GPS coord's for the SW corner of our land. Mark Alt=20 Sr. Project Manager=20 Entertainment Software Supply Chain=20 Project Resources Group (PRG)=20 Best Buy Co., Inc.=20 [email protected]=20 (W) 612-291-6717=20 (Cell) 612-803-9085
-----Original Message----- From: David A. Cahlander [mailto:[email protected]]=20 Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 6:39 PM To: Alt, Mark Subject: Re: [MOUboardcomm] MOU has leased land in the Sax Zim Bog Area The SW corner is at N47 08.303 W92 46.149. --- David Cahlander [email protected] Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Alt, Mark" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "MOU Board" <[email protected]>;=20 "mnbird" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 4:05 PM Subject: [MOUboardcomm] MOU has leased land in the Sax Zim Bog Area > The MOU has taken a first step and become a leaseholder on a parcel of = > land in St Louis County, in the Sax Zim Bog area, less than a mile = from=20 > Owl Avenue. We are leasing 79 acres from Potlatch Corporation for a = year.=20 > It will be posted for no trespassing except with the permission of the = > leaseholder, which is the MOU, so anyone who is a MOU member is a=20 > leaseholder, so come on down! The MOU Board is doing this to take a = first=20 > step towards setting aside areas here for recreational birding. The = DNR=20 > and MN Audubon are strong supporters of this initiative. We hope it = leads=20 > to other land being set aside, such as McDavitt for the woodpeckers, = the=20 > Blue Spruce loop for Boreal specialties, and others. Perhaps it may = lead=20 > to a birding trail. We are not certain of how to best use this plot, = but=20 > we want it used, so I invite each of you to come visit and bird on it! = I=20 > will keep a tally of species reported on it and make notes on our = usages. > The legal description of the property is referencing the St Louis Plat = > book - it is the SW quarter of section 21 in T.54.N. - R.19W. For = regular=20 > directions, drive North from Cloquet to Cotton on Hwy 53, then turn = west=20 > on Hwy 52 (Arkola Rd), past CR 7 (about 6 miles), then continue west=20 > another 5.5 miles to Owl Avenue (Township rd 203). Turn south on TR = 203=20 > and head south. Continue about 2 miles through a gradual "S" turn, = (where=20 > TR 203 turns into TR 202), then you come to an intersection with S.=20 > Overton Rd. (TR 980). Turn West on TR 980 and proceed 1.75 miles, from = > this point to where TR 980 makes a 90 degree turn to head north, you = are=20 > driving along the southern border of our property. As you turn north = the=20 > Township Rd number is now TR 230, and the name of the road is now = Overton=20 > Rd. The first =BD mile as you head north on TR 230, the MOU property = borders=20 > you on your right. There are boglands on the remote NE corner of the=20 > property, so we could get all types of northern specialties, = potentially. > We are arranging to have a small parking area set up for 6 cars or = trucks=20 > in the area. We will be looking forward to hearing from all visitors = to=20 > this little spot of woods up north; please let us know what is there! = Good=20 > Birding! > > > > Mark Alt > President, > Minnesota Ornithologists Union > J. F. Bell Museum of Natural History > University of Minnesota > 10 Church Street SE > Minneapolis, MN 55455-0104 > MOU.mn.org > [email protected] > Cell: 612-803-9085 > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor = --------------------~--> > In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. > At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/B9pRWD/3MnJAA/Y3ZIAA/70TolB/TM > = --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MOUboardcomm/ > > <*> 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/ > > > > >=20
