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Building Better Buffers is a series of fact sheets offering voluntary options to landowners looking to improve their exiting buffers.
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Tom Gile
Resource Conservation Section Manager
507-696-1974
tom.gile@state.mn.us
Paul Erdmann
Buffer and Soil Loss Specialist
651-402-9498
paul.erdmann@state.mn.us
Kevin Roth
Buffer and Soil Loss Specialist
651-706-3673
kevin.roth@state.mn.us
Travis Germundson
Appeals and Regulatory Compliance Coordinator
651-247-4976
travis.germundson@state.mn.us
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