Shoreland Education Program

Eleanor Burkett


Regional Extension Educator
Water Resource Management and Policy
Regional Center Toll Free Phone: 1-888-241-0720
Email: burke044@umn.edu

University of Minnesota Extension Regional Center
322 Laurel Street, Suite 21
Brainerd, MN 56401-3500

Eleanor Burkett is responsible for shoreland education planning and program development, implementation and evaluation. She is also actively engaged in ongoing research in soil erosion control methods and aquatic invasive species. Other areas of work include co-editing the From Shore to Shore newsletter.

Eleanor worked in the landscape and garden industry for over nine years, prior to joining Extension’s Shoreland Education Team. She also worked as a naturalist for the University of Minnesota, Crookston. Eleanor has an AAS in Horticulture from the University of Minnesota Crookston, as BS in Agriculture Extension from North Dakota State University, and a MS in Education from the University of Minnesota Duluth.

July 12, 2007