Where do we come from?

Young Environmental Consulting Group is a dream come true for owner and principal scientist, Della Schall Young. The dream began many years ago when Della, as a child, visited her grandmother in the West African nation of Liberia. Her grandmother lived in the interior of the country, where water had to be drawn from a well and purified. Della’s passion for water was born after she watched the energy-intensive process required to have clean, drinkable water. Della’s dream further developed while living in Minnesota, within the Mississippi River watershed. The Mississippi River and other Minnesota treasures, like the Boundary Waters, have inspired Della through their natural beauty and ecosystems. Minnesota’s water-centered environments shaped Della’s life-long interest in managing natural resources effectively for everyone. Young Environmental is based on that dream.

Della’s passion led her to earn water and natural resource degrees from the University of Minnesota and pursue a career in water resources management. With 20 years of technical and business management skills, Della combined her proficiency and experience with her passion for water to create Young Environmental Consulting Group.

In addition to Della’s love of water, she is an advocate for providing access to the world of water and business management through mentoring and peer coaching. She is extremely committed to serving her communities, working with both youth and adults to develop their connections to nature and water. Della has a heartfelt need to encourage women in their personal and professional lives and she works actively to mentor women in all walks of life by sharing her expertise and insight.

Young Environmental is committed to helping clients execute projects in environmentally responsible ways. Della’s goal is to continue growing with her clients and to fulfill their needs with excellence, integrity, strong scientific knowledge, and a passion for water. Della’s understanding of the struggle for drinkable water has grown into a flourishing business that focuses on environmental impacts and humanity’s connection to water and nature.