From my great distance, I’m wondering if the St Paul Pioneer Press would be more interested?
Charlene Nelson Grant County farm > On Nov 20, 2025, at 4:44 PM, Sherry Gray > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I will write. Thank you, Steve, for bringing this to everyone's attention. > Sherry GraySaint Paul, Minnesota > __o > ‘\ <; > ( * ) / ( * ) > > > > On Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 05:40:18 PM EST, linda whyte > <[email protected]> wrote: > > We might try writing to Commissioner Joe Atkins about our concerns: > [email protected] > Even though we may not live in Dakota County, many of us bird there - and > spend "road money" there for fuel and food. Over the years, birding > "specials" have brought many visitors in to do so. Besides that, residents > might have some appreciation of wetlands as opposed to rocks! > Linda Whyte > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 4:17 PM Steve Weston <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes! >> >> Steve Weston >> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN >> [email protected] >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM linda whyte < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This is an even more consequential and egregious threat, especially given >>> that 140th has so little left to offer wildlife of its original resources. >>> Disturbing the 180th would deprive migrators of crucial R & R in the >>> migratory flyway, not to mention breeding habitat for resident species. >>> The >>> county should try living up to that "Forever Wild" motto. >>> Linda Whyte >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 6:53 AM Sherry Gray < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Oh, got it, so both marshes in Dakota Co under threat. Vermillion isn't >>>> much interested in conserving either of these spots, it appears. >>>> Sherry GraySaint Paul, Minnesota >>>> __o >>>> ‘\ <; >>>> ( * ) / ( * ) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 07:48:19 AM EST, Monica Bryand < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> 140th Street Marsh is the one by the Fed Ex building. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Monica Bryand >>>> Urban Bird Collective <https://urbanbirdcollective.org/> >>>> 651-246-5522 >>>> Monica Bryand Photography >>>> http://monicabryandphotography.com/ >>>> <http://monicabryandphotography.com/> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM Sherry Gray < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Isn't this also the marsh that is disappearing under the landfill? In >>>>> fact, it is mostly gone now, squeezed between a landfill and a FedEx >>>>> center, our stuff and our stuff. I did a photo project about this >>> for my >>>>> class last summer. >>>>> Sherry GraySaint Paul, Minnesota >>>>> __o >>>>> ‘\ <; >>>>> ( * ) / ( * ) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 12:16:25 AM EST, Steve Weston < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> The owners of the aggregate quarry on the hill above the 180th street >>>>> marsh >>>>> have purchased the two properties to the north and are seeking a >>> permit >>>> to >>>>> expand the rock quarry. At this point I have heard nothing to indicate >>>> that >>>>> the Vermillion town supervisors think that a mining operation is in >>> any >>>> way >>>>> not compatible with a sensitive wetland habitat even if it is a >>>> waystation >>>>> for rare migrants or endangered and threatened breeding birds and >>>> turtles. >>>>> >>>>> Good birds: I have a report of a Ross's Goose flying over Cedar Avenue >>>> near >>>>> Farmington High School. I don't know if the observer was able to >>> report >>>>> this bird on eBird. >>>>> >>>>> Steve Weston >>>>> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> ---- >>>>> General information and guidelines for posting: >>>>> https://moumn.org/listservice.html >>>>> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---- >>>>> General information and guidelines for posting: >>>>> https://moumn.org/listservice.html >>>>> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >>>>> >>>> >>>> ---- >>>> General information and guidelines for posting: >>>> https://moumn.org/listservice.html >>>> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >>>> >>>> >>>> ---- >>>> General information and guidelines for posting: >>>> https://moumn.org/listservice.html >>>> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >>>> >>> >>> ---- >>> General information and guidelines for posting: >>> https://moumn.org/listservice.html >>> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >>> >> > > ---- > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > ---- > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
