Robin Patrick Bouta

Robin ‘Rob’ Bouta
September 17, 1958 • February 8, 2025

Robin Patrick Bouta was born September 17, 1958, in Benson, Minnesota and passed away February 8, 2025, at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota from Acute Myeloid Leukemia. He fought a valiant battle under the watchful care of the medical professionals at Mayo.
A Celebration of Life with lunch for family and friends is planned for Saturday, May 10, 11:00 a.m. at Cleary Lake Pavilion, Cleary Lake Regional Park, 18106 Texas Avenue, Prior Lake, Minnesota.
Rob graduated from Benson Senior High School in 1977, followed by attendance and graduation from the University of Minnesota in Crookston in 1979 with a degree in Natural Resources Conservation. The summer of 1979 he worked in Colorado in the area of Mount of the Holy Cross and lived in a camper he built himself on a 1950 International pickup.  After working at a game farm near Chicago, he returned to school at the University of Wisconsin in Stevens Point graduating with a BS degree in Wildlife and Biology in 1984. He went on to earn a Master of Science in Environmental Forest Biology from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY in 1991.
Rob’s life was immersed in a commitment to the outdoors, to nature, and the preservation and conservation of the environment, and this commitment pervaded both his leisure and professional life. While at Stevens Point, he met lifelong friends with whom he shared trips to the Boundary Water Canoe Area in northern Minnesota and time together at deer camp. He was an avid cross country skier and kayaker, enjoyed the annual Sandhill Crane migration in Nebraska and the open lands of America as far away as Alaska.  
Rob’s professional life reflected his interests, as he was employed with multiple environmental consulting companies, including Westwood Professional Services, Tetra Tech, Inc., and Kjolhaug Environmental Services. He eventually started his own company, Eco Foresight Environmental Consulting, in 2021.  His career included a wide range of issues, including wetland delineation studies, environmental impact assessments, and shore land evaluation. He was also a Certified Ecologist.  As a volunteer, Rob served as a Bloomington Sustainability Commissioner from 2017-2021.
Rob was predeceased by his parents Francis and Louise and brother Timothy James Bouta.  Rob is survived by his siblings: Annette (Edward) Hendrick of Ft Myers, FL; Daniel of Clontarf, MN; Patricia (Guido Niederoest) Bouta of Alexandria, MN; Steven of Fairbanks, AK; Christopher of Minneapolis, MN; and Allen of Alexandria, MN; and former wife Lisa. He is also survived by nieces Sarah Ashburn, Liz Bouta, Kristin Bouta, Serena Bouta, Echoe Bouta, Alexandrea Therese, Hannah Pai, nephews Tim and Thomas Bouta, and six great-nephews and one great-niece. Rob is also survived by his canine companion Roxy.