Roderick Squires, Associate Professor (Geography) University Of Minnesota

Roderick Squires, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Department of Geography, University of Minnesota, 414 Social Science Building, Minneapolis MN 55455

ACADEMIC CAREER

1970-1972 Assistant Professor, University of Winnipeg 1972-1976 Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota 1976- current Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Summer, 1980 Visiting Associate Professor, University of Wyoming Winter, 1982 Visiting Associate Professor, Dartmouth College Fall, 1998 Visiting Professor, University of New Mexico

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Public Policy and Law regarding land ownership Evolution of landscapes

PUBLICATIONS

Paleoecological Research

Squires, R.H. and A.P.Holder, "The use of computers in the presentation of pollen data" New Phytologist vol. 69 (1970) 875-882 Hill, A.G. and R.H.Squires, "Graphs drawn by computer" Area vol.4 (1970) 48- 52 "Flandrian history of the Teesdale rarities" Nature vol. 229 no.5279 (1971) 43- 44

Clapperton, C.M. and R.H. Squires "Evidence for the Flandrian history of the Wooler Water, Northumberland provided by pollen analysis" Scottish Geographical Magazine vol. 87 (1971) 14-20

"Locational stability of relict plants in northern England" in International Geography (Adams, W.P. & F.M. Hellener, eds.1972) 283-285

"Pollen analysis of a short core from Burnswark Hill" Transactions Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society Series III, vol. 5 no.3 (1977-78) 99-104

"Conservation in Upper Teesdale: Contributions from the palaeoecological record" Transactions, Institute of British Geographers vol.3 no.2 (1978) 129- 150

Public Policy/Legal Research "Land use in the B.W.C.A. - a study in compromise" Geographical Perspectives no.38 (1976) 5-14

Gersmehl, Phillip J, Karen Van Buskirk, and Roderick H. Squires "Environmental impact statements: keeping the hounds on the track", Law in American Society vol. 6 (1976) 23-26

Gustanski, Julie Ann, Gareth Edwards-Jones, and Roderick H. Squires " The ethics-economics-policy paradigm: The foundation for an integrated land trust conservation decision-support model" Urban Ecosystems, vol. 3, 4 (1999) 255- 283

Gustanski, Julie Ann and Roderick H. Squires (eds) "Protecting the Land: Conservation Easements Past, Present and Future" (Covelo CA. Island Press, 2000)

Squires, Roderick H. “Preface” in “Protecting the Land Conservation Easements, Past, Present and Future” xxi-xxx

Squires, Roderick H. “"Introduction to Legal Analysis" in “Protecting the Land Conservation Easements, Past, Present and Future” 69-72

Runge, C. Ford, M. Teresa Duclos, John S. Adams, Barry Goodwin, Judith A. Martin, and Roderick D. Squires, Government Actions Affecting Land and Property Values: An Empirical Review of Takings and Giving Research Paper WP96CRI. Cambridge MA, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (1996) reprinted as Runge, C. Ford, M. Teresa Duclos, John S Adams, Barry Goodwin, Judith A. Martin, Roderick D. Squires, and Alice E. Iverson "Public Sector Contributions to Private Land Value: Looking at the Ledger" in Geisler, Charles and Gail Daneker (eds) Property and Values; Alternatives to Public and Private Ownership (Covelo, CA. Island Press, 2000) 41-62

Squires, Rod “"A Paradigm for Landscapes: An Essay" The North American Geographer vol. 4 No. 2 (2002) 124-131

Squires, Roderick H. “Protecting open space in and around the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area” in Bengston, David N. (tech. ed.). Policies for Managing Urban Growth and Landscape Change: A Key to Conservation in the 21st Century. General Technical Report NC-265. (St. Paul, MN: USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station, 2005) 14-20

Historical Research (Published in Dis-Closures, succeeded by Minnesota Surveyor, the Official Publication of the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors – not-refereed) “A Striking Triumph of Geometry over Physical Geography: Vignettes of the Public Land Surveys” (St. Paul, Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors) 360pp

The first township exteriors in Minnesota (Winter, 2007-2008) A geography of township exteriors in Minnesota Territory, 1847-1852 (Spring, 2008) Standard parallels and guide meridians in western Minnesota (Summer, 2008) Standard parallels and guide meridians in western Minnesota: the surveys of Elisha S. Norris (Autumn, 2008) The Independent Meridian in Northeastern Minnesota (Spring, 2009) The field notebooks of the deputy surveyors in Minnesota (Summer, 2009) The correspondence files of the Surveyor General of Wisconsin and Iowa (Autumn, 2009) (With March Senjem)The public land surveys lines and the St. Croix River, in Washington County (Spring, 2010) The boundary lines of the Half-Breed Reservation in Minnesota Territory (Summer 2010) The public land surveys and Fort Snelling; Part 1. The Boundaries of the Military Reserve and the first surveys east of the Mississippi River (Fall, 2010)

Other Historical Writings

(With Phil Gersmehl) "Rectangular Public Land Survey System," In The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia, ed. R.Sisson, C. Zacher, and A. Cayton,. (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press) pp.150-152

An Inventory of the Public Land Surveys Records for Minnesota: The Special Instructions (May 2008, Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-05)

D. Book Reviews Basic Biogeography. Professional Geographer vol.31 (1979) 240 Biogeography: Recent Advances and Future Directions. Professional Geographer vol. 37 (1985) 522 Wetlands. Professional Geographer vol.40 (1985) 489 Historic Landscapes of Britain. Professional Geographer vol.45 (1993) 484

Unpublished Research

Environmental Problems Study Guide (University of Minnesota, Department of Independent Study, 1986) 247 pp. The Raft that will not Sink, a working guide to the publications of the federal government (unpublished, produced with a grant from the University of Minnesota Educational Development Program, 1986) 128pp

The sovereign lands of the state of Minnesota, an essay concerning the state of Minnesota's title in the land underlying bodies of water (unpublished contract for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, November 1986) 49 pp.

