Pete Kero, P.E. is an environmental engineer and Vice President with Barr Engineering Co. He was the visionary behind the award-winning Redhead Mountain Bike Park in Chisholm, Minnesota which repurposed several former iron mine pits and stockpiles into a destination-quality regional park for mountain biking, hiking, water recreation and all-terrain vehicles. The project has been featured by Outside Magazine, the Sierra Club and the nation-wide documentary film Biketown. Pete’s book Minescapes: Reclaiming Minnesota’s Mined Lands, which was published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press, won a 2024 Minnesota Book Award.