi River
- Reading all the books she has
- Helping her granddaughters grow up with a sense of humor!
Retirement Gathering
Monday, April 1, 2024
INFORMAL PARTY
Smoke on the Water Co.
94 Roosevelt Ave
Coleraine, MN 55722
4:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Join friends and family to share your stories and best wishes at
this winery and cidery with a wood fire kitchen and crafted bar!
Molly in action talking to reporters at the Chambers' Grove Aquatic Habitat Enhancement Project on the St Louis River, circa 2015. This project used natural channel design techniques to enhance spawning habitat for Lake Superior migratory fish, particularly lake sturgeon.
Send well wishes
Please send Molly your congratulations on her retirement and outstanding career.
Send cards by US Mail to:
Molly MacGregor
927 NW 1st Ave
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
Send emails to:
dakise53@gmail.com
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