Correction:
The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District does not have a small budget. If
one researches budgets, etc. you will find that the Watershed Districts in
comparison have more money than other agencies. But their geographic areas
are also larger than many.
I am sure if people will be patient until morning there may be some answers
forthcoming when staff people are in offices and can get to the bottom of
this so to speak.
Annie Young
citywide Park Commissioner
Chair, City of Minneapolis Water Quality Monitoring Task Force
At 12:15 AM 7/27/05 -0500, Chris Johnson wrote:
Dorie Rae Gallagher wrote:
This evening on the 6:00 news, they reported an Asphalt Oil Spill in the
Minnehaha Creek. Of course, we had to go down and investigate!!
It covers a wide area down below the Longfellow Gardens in the section to
the right of the orange
fencing. Supposedly this happened on Sunday but it was just reported. If
this goes over the weir,
it will make it's way to the Falls.
There's a lot of geese, ducks with babies, heron and fish in this
area....what department cleans this up?
It would be under the Minnehaha Watershed District. Who would not have
reported it right away?
Dorie Gallagher/Nokomis
Yikes! That's horrible.
Seems like it might be the responsibility of a several agencies. Top on
my best-guess list would be the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
The Minnehaha Creek Watershed Management District
(http://www.minnehahacreek.org/) might have some resources to help with
it, also, but their budget is very small. Lastly, perhaps the state DNR
or PCA might have some involvement.
I too wonder why it wasn't reported sooner.
Chris Johnson
Fulton
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