While MORC appears to be interested in keeping wild places wild in the MN
River Valley their members, or at least some of them are supporting paved
bike trails in Lebanon Hills Regional Park, which if constructed, will have
serious adverse impact on the wild spaces and birding there. Perhaps Steve
Boyd should be encouraged to assist in keeping the wild places in Lebanon
Hills Park, wild as well. There is a lot of birding done each year in the
wild places in Lebanon Hills.
--
Bernard P. Friel
> From: Liz Stanley <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 10:33:09 -0600
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: [mou-net] trails at Old Cedar Ave Bridge
>
> There has been some recent discussion about the plan for paved trails
> around the Old Cedar Avenue bridge area. Turns out there is a group of
> off-road bicycle enthusiasts who have been actively opposing this for a
> while. Even though they have different goals, perhaps we share some common
> ground. They have a petition and a Facebook page. I found out about this
> group through another list and responded, they have been looking to
> connect with the birding community so I offered to pass this info along.
>
> From: Stephen Boyd <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2015 8:28 AM
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Looking for some help!
>
> Good morning!
>
> I am a board member with the Minnesota Off Road Cyclists (MORC) which is
> the local International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) chapter
> covering the Twin Cities Metro.
>
> Last Fall we began an organized campaign to prevent a 20+ year old plan to
> put a paved bicycle trail in the Minnesota River Valley between the
> Bloomington Ferry Bridge and the Old Cedar Avenue Bridge. It is an
> outdated plan that no longer serves the needs most of the people using
> this area today.
>
> We are cyclists. We aren't opposed to bike trails, but we are opposed to
> spending millions and millions of dollars to put them in a flood plain
> that is part of one of the few remaining truly wild and natural areas in
> the Twin Cities.
>
> By contacting you I'm hoping to accomplish two things:
>
> 1) Get some help spreading the word on this effort.
>
> 2) Make a better connection with folks outside the cycling community who
> appreciate natural and wild places and might be interested in getting
> involved.
>
> Below are the links to our Facebook page and our Change.org petition. We
> are getting plenty of traction in the community but unfortunately we are
> experiencing "politics as usual" and getting little support from the
> Bloomington City Council or the politicians pushing for this trail.
>
> https://www.change.org/p/bloomington-mn-city-council-stop-the-plan-to-put-a-pa
> ved-trail-in-the-minnesota-river-valley-between-the-bloomington-ferry-bridge-a
> nd-the-old-cedar-avenue-bridge?recruiter=168826904
> <https://www.change.org/p/bloomington-mn-city-council-stop-the-plan-to-put-a-p
> aved-trail-in-the-minnesota-river-valley-between-the-bloomington-ferry-bridge-
> and-the-old-cedar-avenue-bridge?recruiter=168826904&utm_campaign=mailto_link&u
> tm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition>
> &utm_campaign=mailto_link&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition
>
> https://www.facebook.com/SaveTheRiverBottoms?ref=bookmarks
>
> Please let me know if this is something you would be willing to discuss
> further.
>
> Thanks much!
>
> Have a great day!
>
> Steve
>
> Steve Boyd
> Golden valley, MN
> [email protected]
> 507.206.1698
>
> ~Sent from my iDevice
>
> Make your life a mission, not an intermission.
> ~ Arnold Glasgow
>
>
>
> --
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> Bloomington, MN
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