Submerged Lands (unpublished contract for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 1987) 22 pp.

A Working Guide to State Government Documents (unpublished, produced with a grant from the University of Minnesota Educational Program, 1988) 275+ pp.

The Minnesota Public Lands Improvement Act of 1990 (unpublished contract with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 1990?

(With Judith Martin) Why do we misunderstand land? Some approaches to problems surrounding zoning, land use and ownership (unpublished, contract with Environmental Defense Fund, 1993) 36 pp.

Testimony and Opinion, Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians et al vs. State of Minnesota et al U. S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Fourth Division, Civil No. 4-90-605 (Jan. 1994). Approx 50 pp. original material plus supporting documentation, approx. 150 pp.

Testimony and Opinion, Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians et al vs. State of Minnesota et al. U. S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Fourth Division, Civil No. 3-94-1226.(December, 1995) Phase 1. Approx. 120 pp. original material plus supporting documentation, approx. 300 pp.

Testimony and Opinion, Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians et al vs. State of Minnesota et al. U. S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Fourth Division, Civil No. 3-94-1226.(December, 1995) Phase II . Approx. 100 pp. original material plus supporting documentation, approx. 1200 pp.

Contributor Poster "Minnesota Wetland and Surface Water Resources" MN Department of Natural Resources, 1997

(Co-compiler, co-editor) Pre-Conference Proceedings Land Summit 2000 Conference. July 2000. approx. 200 pp.

Testimony and Opinion, U.S. v Michigan. U. S. District Court District of Michigan (October 2004) Approx. 40 pp. original material plus supporting documentation approx. 50 pp. Recent Oral Presentations

2004 Society for Conservation Biology, annual meeting, Columbia University, New York “Protecting open space in a Metropolitan Area.” 2004 Capitol Areas Land Surveyors, monthly meeting, October, St. Paul

2005 Association of American Geographers, annual meeting, Denver, CO. “The nature of urban sprawl: the process of suburbanization.” 2005 West Lakes Division AAG, annual meeting, Iowa City, IA “Flying in the cheap skies.” 2005 Southwest Division AAG, annual meeting, Fayetteville, AR “Where there’s muck there’s brass.” 2005 Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors, Chapter 6 monthly meeting, November "Basic Geography."

2006 Capitol Areas Land Surveyors, monthly meeting, May St. Paul “The infrastructure of Minnesota Territory.” 2006 University of New Mexico, June “The public lands of Minnesota.”

2007 Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors annual meeting, St. Cloud January “The past as prolog: the public land survey records for Minnesota.” 2007 Minnesota Department of Transportation Survey Technical Workshop, March “A partial inventory of the general land office surveying records for Minnesota.”

2008 Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors annual meeting, St. Cloud January “The public land survey records for Minnesota.” 2008 Applied Geographers annual meeting, Wilmington DL October “Unheralded changes in the airline industry.” 2008 Southwest Division AAG, annual meeting, San Marcos TX, October “The rectangular public land surveys in the United States.”

2009 Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors annual meeting St. Cloud, MN January “The rectangular public land surveys in the United States: From space to place.” 2009 Iowa Society of Professional Surveyors annual meeting Ames, IA March “Public land surveying records in the Upper Midwest.” 2009 Workshop, Chapter 6 Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors, April “Minnesota’s Public Land Surveys; A Geographer’s Perspective.” 2009 Capitol Areas Land Surveyors, monthly meeting, St. Paul May “After the special instructions ….” 2009 West Lakes Division AAG, annual meeting, St. Paul, MN October “Order Upon the Land – Revisited.” 2010 Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors annual meeting St. Cloud, MN January “The Geography of the Public Land Survey Lines.” 2010 University of Minnesota Geography Department Seminar, March “Making Places from Space: Concatenating Geographies of the Public Land Survey Surveys in the United States.” 2010 Minnesota Department of Transportation Survey Technical Workshop, March “You want me to do what? Instructions to the Deputy Surveyors in Minnesota Territory.” 2010 Macalester College Geography course March “The rectangular land surveys in the United States.” 2010 University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Freshman Presentation, September. “It’s a Square World.” 2010 “Protecting Rivers in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area,” Annual Meeting Applied Geographers Fort Worth Texas 2010 “History of the Public Land Surveys in Minnesota” Annual Meeting Minnesota Association of County Surveyors October 27 2010 Workshop for Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors “The Public Land Surveys” December 10

Awards 1994 E.A. ”Bud” Rathburn Award, Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors, “for continued dedicated service as a research writer for the Society’s quarterly publication”

Professional Affiliations Association of American Geographers Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors

Grants Awarded

2006-2007 MnDOT “An Inventory of the Public Land Surveys Records for Minnesota” $32,283.00