Staff

Our staff meets the U.S. Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards, and each senior staff has over 20 years of experience in historic preservation.

Frank Florin – Owner and Principal Investigator

• • M.A. degree Interdisciplinary Archaeological Studies, U of MN 1996

  • Completion of over 190 compliance projects during 24 years of project management

  • Primary author of over 190 archaeological reports

  • 30 years archaeological experience in the Upper Midwest (MN, WI, IA, ND, SD)

  • 28 years experience in precontact artifact analysis, with specialty in lithic analysis

  • MNDOT pre-qualified contractor for precontact and historic archaeology

  • Experience in project management, GIS, Phase I survey, Phase II site evaluation, Phase III data recovery, and NAGPRA

  • Management and supervisory experience on several multi-state pipeline projects in the Midwest between 1996-2012, including the Great Lakes 1998 Expansion Project (MN-WI), Alliance Pipeline Project (MN-IA), Lakehead SEP II Project (MN-WI), CenterPoint Energy Riverside Pipeline Project (MN), and Viking Gas Transmission Midwest Replacements Project (MN-WI)

  • TerraSync and GPS Pathfinder Certification 2014

  • Register of Professional Archaeologists

  • WisDOT, Bureau of Environment Training Course for Historic Preservation: Archaeology Parts 1 & 2

  • Advisory Seminar on Section 106 Compliance

Kent Bakken – Project Staff Archaeologist

• • Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Archaeological Studies, U of MN 2011

  • 37 years archaeological experience in the Upper Midwest

  • Project Management

  • Archival research

  • Report writing and editing

  • Specializes in lithic analysis

  • Former managing editor, The Minnesota Archaeologist

  • Board of directors, Minnesota Archaeological Society

James Lindbeck – Senior Staff Archaeologist

• • 28 years archaeological experience

  • 17 years employment with FCRS

  • Archival research

  • Report writing and editing

  • Data management

  • B.A. Anthropology/Archaeology and English, U of MN

Beth Wergin – Lab and Office Manager

• • 25 years archaeological experience in the Upper Midwest

  • 22 years employment with FCRS

  • Database management

  • Artifact cataloging

  • Graphic design

  • Human resources

  • B.A. in Anthropology/Archaeology, U of WI-La Crosse

Ryan Letterly – Field Supervisor

• • 25 years archaeological experience in the Upper Midwest

  • 22 years employment with FCRS

  • Soils and geomorphology

  • Photographer

  • B.S. Archaeological Studies, U of WI-La Crosse

Brett Tanselle – Field Supervisor & Senior Office Staff

• • 13 years archaeological experience in the Upper Midwest

  • 4 years employment with FCRS

  • Archival research

  • Report writing and editing

  • Data management

  • M.S. in Anthropology-Archaeology, North Dakota State University

Dan Leja – Field Archaeologist

• • 11 years archaeological experience in the U.S.

  • 5 years employment with FCRS

  • M.S. in Archaeology, State University of New York

Kevin Reider – Field Supervisor & Lab Manager

• • 11 years archaeological experience in the Upper Midwest

  • 10 years employment with FCRS

  • GIS Mapping and Lab

  • B.A. Anthropology, Hamline University

Frank Koep – Field Archaeologist

• • 24 years archaeological experience in the Upper Midwest

  • 18 years employment with FCRS

  • B.A. Anthropology, MN State University Moorhead

Val Chapman – Field Archaeologist

• • 15 years archaeological experience in the Upper Midwest

  • 5 years employment with FCRS

  • B.S. Archaeological Studies, U of WI-La Crosse

  • M.S. in Master of Science in Recreation Management, U of WI-La Crosse