DNR State Parks Plant Community Mapping When the MNDNR issued an RFP in late 2014 for ecological fieldwork, native plant community classification, and GIS mapping services for four state parks and one state recreation area, CCES and Houston Engineering Inc. decided to...
Tubercled Rein-Orchid Surveys In 2012, CCES was retained by the Minnesota DNR to complete field surveys for the state-threatened species, Platanthera flava var. herbiola (tubercled rein orchid). Survey efforts were focused on the Anoka Sand Plain, where the orchid...
Blaine Wetland Sanctuary – Site 7 Beginning in the late 1990’s, CCES begin working with the City of Blaine to better understand its 511 acre open space located at the intersection of Main Street NE and Lexington Avenue NE. Through numerous studies and...
Big Marine Lake Lakeshore Restoration In 2006, a private resident on the east side of Big Marine Lake in Scandia, MN retained the services of CCES, Inc. to begin a long-term ecologically sensitive lakeshore restoration project along approximately 135 linear feet of...
Blaine Preserve SNA When Critical Connections Ecological Services, Inc. (CCES) initially detected, surveyed, and inventoried the Blaine Preserve site in August of 1999, the site was immediately recognized as one of the highest quality rich fen/wet prairie community...
