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Natural-resource coordinator Caitlin Bergstrom outlines restoration projects, grants and volunteer programs
Summary
New Maplewood natural-resource coordinator Caitlin Bergstrom presented an end-of-year update highlighting restoration partnerships, volunteer programs, a mid‑May tree sale ("over 265" trees) and grant-funded plantings across city parks; she described multi‑year projects continuing into 2027.
Caitlin Bergstrom, Maplewood’s new natural-resource coordinator, used the Nov. 19 Parks and Recreation Committee meeting to summarize projects she has led since starting in June and to sketch priorities for 2026.
“I started back in June…5 months in and loving every second of it,” Bergstrom said, describing her background in Minnesota conservation work and then listing recent accomplishments. She told commissioners the city’s mid‑May tree sale sold “over 265” trees, and that a 2023 Sustainable Urban Forest resilience grant (referred to in the meeting as the “suffer” grant) helped increase sale capacity from roughly 150 to about 300 trees and funded planting of roughly 80 trees across Edgerton, Hazelwood and Robin Hood parks.
Why it matters: Bergstrom framed the work as both environmental stewardship and community engagement —…
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