Thanks for your message Bernie. I will fwd the latest update from "Wilderness in the City" to Liz Stanley and Steve Boyd.
Some of you might remember this issue from 2013 when Dakota Co Parks proposed to develop many parts of LHRP including a major new paved E-W bike corridor through some of the largest intact areas of the park and another N-S corridor on the East side. As you know, this park is one of the largest and most natural remaining in the metro area, with a variety of habitats and a big bird species count (133 as I remember). This update of January 07 includes the Final Report to the Dakota County Board of the "Lebanon Hills Regional Park Master Plan Citizen Panel". There are upcoming public meetings in the update. If any of you want to stay informed or get involved in this issue, let me know (by personal email) and I will fwd it to you also. GAndersson -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bernard P. Friel Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 6:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mou-net] trails at Old Cedar Ave Bridge 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 < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> > Reply-To: < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> > Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 10:33:09 -0600 > To: < <mailto:[email protected]> [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 < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2015 8:28 AM > Cc: <mailto:[email protected]> [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-> 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=mailt > o_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> 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 > <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] > 507.206.1698 > > ~Sent from my iDevice > > Make your life a mission, not an intermission. > ~ Arnold Glasgow > > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
