"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it"






Rod Squires
Department of Geography
University of Minnesota
414 Social Science Building
Minneapolis. MN 55455
squires@umn.edu
Tel. (612) 625 0179
Fax (612) 624 1044




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   The opinions expressed here are my own and the links I provide reflect my interests

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   Various parts of the site are updated weekly, sometimes daily
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Professional 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


Published Stuff

The Public Land Surveys

Other Publications

Unpublished Stuff

Oral Presentations

Awards

Teaching and Research Interests

Professional Affiliations  

 
 



































 
 
 
 
 
 

Published Stuff

Squires, R.H. and A.P.Holder, "The use of computers in the presentation of pollen data" New Phytologist vol. 69 (1970) 875-882

A Computer Program for the Presentation of Pollen Data University of Durham, Department of Geography, Occasional Papers Series no.11 (1970)

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
 
"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

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

"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

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)

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

"Preface" in Gustanski and Squires (eds) "Protecting the Land: Conservation Easements Past, Present and Future" (Covelo CA. Island Press, 2000) p xxi-xxx

"Introduction to Legal Analysis" in Gustanski and Squires (eds) "Protecting the Land: Conservation Easements Past, Present and Future" (Covelo CA. Island Press, 2000) p 69-77

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) p 41-62

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

 

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

 
 









































Other Writings

"Comments" in Public Workshop Conference 5, Proposed Level B Planning Recommendations (1976) 49-51

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.
(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, U.S.District Court, District of Minnesota, Fourth Division, Civil No. 4-90-605.  Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians et al vs. State of Minnesota et al (Jan. 1994) approx. 150 pp. including supporting documentation

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

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

 




 

 


Research Papers delivered at Recent Professional Meetings

1996  “A geography of the White Earth Lands Settlement Act of 1985.” Association of American Geographers annual meeting, Charlotte, NC.
1996 
“Mille Lacs Treaty case.” Minnesota Academy of Sciences annual meeting
1996 
“The evolution of local governments in Minnesota Territory.” West Lakes Division AAG annual meeting, Valparaiso, IN. 
1996 
“Flying the friendly skies.” Southwest Division AAG annual meeting, Norman, OK. 

1997  “Records in the Minnesota Historical Society.” Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors annual meeting, 
1997 
“The public land survey in Minnesota.” Association of American Geographers annual meeting. Fort Worth, TX. 
1997 
“Jurisdiction on federal lands in Minnesota.” Applied Geography Conference annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM.
1997 
“Pueblo land titles in New Mexico.” Southwest Division AAG annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM. 

1998  “New Mexico.” Capitol Areas Land Surveyors, monthly meeting, St Paul MN 
1998 
“Protecting ecological continuity in Minnesota.” Minnesota Academy of Sciences, annual meeting, Winona, MN. 
1998 
“A context for protecting land in Minnesota.” Who Owns American II Conference, Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1998 
“Aboriginal rights in land: case studies from Australia and the United States.” (co-author)Association of American Geographers, annual meeting, Boston, MA.
1998 
“The electric industry in Minnesota.” Applied Geographers, annual meeting, Louisville, KY. 
1998 
“Wind?" Southwest Division AAG, annual meeting, Baton Rouge, LA. 

1999  Capitol Areas Land Surveyors, monthly meeting, January
1999 
“The public land survey in Minnesota, 1847-1908.” Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors, annual meeting.
1999  
"Basic (to) Geography." Minnesota Academy of Sciences, annual meeting, St Paul, MN
1999 
“The big picture.” Minnesota Department of Transportation, Technical Conference.
1999 
"Strategies for protecting ecological continuity in Minnesota." West Lakes Division AAG, annual meeting De Kalb, IL.
1999 
"Basic (to) Geography (in Minnesota)." Southwest Division AAG, annual meeting, San Marcos TX 

2000  Capitol Areas Land Surveyors, monthly meeting, January
2000 
"Federal lands in Minnesota." Association of American Geographers, annual meeting, New York.
2000 
"Muddling through: The case of nuclear wastes in Minnesota." Applied Geographers, annual meeting, Tampa FL. 
2000 
"Environmental justice; a process not an outcome." Southwest Division AAG, annual meeting, College Station TX. 

2001  "The crowded skies: some thoughts on a geography of airspace." Minnesota Academy of Sciences, annual meeting, St. Paul, MN. 
2001 
"Basic Geography." Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors, Chapter 6 monthly meeting, September
2001 
"The public land surveys in Minnesota Territory, 1847-1852."  West Lakes Division AAG, annual meeting, Joliet IL
2001 
"The public land surveys in Minnesota, 1847-1907."  Southwest Division AAG, annual meeting, Fortt Worth TX
2001 
"Airspace 2001." Applied Geographers, annual meeting, Fort Worth TX 

2002  "The natural resource lands of Minnesota."  Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors, annual meeting, St. Cloud. MN.
2002 
"An Anatomy of Justice: the Case of Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa v. State of Minnesota." Association of American Geographers, annual meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
2002 
"The structure of the electrical industry in Minnesota." Minnesota Academy of Sciences, annual meeting, St. Peter, MN. 
2002 
"Minnesota's public lands." West Lakes Division AAG, annual meeting, St. Paul MN

2003  "The nuclear two step in Minnesota." Applied Geographers, annual meeting, Colorado Springs, CO.
2003 
"The public lands of Minnesota." Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN

2004  "Protecting open space in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area." Annual meeting Society of Conservation Biologists, New York 

2005  "The nature of urban sprawl." Association of American Geographers, annual meeting, Denver CO.
2005 
"Flying in the Cheap Skies." West Lakes Division AAG, annual meeting, Iowa City, IA
2005 
"Where's there's muck, there's brass." Southwest Division AAg, annual meeting Fayetteville, AR
2005  
"Basic Geography in Minnesota." Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors, Chapter Six monthly meeting

2007  "The Past as Prolog: publci land survey records for Minnesota." Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors, annual meeting, St. Cloud.
2007   "
An Inventory of the Public Land Survey Records for Minnesota." Minnesota Department of Transportation, Technical Conference

























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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 















 
 


Teaching and Research Interests

Expert witness
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 









 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Professional Oganizations

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