Professional Associations

Below is a list of groups in which staff at HIG are either members, serve as leaders/mentors or attend events. Please contact us if you have any questions about these groups.

AIPG Minnesota
Environmental Bankers Association
Wetland Professional Associations (Minnesota)
Minnesota Commercial Real Estate Women
Forum of Women in the Environmental Field (Minnesota)
Women in Environmental Management (Illinois) contact Suzanne D’Souza of HIG for meeting information.
Minnesota Association of Professional Soil Scientists
Minnesota Ground Water Association
Minnesota Brownfields
Wisconsin Society of Professional Soil Scientists
Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Illinois Soil Classifiers Association
Indiana Association of Professional Soil Classifiers, Inc.
Illinois Association of Environmental Professionals

Federal and State Agencies

We have selected agencies that some of our clients work for and agencies that interact often with the various industries served by HIG. If you know of an agency that you feel would be a good fit for our list, please share your knowledge; go our Contacts page and email us the name of the organization or link to its web site. Thanks!

These agencies represent the following broad areas: Environmental Protection and Management, Brownfield Redevelopment, Alternative Energy, Natural Resources, Cultural Heritage, Endangered/Threatened Species

Federal Agencies

U.S. EPA - http://www.epa.gov/
Regional EPA offices - http://www.epa.gov/epahome/regions.htm
Army Corps of Engineers - http://www.usace.army.mil/Pages/Default.aspx

State Agencies

Iowa
Department of Natural Resources - http://www.iowadnr.gov/

Illinois
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency - http://www.epa.state.il.us/

Indiana
Department of Environmental Management - http://www.in.gov/idem/
Finance Authority, Brownfields Program - http://www.in.gov/ifa/brownfields/

Kansas
Department of Health and Environment  - http://www.kdheks.gov/

Kentucky
Department for Environmental Protection  - http://www.dep.ky.gov/

Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) - http://www.pca.state.mn.us/
Department of Natural Resources (DNR) - http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/index.html
Department of Agriculture (MDA), Incident Response Unit - http://www.mda.state.mn.us/chemicals/spills/incidentresponse/default.htm

Missouri
Department of Natural Resources - http://www.dnr.mo.gov/

Nebraska
Department of Environmental Quality - http://www.deq.state.ne.us/
Department of Natural Resources - http://www.dnr.state.ne.us/

North Dakota
Department of Health, Environmental Health Section - http://www.ndhealth.gov/ehs/

Ohio
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency - http://www.epa.state.oh.us/

South Dakota
Department of Environmental and Natural Resources - http://denr.sd.gov/

West Virginia
Department of Environmental Protection - http://www.wvdep.org/

Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources (DNR) - http://dnr.wi.gov/
Department of Commerce - Petroleum and Tanks - http://www.commerce.state.wi.us/ER/