I think one or more of the local tv news stations should pick this up. Some have had stories quite frivolous compared to this. Kathryn Rudd Eagan Sent from my iPhone
> On Nov 20, 2025, at 5:20 PM, Jim & Charlene Nelson > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. 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