>Delivered-To: [email protected] >X-Umn-Remote-Mta: [N] x134-84-253-47.dialup.umn.edu #+HF+LO >Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 09:33:24 -0500 >From: "Bruce M. White" <[email protected]> >X-Accept-Language: en-us, en >To: [email protected] >Subject: Acacia/Pilot Knob Development Proposal >X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new > >Sept. 19, 2003 >To: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union >From: Bruce M. White, Pilot Knob Preservation Association >(651-310-0601), P.O. Box 50823, Mendota, MN 55150-0823 >Subject: Development proposal for the area around Acacia Cemetery, >Mendota Heights, Dakota County
Birding Friends- I'm hopeful that some of you who live near and/or bird this region will become involved in this issue. If, on behalf of the MOU, I may be of further assistance, please contact me. Randy Frederickson MOU conservation committee > >It is my understanding that members of the MOU find Acacia Cemetery >and the area around it to be a fruitful place for birding. I don't >know if many of you are aware of a high-density housing development >that is proposed for the entire area north of Acacia Boulevard on the >east side of Pilot Knob Road and north of the cemetery on the west >side of the road. The area on the east side of the Pilot Knob Road is >Acacia Cemetery property, but the cemetery has a purchase agreement >for this land with a developer who wants to put 157 units of housing >on this and the adjacent property, some 26 acres in all. > >This site is part of a uniqe, historic, and culturally important hill >or ridge called Oheyawahi by the Dakota and Pilot Knob by early >European Americans. It has been documented as being a Dakota Wakan >Ceremony grounds and a burial place, among many other things. It is >also important to early whites as part of the Fort Snelling >landscape. A nomination for Pilot Knob for the National Register of >Historic Places, including the development property, is scheduled to >go to the State Review Board for the National Register on October 28. >However, even National Register status would not necessarily prevent >the development from going forward. > >I am part of a group that wishes to preserve the area from >development for historic, cultural, and environmental reasons. >Starting September 29 the city of Mendota Heights is holding a 30-day >comment period for the Environmental Assessment Worksheet relating to >the development, during which time individuals can submit information >on the potential effects of the development. > >I am interested in getting in touch with members of the MOU who may >be interested in submitting information concerning such possible >effects. For one thing is there a record of rare and interesting >species that may have been spotted around Acacia Cemetery over the >years? What would be the effect of a high density development >surrounding the cemetery be on the bird population? For many years >the cemetery has spoken with pride about the area as a "bird >sanctuary" but the effect of the development on this aspect of the >area has not been discussed. > >Any ideas or information may have would be greatly appreciated. If >you wish to submit information to the city regarding the effect of >this development, I will provide you with information on how to do >that. We are trying to coordinate the opposition to this development >so as to be most effective. Thanks for your time. > >-- >Anthony X. Hertzel -- [email protected] > >------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> >Buy Remanufactured Ink Cartridges & Refill Kits at MyInks.com for: HP >$8-20. Epson $3-9, Canon $5-15, Lexmark $4-17. Free s/h over $50 (US & >Canada). >http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=6351 >http://us.click.yahoo.com/0zJuRD/6CvGAA/qnsNAA/70TolB/TM >---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >[email protected] > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ >
