Date: 11/30/25 7:46 am From: Justin Watts <justinwatts02...> Subject: [mou-net] MOU Paper Session and Book Sale
Hello Birders!
On Saturday Dec 6th the MOU will hold our annual meeting. It is filled with great talks and great people, including a keynote by Scott Weidensaul on Project SnowStorm!
Pre-registration is open through 10 PM on December 2. Registration is $15 in advance or $16 at the door. Please note that catered lunch is only available to those who pre-register.
We are also seeking donations to our Savaloja grants program in the form of bird book donations. If you have any bird books that you would be happy to donate to our annual book sale where we can find them a new home for a good cause, then please send me a message at <justinwatts02...>
If you sent a message for the bird books previously and did not receive a response, please note that we discovered a technical issue that prevented certain messages from being delivered. I kindly ask that you haven't heard back, please resend and we can arrange for collection before Saturday Dec 6th.
Happy birding, Justin Watts Minnesota Ornithologists' Union https://moumn.org/ <president...>
Date: 11/28/25 10:30 am From: Rich Hoeg <RichardHoeg...> Subject: [mou-net] Evaluation of Field Research Birdsong Listening Device - OwlSense
I have published a new review about of a field research birdsong listening device named OwlSense. The device will run for up to 700 hours in the field without the requirement to swap out its battery. OwlSense was developed by an Owl Research Institute technician through his work for the Owl Research Institute. My unit is running deep in the Superior National Forest and is well off the grid. I like the fact that I may run the device all night long but then also for the first hour after sunrise and capture the dawn song.
As always, I purchased OwlSense with my own funds, and received zero financial support for my review. My blog is 100% non commercial. Here is my evaluation:
Date: 11/26/25 6:14 am From: Cleone Stewart <cleone...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] 180th Street Marsh
Sorry, forgot:
Cleone Stewart
Becker County
________________________________
From: Cleone Stewart <cleone...>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2025 8:13 AM
To: <MOU-NET...> <MOU-NET...>
Subject: Re: [mou-net] 180th Street Marsh
Similar situation in Detroit Lakes area, although it wasn't about bird habitat, more about neighbor's health and property value.
The decision was left to the County Commissioner Board, who said an EAW was not needed and passed the gravel pit application.
It's about $$
________________________________
From: Minnesota Birds <MOU-NET...> on behalf of Steve Weston <sweston2g...>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2025 5:57 PM
To: <MOU-NET...> <MOU-NET...>
Subject: Re: [mou-net] 180th Street Marsh
Update on 180th Street Marsh.
Last night I attended the Vermillion Township special board meeting on the
pit expansion.
While the public were welcome, the meeting wasn't for public input and
virtually no questions were tolerated.
As expected, the board passed everything unanimously (2 to nothing - one
board recused himself with a conflict of interest). They decided that an
environmental assessment worksheet (EAW) was not needed. Then they passed a
number of resolutions resulting in giving the gravel pit the go ahead for
the expansion.
The neighbors who oppose the expansion have retained an attorney to appeal
the decision in court. They are hoping they can raise the funds for that
action.
All governmental institutions, such as the EQB, DNR, county, etc. are aware
of the pit expansion and the petition of the neighbors requesting a EAW.
I have offered to be a witness if it goes to court on the environmental
issues.
Steve Weston
On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
<sweston2g...>
On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM Steve Weston <sweston2g...> wrote:
> Here is the latest on what is happening in the vicinity of 180th Street
> Marsh (aka Marshall's Marsh), the most visited birding location in Dakota
> County.
>
> A few hundred yards up the hill to the southwest of the marsh is a small
> aggregate (gravel) pit that is planning to expand. The company that owns
> the pit has bought the two houses to the north with plans to tear them down
> and mine the land. These houses are the first two houses on the east side
> of Fischer Avenue south of 180th Street.
>
> The neighbors are fighting to keep the pit from expanding. Besides being
> one of the premier birding locations in the region, the marsh ranks as one
> of the highest quality wetlands in Dakota County. Also, the Hastings school
> district has bought land on this wetland as an outdoor science laboratory.
> Is mining a compatible land use with a sensitive, protected wetland habitat
> that is a host to educational activities just a couple of hundred yards
> above the marsh? The township board will be meeting this Monday (Nov 24) at
> 6:30 at 118 Park Avenue South in Vermillion to consider whether there are
> enough environmental issues to warrant requiring an environmental
> assessment worksheet (EAW). The second item on the agenda of this special
> meeting (called with only 3 days notice) is whether to grant the permit for
> the expansion.
>
> Locals assume that because they have included both items on the agenda
> that the issue has already been decided and an EAW will not be required. I
> have heard from contacts I have at Dakota County that they have decided
> that it is in the hands of the township board to decide what action to
> take. I have also heard that the DNR and the local watershed people are not
> inclined to be involved.
>
> I have written a letter to the Township Board requesting a copy of the EAW
> as a representative of the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC).
> MRVAC has led field trips to the area with stops at the marsh. We have also
> invested in the Hastings school district's establishment of the site as a
> dedicated destination for the study of grassland and marsh habitats.
>
> I will be at the meeting on Monday to address our concerns and I welcome
> anyone who is concerned about the future of the 180th Street Marsh to join
> me.
>
> Steve Weston
> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
> <sweston2g...>
>
Date: 11/26/25 6:13 am From: Cleone Stewart <cleone...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] 180th Street Marsh
Similar situation in Detroit Lakes area, although it wasn't about bird habitat, more about neighbor's health and property value.
The decision was left to the County Commissioner Board, who said an EAW was not needed and passed the gravel pit application.
It's about $$
________________________________
From: Minnesota Birds <MOU-NET...> on behalf of Steve Weston <sweston2g...>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2025 5:57 PM
To: <MOU-NET...> <MOU-NET...>
Subject: Re: [mou-net] 180th Street Marsh
Update on 180th Street Marsh.
Last night I attended the Vermillion Township special board meeting on the
pit expansion.
While the public were welcome, the meeting wasn't for public input and
virtually no questions were tolerated.
As expected, the board passed everything unanimously (2 to nothing - one
board recused himself with a conflict of interest). They decided that an
environmental assessment worksheet (EAW) was not needed. Then they passed a
number of resolutions resulting in giving the gravel pit the go ahead for
the expansion.
The neighbors who oppose the expansion have retained an attorney to appeal
the decision in court. They are hoping they can raise the funds for that
action.
All governmental institutions, such as the EQB, DNR, county, etc. are aware
of the pit expansion and the petition of the neighbors requesting a EAW.
I have offered to be a witness if it goes to court on the environmental
issues.
Steve Weston
On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
<sweston2g...>
On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM Steve Weston <sweston2g...> wrote:
> Here is the latest on what is happening in the vicinity of 180th Street
> Marsh (aka Marshall's Marsh), the most visited birding location in Dakota
> County.
>
> A few hundred yards up the hill to the southwest of the marsh is a small
> aggregate (gravel) pit that is planning to expand. The company that owns
> the pit has bought the two houses to the north with plans to tear them down
> and mine the land. These houses are the first two houses on the east side
> of Fischer Avenue south of 180th Street.
>
> The neighbors are fighting to keep the pit from expanding. Besides being
> one of the premier birding locations in the region, the marsh ranks as one
> of the highest quality wetlands in Dakota County. Also, the Hastings school
> district has bought land on this wetland as an outdoor science laboratory.
> Is mining a compatible land use with a sensitive, protected wetland habitat
> that is a host to educational activities just a couple of hundred yards
> above the marsh? The township board will be meeting this Monday (Nov 24) at
> 6:30 at 118 Park Avenue South in Vermillion to consider whether there are
> enough environmental issues to warrant requiring an environmental
> assessment worksheet (EAW). The second item on the agenda of this special
> meeting (called with only 3 days notice) is whether to grant the permit for
> the expansion.
>
> Locals assume that because they have included both items on the agenda
> that the issue has already been decided and an EAW will not be required. I
> have heard from contacts I have at Dakota County that they have decided
> that it is in the hands of the township board to decide what action to
> take. I have also heard that the DNR and the local watershed people are not
> inclined to be involved.
>
> I have written a letter to the Township Board requesting a copy of the EAW
> as a representative of the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC).
> MRVAC has led field trips to the area with stops at the marsh. We have also
> invested in the Hastings school district's establishment of the site as a
> dedicated destination for the study of grassland and marsh habitats.
>
> I will be at the meeting on Monday to address our concerns and I welcome
> anyone who is concerned about the future of the 180th Street Marsh to join
> me.
>
> Steve Weston
> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
> <sweston2g...>
>
Date: 11/25/25 7:36 pm From: Charlie Greenman <000047b03d2fee12-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] 180th Street Marsh
Thank you Steve for these updates and your efforts. Charlie
Sent from my iPhone
> On Nov 25, 2025, at 6:00 PM, Paul Worwa <pworwa...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the update Steve. Hopefully the neighbors will prevail
>
> Paul Worwa, PE
> Project Manager
>
>
>
> 7875 Fuller Road, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
> Office Main: 952-934-3999
> Cell Phone: 612-490-2639
> <pworwa...>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Minnesota Birds <MOU-NET...> On Behalf Of Steve Weston
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2025 5:57 PM
> To: <MOU-NET...>
> Subject: Re: [mou-net] 180th Street Marsh
>
> Update on 180th Street Marsh.
> Last night I attended the Vermillion Township special board meeting on the pit expansion.
> While the public were welcome, the meeting wasn't for public input and virtually no questions were tolerated.
> As expected, the board passed everything unanimously (2 to nothing - one board recused himself with a conflict of interest). They decided that an environmental assessment worksheet (EAW) was not needed. Then they passed a number of resolutions resulting in giving the gravel pit the go ahead for the expansion.
> The neighbors who oppose the expansion have retained an attorney to appeal the decision in court. They are hoping they can raise the funds for that action.
> All governmental institutions, such as the EQB, DNR, county, etc. are aware of the pit expansion and the petition of the neighbors requesting a EAW.
> I have offered to be a witness if it goes to court on the environmental issues.
>
> Steve Weston
> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
> <sweston2g...>
>
>
>> On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM Steve Weston <sweston2g...> wrote:
>>
>> Here is the latest on what is happening in the vicinity of 180th
>> Street Marsh (aka Marshall's Marsh), the most visited birding location
>> in Dakota County.
>>
>> A few hundred yards up the hill to the southwest of the marsh is a
>> small aggregate (gravel) pit that is planning to expand. The company
>> that owns the pit has bought the two houses to the north with plans to
>> tear them down and mine the land. These houses are the first two
>> houses on the east side of Fischer Avenue south of 180th Street.
>>
>> The neighbors are fighting to keep the pit from expanding. Besides
>> being one of the premier birding locations in the region, the marsh
>> ranks as one of the highest quality wetlands in Dakota County. Also,
>> the Hastings school district has bought land on this wetland as an outdoor science laboratory.
>> Is mining a compatible land use with a sensitive, protected wetland
>> habitat that is a host to educational activities just a couple of
>> hundred yards above the marsh? The township board will be meeting this
>> Monday (Nov 24) at
>> 6:30 at 118 Park Avenue South in Vermillion to consider whether there
>> are enough environmental issues to warrant requiring an environmental
>> assessment worksheet (EAW). The second item on the agenda of this
>> special meeting (called with only 3 days notice) is whether to grant
>> the permit for the expansion.
>>
>> Locals assume that because they have included both items on the agenda
>> that the issue has already been decided and an EAW will not be
>> required. I have heard from contacts I have at Dakota County that they
>> have decided that it is in the hands of the township board to decide
>> what action to take. I have also heard that the DNR and the local
>> watershed people are not inclined to be involved.
>>
>> I have written a letter to the Township Board requesting a copy of the
>> EAW as a representative of the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC).
>> MRVAC has led field trips to the area with stops at the marsh. We have
>> also invested in the Hastings school district's establishment of the
>> site as a dedicated destination for the study of grassland and marsh habitats.
>>
>> I will be at the meeting on Monday to address our concerns and I
>> welcome anyone who is concerned about the future of the 180th Street
>> Marsh to join me.
>>
>> Steve Weston
>> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
>> <sweston2g...>
>>
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From: Minnesota Birds <MOU-NET...> On Behalf Of Steve Weston
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2025 5:57 PM
To: <MOU-NET...>
Subject: Re: [mou-net] 180th Street Marsh
Update on 180th Street Marsh.
Last night I attended the Vermillion Township special board meeting on the pit expansion.
While the public were welcome, the meeting wasn't for public input and virtually no questions were tolerated.
As expected, the board passed everything unanimously (2 to nothing - one board recused himself with a conflict of interest). They decided that an environmental assessment worksheet (EAW) was not needed. Then they passed a number of resolutions resulting in giving the gravel pit the go ahead for the expansion.
The neighbors who oppose the expansion have retained an attorney to appeal the decision in court. They are hoping they can raise the funds for that action.
All governmental institutions, such as the EQB, DNR, county, etc. are aware of the pit expansion and the petition of the neighbors requesting a EAW.
I have offered to be a witness if it goes to court on the environmental issues.
Steve Weston
On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
<sweston2g...>
On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM Steve Weston <sweston2g...> wrote:
> Here is the latest on what is happening in the vicinity of 180th
> Street Marsh (aka Marshall's Marsh), the most visited birding location
> in Dakota County.
>
> A few hundred yards up the hill to the southwest of the marsh is a
> small aggregate (gravel) pit that is planning to expand. The company
> that owns the pit has bought the two houses to the north with plans to
> tear them down and mine the land. These houses are the first two
> houses on the east side of Fischer Avenue south of 180th Street.
>
> The neighbors are fighting to keep the pit from expanding. Besides
> being one of the premier birding locations in the region, the marsh
> ranks as one of the highest quality wetlands in Dakota County. Also,
> the Hastings school district has bought land on this wetland as an outdoor science laboratory.
> Is mining a compatible land use with a sensitive, protected wetland
> habitat that is a host to educational activities just a couple of
> hundred yards above the marsh? The township board will be meeting this
> Monday (Nov 24) at
> 6:30 at 118 Park Avenue South in Vermillion to consider whether there
> are enough environmental issues to warrant requiring an environmental
> assessment worksheet (EAW). The second item on the agenda of this
> special meeting (called with only 3 days notice) is whether to grant
> the permit for the expansion.
>
> Locals assume that because they have included both items on the agenda
> that the issue has already been decided and an EAW will not be
> required. I have heard from contacts I have at Dakota County that they
> have decided that it is in the hands of the township board to decide
> what action to take. I have also heard that the DNR and the local
> watershed people are not inclined to be involved.
>
> I have written a letter to the Township Board requesting a copy of the
> EAW as a representative of the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC).
> MRVAC has led field trips to the area with stops at the marsh. We have
> also invested in the Hastings school district's establishment of the
> site as a dedicated destination for the study of grassland and marsh habitats.
>
> I will be at the meeting on Monday to address our concerns and I
> welcome anyone who is concerned about the future of the 180th Street
> Marsh to join me.
>
> Steve Weston
> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
> <sweston2g...>
>
Date: 11/25/25 3:57 pm From: Steve Weston <sweston2g...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] 180th Street Marsh
Update on 180th Street Marsh.
Last night I attended the Vermillion Township special board meeting on the
pit expansion.
While the public were welcome, the meeting wasn't for public input and
virtually no questions were tolerated.
As expected, the board passed everything unanimously (2 to nothing - one
board recused himself with a conflict of interest). They decided that an
environmental assessment worksheet (EAW) was not needed. Then they passed a
number of resolutions resulting in giving the gravel pit the go ahead for
the expansion.
The neighbors who oppose the expansion have retained an attorney to appeal
the decision in court. They are hoping they can raise the funds for that
action.
All governmental institutions, such as the EQB, DNR, county, etc. are aware
of the pit expansion and the petition of the neighbors requesting a EAW.
I have offered to be a witness if it goes to court on the environmental
issues.
Steve Weston
On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
<sweston2g...>
On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM Steve Weston <sweston2g...> wrote:
> Here is the latest on what is happening in the vicinity of 180th Street
> Marsh (aka Marshall's Marsh), the most visited birding location in Dakota
> County.
>
> A few hundred yards up the hill to the southwest of the marsh is a small
> aggregate (gravel) pit that is planning to expand. The company that owns
> the pit has bought the two houses to the north with plans to tear them down
> and mine the land. These houses are the first two houses on the east side
> of Fischer Avenue south of 180th Street.
>
> The neighbors are fighting to keep the pit from expanding. Besides being
> one of the premier birding locations in the region, the marsh ranks as one
> of the highest quality wetlands in Dakota County. Also, the Hastings school
> district has bought land on this wetland as an outdoor science laboratory.
> Is mining a compatible land use with a sensitive, protected wetland habitat
> that is a host to educational activities just a couple of hundred yards
> above the marsh? The township board will be meeting this Monday (Nov 24) at
> 6:30 at 118 Park Avenue South in Vermillion to consider whether there are
> enough environmental issues to warrant requiring an environmental
> assessment worksheet (EAW). The second item on the agenda of this special
> meeting (called with only 3 days notice) is whether to grant the permit for
> the expansion.
>
> Locals assume that because they have included both items on the agenda
> that the issue has already been decided and an EAW will not be required. I
> have heard from contacts I have at Dakota County that they have decided
> that it is in the hands of the township board to decide what action to
> take. I have also heard that the DNR and the local watershed people are not
> inclined to be involved.
>
> I have written a letter to the Township Board requesting a copy of the EAW
> as a representative of the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC).
> MRVAC has led field trips to the area with stops at the marsh. We have also
> invested in the Hastings school district's establishment of the site as a
> dedicated destination for the study of grassland and marsh habitats.
>
> I will be at the meeting on Monday to address our concerns and I welcome
> anyone who is concerned about the future of the 180th Street Marsh to join
> me.
>
> Steve Weston
> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
> <sweston2g...>
>
Date: 11/25/25 3:41 pm From: Kathryn Rudd <katdantz...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
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 <00003b87f2c9230f-dmarc-request...> 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 <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> 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 <0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>
>> We might try writing to Commissioner Joe Atkins about our concerns:
>> <joe.atkins...>
>> 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 <sweston2g...> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes!
>>>
>>> Steve Weston
>>> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
>>> <sweston2g...>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM linda whyte <
>>> <0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-request...> 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 <
>>>> <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> 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 <
>>>>> <mjbryand...> 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 <
>>>>> <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> 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 <
>>>>>> <sweston2g...> 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
>>>>>> <sweston2g...>
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> On Nov 22, 2025, at 11:19 PM, Steve Weston <sweston2g...> wrote:
>
> Here is the latest on what is happening in the vicinity of 180th Street
> Marsh (aka Marshall's Marsh), the most visited birding location in Dakota
> County.
>
> A few hundred yards up the hill to the southwest of the marsh is a small
> aggregate (gravel) pit that is planning to expand. The company that owns
> the pit has bought the two houses to the north with plans to tear them down
> and mine the land. These houses are the first two houses on the east side
> of Fischer Avenue south of 180th Street.
>
> The neighbors are fighting to keep the pit from expanding. Besides being
> one of the premier birding locations in the region, the marsh ranks as one
> of the highest quality wetlands in Dakota County. Also, the Hastings school
> district has bought land on this wetland as an outdoor science laboratory.
> Is mining a compatible land use with a sensitive, protected wetland habitat
> that is a host to educational activities just a couple of hundred yards
> above the marsh? The township board will be meeting this Monday (Nov 24) at
> 6:30 at 118 Park Avenue South in Vermillion to consider whether there are
> enough environmental issues to warrant requiring an environmental
> assessment worksheet (EAW). The second item on the agenda of this special
> meeting (called with only 3 days notice) is whether to grant the permit for
> the expansion.
>
> Locals assume that because they have included both items on the agenda that
> the issue has already been decided and an EAW will not be required. I have
> heard from contacts I have at Dakota County that they have decided that it
> is in the hands of the township board to decide what action to take. I have
> also heard that the DNR and the local watershed people are not inclined to
> be involved.
>
> I have written a letter to the Township Board requesting a copy of the EAW
> as a representative of the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC).
> MRVAC has led field trips to the area with stops at the marsh. We have also
> invested in the Hastings school district's establishment of the site as a
> dedicated destination for the study of grassland and marsh habitats.
>
> I will be at the meeting on Monday to address our concerns and I welcome
> anyone who is concerned about the future of the 180th Street Marsh to join
> me.
>
> Steve Weston
> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
> <sweston2g...>
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Date: 11/22/25 9:19 pm From: Steve Weston <sweston2g...> Subject: [mou-net] 180th Street Marsh
Here is the latest on what is happening in the vicinity of 180th Street Marsh (aka Marshall's Marsh), the most visited birding location in Dakota County.
A few hundred yards up the hill to the southwest of the marsh is a small aggregate (gravel) pit that is planning to expand. The company that owns the pit has bought the two houses to the north with plans to tear them down and mine the land. These houses are the first two houses on the east side of Fischer Avenue south of 180th Street.
The neighbors are fighting to keep the pit from expanding. Besides being one of the premier birding locations in the region, the marsh ranks as one of the highest quality wetlands in Dakota County. Also, the Hastings school district has bought land on this wetland as an outdoor science laboratory. Is mining a compatible land use with a sensitive, protected wetland habitat that is a host to educational activities just a couple of hundred yards above the marsh? The township board will be meeting this Monday (Nov 24) at 6:30 at 118 Park Avenue South in Vermillion to consider whether there are enough environmental issues to warrant requiring an environmental assessment worksheet (EAW). The second item on the agenda of this special meeting (called with only 3 days notice) is whether to grant the permit for the expansion.
Locals assume that because they have included both items on the agenda that the issue has already been decided and an EAW will not be required. I have heard from contacts I have at Dakota County that they have decided that it is in the hands of the township board to decide what action to take. I have also heard that the DNR and the local watershed people are not inclined to be involved.
I have written a letter to the Township Board requesting a copy of the EAW as a representative of the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC). MRVAC has led field trips to the area with stops at the marsh. We have also invested in the Hastings school district's establishment of the site as a dedicated destination for the study of grassland and marsh habitats.
I will be at the meeting on Monday to address our concerns and I welcome anyone who is concerned about the future of the 180th Street Marsh to join me.
Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN <sweston2g...>
Date: 11/22/25 7:25 pm From: Brigitte Reuther <00004e20a3f2feb0-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] MOU-NET Digest - 20 Nov 2025 to 21 Nov 2025 (#2025-106)
Sure is fun to share birding on MOU. Wish it happened more. I’m afraid social media has interfered.
> On Nov 22, 2025, at 8:41 PM, Don Feeney / Diane Carter <0000471afb7b6bec-dmarc-request...> wrote:
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> I have them at my feeders in West St Paul most winters, though last year was an exception. I've been seeing two the past few weeks.
>
> A few summers ago I looked out to see a pair of hatchlings drinking from our fountain, which almost certainly indicates nesting in the vicinity.
>
> Don Feeney
> West St Paul
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> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:24:53 +0000
> From: Susan Kennedy <smkennedy_mn...>
> Subject: first ever RB Nuthatch
>
> I also have had my first ever RB Nuthatch at my feeder in SW Mpls.
> Susan Kennedy
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> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:36:25 -0600
> From: "Kathleen A. Connelly" <connellyk37...>
> Subject: Re: first ever RB Nuthatch
>
> We usually have one at our place on the NW corner of Bde Maka Ska, but this year we have two! The feisty little ones rule the feeder pole!
>
> Kathy
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 21, 2025, at 8:35 AM, Susan Kennedy <00004e1835e7ac0c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
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>> I also have had my first ever RB Nuthatch at my feeder in SW Mpls.
>> Susan Kennedy
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> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:17:25 -0600
> From: Ben Klaas <ben...>
> Subject: Re: first ever RB Nuthatch
>
> I'm at the SW corner of the same lake and had one at my feeder for the first time in a long time a couple weeks ago. They're a great bird to have around.
>
>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM Kathleen A. Connelly < <00004e1bfe5e7712-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>
>> We usually have one at our place on the NW corner of Bde Maka Ska, but
>> this year we have two! The feisty little ones rule the feeder pole!
>>
>> Kathy
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Nov 21, 2025, at 8:35 AM, Susan Kennedy <
>> <00004e1835e7ac0c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
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>>> I also have had my first ever RB Nuthatch at my feeder in SW Mpls.
>>> Susan Kennedy
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> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:26:05 -0600
> From: Brigitte Reuther <bkreuther...>
> Subject: Re: first ever RB Nuthatch
>
> I’m very happy to report Red-breasted Nuthatches at our feeders in southwest Plymouth. Haven’t seen them here for a decade and now there’s a feisty pair visiting daily. We saw several at the Arboretum in the pines section off 3 Mile Drive in early October. That was exciting!
>
>> On Nov 21, 2025, at 3:17 PM, Ben Klaas <ben...> wrote:
>>
>> I'm at the SW corner of the same lake and had one at my feeder for
>> the first time in a long time a couple weeks ago. They're a great bird
>> to have around.
>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM Kathleen A. Connelly <
>>> <00004e1bfe5e7712-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>>
>>> We usually have one at our place on the NW corner of Bde Maka Ska,
>>> but this year we have two! The feisty little ones rule the feeder pole!
>>>
>>> Kathy
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Nov 21, 2025, at 8:35 AM, Susan Kennedy <
>>> <00004e1835e7ac0c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I also have had my first ever RB Nuthatch at my feeder in SW Mpls.
>>>> Susan Kennedy
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> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 23:40:37 -0600
> From: Linda Burns <burns.linda3...>
> Subject: Re: first ever RB Nuthatch
>
> There’s another feisty pair visiting our feeders in S Mpls since late September.
>
>
>> On Nov 21, 2025, at 7:36 PM, Brigitte Reuther <00004e20a3f2feb0-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>
>> I’m very happy to report Red-breasted Nuthatches at our feeders in southwest Plymouth. Haven’t seen them here for a decade and now there’s a feisty pair visiting daily. We saw several at the Arboretum in the pines section off 3 Mile Drive in early October. That was exciting!
>>
>>>> On Nov 21, 2025, at 3:17 PM, Ben Klaas <ben...> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm at the SW corner of the same lake and had one at my feeder for
>>> the first time in a long time a couple weeks ago. They're a great
>>> bird to have around.
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM Kathleen A. Connelly <
>>>> <00004e1bfe5e7712-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> We usually have one at our place on the NW corner of Bde Maka Ska,
>>>> but this year we have two! The feisty little ones rule the feeder pole!
>>>>
>>>> Kathy
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 21, 2025, at 8:35 AM, Susan Kennedy <
>>>> <00004e1835e7ac0c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I also have had my first ever RB Nuthatch at my feeder in SW Mpls.
>>>>> Susan Kennedy
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Date: 11/22/25 6:41 pm From: Don Feeney / Diane Carter <0000471afb7b6bec-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] MOU-NET Digest - 20 Nov 2025 to 21 Nov 2025 (#2025-106)
I have them at my feeders in West St Paul most winters, though last year was an exception. I've been seeing two the past few weeks.
A few summers ago I looked out to see a pair of hatchlings drinking from our fountain, which almost certainly indicates nesting in the vicinity.
Don Feeney
West St Paul
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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:36:25 -0600
From: "Kathleen A. Connelly" <connellyk37...>
Subject: Re: first ever RB Nuthatch
We usually have one at our place on the NW corner of Bde Maka Ska, but this year we have two! The feisty little ones rule the feeder pole!
Kathy
Sent from my iPhone
> On Nov 21, 2025, at 8:35 AM, Susan Kennedy <00004e1835e7ac0c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>
> I also have had my first ever RB Nuthatch at my feeder in SW Mpls.
> Susan Kennedy
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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:17:25 -0600
From: Ben Klaas <ben...>
Subject: Re: first ever RB Nuthatch
I'm at the SW corner of the same lake and had one at my feeder for the first time in a long time a couple weeks ago. They're a great bird to have around.
On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM Kathleen A. Connelly < <00004e1bfe5e7712-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> We usually have one at our place on the NW corner of Bde Maka Ska, but
> this year we have two! The feisty little ones rule the feeder pole!
>
> Kathy
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Nov 21, 2025, at 8:35 AM, Susan Kennedy <
> <00004e1835e7ac0c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
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> > I also have had my first ever RB Nuthatch at my feeder in SW Mpls.
> > Susan Kennedy
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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:26:05 -0600
From: Brigitte Reuther <bkreuther...>
Subject: Re: first ever RB Nuthatch
I’m very happy to report Red-breasted Nuthatches at our feeders in southwest Plymouth. Haven’t seen them here for a decade and now there’s a feisty pair visiting daily. We saw several at the Arboretum in the pines section off 3 Mile Drive in early October. That was exciting!
> On Nov 21, 2025, at 3:17 PM, Ben Klaas <ben...> wrote:
>
> I'm at the SW corner of the same lake and had one at my feeder for
> the first time in a long time a couple weeks ago. They're a great bird
> to have around.
>
>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM Kathleen A. Connelly <
>> <00004e1bfe5e7712-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>
>> We usually have one at our place on the NW corner of Bde Maka Ska,
>> but this year we have two! The feisty little ones rule the feeder pole!
>>
>> Kathy
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Nov 21, 2025, at 8:35 AM, Susan Kennedy <
>> <00004e1835e7ac0c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>>
>>> I also have had my first ever RB Nuthatch at my feeder in SW Mpls.
>>> Susan Kennedy
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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 23:40:37 -0600
From: Linda Burns <burns.linda3...>
Subject: Re: first ever RB Nuthatch
There’s another feisty pair visiting our feeders in S Mpls since late September.
> On Nov 21, 2025, at 7:36 PM, Brigitte Reuther <00004e20a3f2feb0-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>
> I’m very happy to report Red-breasted Nuthatches at our feeders in southwest Plymouth. Haven’t seen them here for a decade and now there’s a feisty pair visiting daily. We saw several at the Arboretum in the pines section off 3 Mile Drive in early October. That was exciting!
>
>> On Nov 21, 2025, at 3:17 PM, Ben Klaas <ben...> wrote:
>>
>> I'm at the SW corner of the same lake and had one at my feeder for
>> the first time in a long time a couple weeks ago. They're a great
>> bird to have around.
>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM Kathleen A. Connelly <
>>> <00004e1bfe5e7712-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>>
>>> We usually have one at our place on the NW corner of Bde Maka Ska,
>>> but this year we have two! The feisty little ones rule the feeder pole!
>>>
>>> Kathy
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Nov 21, 2025, at 8:35 AM, Susan Kennedy <
>>> <00004e1835e7ac0c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I also have had my first ever RB Nuthatch at my feeder in SW Mpls.
>>>> Susan Kennedy
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I am in NE Minneapolis, 2 blocks off of Central Ave, and the first RB Nuthatches appeared here on October 1st - a pair then hung around for a few days in the neighbor’s dead Elm tree (a very popular tree for the neighborhood clingers, to my delight).
I hadn’t seen any at my house since then, but just this past Tuesday, I saw one in my backyard briefly, climbing above the birdbath.
I’ve lived anywhere from 3-5 hours north of the cities most of my life and observed them pretty regularly, so it’s very fun to learn more about their irruption cycles as my local knowledge grows. (And appreciate the little guys and their sweet chit chat even more when I see them here!)
Kenzi Cochran
> On Nov 22, 2025, at 6:47 AM, linda whyte <0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-request...> wrote:
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> The irruption of Red-breasted Nuthatch seems pretty well established around
> the metro this year. We've had at least one here (east end of Macalester -
> Groveland) for over a month.
> It spent its first day making repeated, rapid rounds of our several
> feeders, which are stocked with different foods, and flying off to cache
> much of it. Now it hones in on its favorites to restock supplies, or works
> a couple of plum tree stumps rich with insect life. It also enjoys long
> drinks at the birdbath - especially gratifying for the opportunity to
> watch them at close range, since they exhibit little shyness of humans.
> Linda Whyte
>
>> On Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 12:19 AM Keith Carlson <keithecarls...> wrote:
>>
>> We have had a RB nuthatch coming to our feeder in NE Roseville for the 1st
>> time as well. A colorful contrast from the bigger white-breasted ones that
>> have regularly frequented our feeder.
>>
>> Keith Carlson
>> <keithecarls...>
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Date: 11/22/25 4:47 am From: linda whyte <0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] RB nuthatch
The irruption of Red-breasted Nuthatch seems pretty well established around
the metro this year. We've had at least one here (east end of Macalester -
Groveland) for over a month.
It spent its first day making repeated, rapid rounds of our several
feeders, which are stocked with different foods, and flying off to cache
much of it. Now it hones in on its favorites to restock supplies, or works
a couple of plum tree stumps rich with insect life. It also enjoys long
drinks at the birdbath - especially gratifying for the opportunity to
watch them at close range, since they exhibit little shyness of humans.
Linda Whyte
On Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 12:19 AM Keith Carlson <keithecarls...> wrote:
> We have had a RB nuthatch coming to our feeder in NE Roseville for the 1st
> time as well. A colorful contrast from the bigger white-breasted ones that
> have regularly frequented our feeder.
>
> Keith Carlson
> <keithecarls...>
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We have had a RB nuthatch coming to our feeder in NE Roseville for the 1st time as well. A colorful contrast from the bigger white-breasted ones that have regularly frequented our feeder.
Date: 11/21/25 9:40 pm From: Linda Burns <burns.linda3...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] first ever RB Nuthatch
There’s another feisty pair visiting our feeders in S Mpls since late September.
> On Nov 21, 2025, at 7:36 PM, Brigitte Reuther <00004e20a3f2feb0-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>
> I’m very happy to report Red-breasted Nuthatches at our feeders in southwest Plymouth. Haven’t seen them here for a decade and now there’s a feisty pair visiting daily. We saw several at the Arboretum in the pines section off 3 Mile Drive in early October. That was exciting!
>
>> On Nov 21, 2025, at 3:17 PM, Ben Klaas <ben...> wrote:
>>
>> I'm at the SW corner of the same lake and had one at my feeder for the
>> first time in a long time a couple weeks ago. They're a great bird to have
>> around.
>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM Kathleen A. Connelly <
>>> <00004e1bfe5e7712-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>>
>>> We usually have one at our place on the NW corner of Bde Maka Ska, but
>>> this year we have two! The feisty little ones rule the feeder pole!
>>>
>>> Kathy
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Nov 21, 2025, at 8:35 AM, Susan Kennedy <
>>> <00004e1835e7ac0c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I also have had my first ever RB Nuthatch at my feeder in SW Mpls.
>>>> Susan Kennedy
>>>>
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I’m very happy to report Red-breasted Nuthatches at our feeders in southwest Plymouth. Haven’t seen them here for a decade and now there’s a feisty pair visiting daily. We saw several at the Arboretum in the pines section off 3 Mile Drive in early October. That was exciting!
> On Nov 21, 2025, at 3:17 PM, Ben Klaas <ben...> wrote:
>
> I'm at the SW corner of the same lake and had one at my feeder for the
> first time in a long time a couple weeks ago. They're a great bird to have
> around.
>
>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM Kathleen A. Connelly <
>> <00004e1bfe5e7712-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>
>> We usually have one at our place on the NW corner of Bde Maka Ska, but
>> this year we have two! The feisty little ones rule the feeder pole!
>>
>> Kathy
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Nov 21, 2025, at 8:35 AM, Susan Kennedy <
>> <00004e1835e7ac0c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>>
>>> I also have had my first ever RB Nuthatch at my feeder in SW Mpls.
>>> Susan Kennedy
>>>
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Date: 11/21/25 1:17 pm From: Ben Klaas <ben...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] first ever RB Nuthatch
I'm at the SW corner of the same lake and had one at my feeder for the
first time in a long time a couple weeks ago. They're a great bird to have
around.
On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM Kathleen A. Connelly <
<00004e1bfe5e7712-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> We usually have one at our place on the NW corner of Bde Maka Ska, but
> this year we have two! The feisty little ones rule the feeder pole!
>
> Kathy
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Nov 21, 2025, at 8:35 AM, Susan Kennedy <
> <00004e1835e7ac0c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> >
> > I also have had my first ever RB Nuthatch at my feeder in SW Mpls.
> > Susan Kennedy
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Date: 11/21/25 7:55 am From: Kathleen A. Connelly <00004e1bfe5e7712-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] first ever RB Nuthatch
We usually have one at our place on the NW corner of Bde Maka Ska, but this year we have two! The feisty little ones rule the feeder pole!
Kathy
Sent from my iPhone
> On Nov 21, 2025, at 8:35 AM, Susan Kennedy <00004e1835e7ac0c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>
> I also have had my first ever RB Nuthatch at my feeder in SW Mpls.
> Susan Kennedy
>
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Date: 11/20/25 3:20 pm From: Jim & Charlene Nelson <00003b87f2c9230f-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
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 <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> 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 <0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>
> We might try writing to Commissioner Joe Atkins about our concerns:
> <joe.atkins...>
> 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 <sweston2g...> wrote:
>
>> Yes!
>>
>> Steve Weston
>> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
>> <sweston2g...>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM linda whyte <
>> <0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-request...> 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 <
>>> <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> 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 <
>>>> <mjbryand...> 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 <
>>>> <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> 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 <
>>>>> <sweston2g...> 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
>>>>> <sweston2g...>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----
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>>>>>
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>>>>
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Date: 11/20/25 2:47 pm From: linda whyte <0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
We might try writing to Commissioner Joe Atkins about our concerns:
<joe.atkins...>
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 <sweston2g...> wrote:
> Yes!
>
> Steve Weston
> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
> <sweston2g...>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM linda whyte <
> <0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-request...> 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 <
>> <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> 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 <
>> > <mjbryand...> 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 <
>> > <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> 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 <
>> > > <sweston2g...> 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
>> > > <sweston2g...>
>> > >
>> > > ----
>> > > 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:
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>>
>> ----
>> General information and guidelines for posting:
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>
Date: 11/20/25 2:45 pm From: Sherry Gray <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
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 <0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-request...> wrote:
We might try writing to Commissioner Joe Atkins about our concerns:
<joe.atkins...>
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 <sweston2g...> wrote:
> Yes!
>
> Steve Weston
> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
> <sweston2g...>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM linda whyte <
> <0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-request...> 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 <
>> <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> 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 <
>> > <mjbryand...> 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 <
>> > <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> 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 <
>> > > <sweston2g...> 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
>> > > <sweston2g...>
>> > >
>> > > ----
>> > > 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:
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>
-----Original Message-----
From: Minnesota Birds <MOU-NET...> On Behalf Of linda whyte
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2025 4:40 PM
To: <MOU-NET...>
Subject: Re: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
We might try writing to Commissioner Joe Atkins about our concerns:
<joe.atkins...>
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 <sweston2g...> wrote:
> Yes!
>
> Steve Weston
> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
> <sweston2g...>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM linda whyte <
> <0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-request...> 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 <
>> <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> 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 < <mjbryand...> 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 <
>> > <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> 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 < <sweston2g...> 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
>> > > <sweston2g...>
>> > >
>> > > ----
>> > > 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:
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>> >
>> > ----
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>> > https://moumn.org/listservice.html >> > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >> >
>> >
>> > ----
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>>
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>
Date: 11/20/25 2:17 pm From: Steve Weston <sweston2g...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
Yes!
Steve Weston
On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
<sweston2g...>
On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM linda whyte <
<0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-request...> 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 <
> <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> 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 <
> > <mjbryand...> 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 <
> > <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> 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 <
> > > <sweston2g...> 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
> > > <sweston2g...>
> > >
> > > ----
> > > 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:
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> >
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> >
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Date: 11/20/25 2:11 pm From: linda whyte <0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
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 <
<0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> 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 <
> <mjbryand...> 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 <
> <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> 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 <
> > <sweston2g...> 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
> > <sweston2g...>
> >
> > ----
> > General information and guidelines for posting:
> > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >
> >
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Date: 11/20/25 12:23 pm From: Sherry Gray <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
The landfill expansion was approved so long ago birders had no way to comment, as I recall, and the Vermillion folks said it was part of a "wetland bank".
Sherry GraySaint Paul, Minnesota
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On Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 03:09:37 PM EST, Steve Weston <sweston2g...> wrote:
1) This is a small aggregate mining operation. They are looking at
expanding their pit from about 50 acres to about 80 acres (a 32 acre
expansion).
2) There will be a public meeting on Monday, Nov. 24 (next Monday) to
decide if they need a EAW (Environmental Assessment Worksheet). From what I
am hearing this hearing is expected to decide that there are no
environmental issues that would necessitate an EAW.
Steve Weston
On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
<sweston2g...>
On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM Paul Worwa <pworwa...>
wrote:
> I'm assuming they will have to file an environmental impact statement
> before expanding their operations? Hopefully the DNR will make sure the
> wetlands are protected
>
> Paul Worwa, PE
> Project Manager
>
>
>
> 7875 Fuller Road, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
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> To: <MOU-NET...>
> Subject: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
>
> 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
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Date: 11/20/25 12:09 pm From: Steve Weston <sweston2g...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
1) This is a small aggregate mining operation. They are looking at
expanding their pit from about 50 acres to about 80 acres (a 32 acre
expansion).
2) There will be a public meeting on Monday, Nov. 24 (next Monday) to
decide if they need a EAW (Environmental Assessment Worksheet). From what I
am hearing this hearing is expected to decide that there are no
environmental issues that would necessitate an EAW.
Steve Weston
On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
<sweston2g...>
On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM Paul Worwa <pworwa...>
wrote:
> I'm assuming they will have to file an environmental impact statement
> before expanding their operations? Hopefully the DNR will make sure the
> wetlands are protected
>
> Paul Worwa, PE
> Project Manager
>
>
>
> 7875 Fuller Road, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
> Office Main: 952-934-3999
> Cell Phone: 612-490-2639
> <pworwa...>
> https://allanmechanical.com/ >
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Minnesota Birds <MOU-NET...> On Behalf Of Steve Weston
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 11:16 PM
> To: <MOU-NET...>
> Subject: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
>
> 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
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Date: 11/20/25 12:00 pm From: Paul Worwa <pworwa...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
I'm assuming they will have to file an environmental impact statement before expanding their operations? Hopefully the DNR will make sure the wetlands are protected
-----Original Message-----
From: Minnesota Birds <MOU-NET...> On Behalf Of Steve Weston
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 11:16 PM
To: <MOU-NET...>
Subject: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
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
<sweston2g...>
Date: 11/20/25 11:52 am From: Sherry Gray <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
Yes, happy to. I actually gave the project to Kiki Sonnen at Saint Paul Bird Alliance, with the idea we could do something with it. I was thinking we needed to add photos of that marsh from over the years. Linda White (Whyte?) has mentioned that it was once a large pond. Would be amazing to see the changes over time and display those for folks who don't think recycling matter, or that growing landfills is at all a problem.
Sherry GraySaint Paul, Minnesota
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On Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 10:47:41 AM EST, Jim & Charlene Nelson <00003b87f2c9230f-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Sherry:
Would be fun to see your photo project, if you would like to share?
Charlene Nelson
Grant County farm
> On Nov 20, 2025, at 8:24 AM, Steve Weston <sweston2g...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sherry,
> No. You are thinking of the 140th Street Marsh. The 180th Street Marsh, aka
> Marshall's Marsh, is in pristine condition. Despite being surrounded by
> farmland, it scores as one of Dakota County's best by the WHEP program.
>
> Steve Weston
> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
> <sweston2g...>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 6:44 AM Sherry Gray <sherrygray...> 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 Gray
>> Saint Paul, Minnesota
>>
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>>
>> On Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 12:16:25 AM EST, Steve Weston <
>> <sweston2g...> 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
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Date: 11/20/25 7:47 am From: Jim & Charlene Nelson <00003b87f2c9230f-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
Sherry:
Would be fun to see your photo project, if you would like to share?
Charlene Nelson
Grant County farm
> On Nov 20, 2025, at 8:24 AM, Steve Weston <sweston2g...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sherry,
> No. You are thinking of the 140th Street Marsh. The 180th Street Marsh, aka
> Marshall's Marsh, is in pristine condition. Despite being surrounded by
> farmland, it scores as one of Dakota County's best by the WHEP program.
>
> Steve Weston
> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
> <sweston2g...>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 6:44 AM Sherry Gray <sherrygray...> 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 Gray
>> Saint Paul, Minnesota
>>
>> __o
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>>
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 12:16:25 AM EST, Steve Weston <
>> <sweston2g...> 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
>> <sweston2g...>
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Date: 11/20/25 6:25 am From: Steve Weston <sweston2g...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
Hi Sherry,
No. You are thinking of the 140th Street Marsh. The 180th Street Marsh, aka
Marshall's Marsh, is in pristine condition. Despite being surrounded by
farmland, it scores as one of Dakota County's best by the WHEP program.
Steve Weston
On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
<sweston2g...>
On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 6:44 AM Sherry Gray <sherrygray...> 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 Gray
> Saint Paul, Minnesota
>
> __o
> ‘\ <;
> ( * ) / ( * )
>
>
>
> On Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 12:16:25 AM EST, Steve Weston <
> <sweston2g...> 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
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Date: 11/20/25 4:53 am From: Sherry Gray <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
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
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On Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 07:48:19 AM EST, Monica Bryand <mjbryand...> wrote:
140th Street Marsh is the one by the Fed Ex building.
On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM Sherry Gray <
<0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> 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 <
> <sweston2g...> 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
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On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM Sherry Gray <
<0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> 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
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> ( * ) / ( * )
>
>
>
> On Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 12:16:25 AM EST, Steve Weston <
> <sweston2g...> 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
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Date: 11/20/25 4:45 am From: Sherry Gray <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
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
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On Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 12:16:25 AM EST, Steve Weston <sweston2g...> 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
<sweston2g...>
Date: 11/19/25 9:16 pm From: Steve Weston <sweston2g...> Subject: [mou-net] Threat to 180th Street
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 <sweston2g...>
Your sighting is interesting. In south Eagan, a couple weeks ago, we saw a
RBNU multiple times at our feeder, each day, over a few days. Over the 19
years we've lived here, I think I've had at the very most 10 scattered
sightings before that. And we've seen none since those few days.
Mike Koutnik
On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM Susan Gilmore <sgphoto...> wrote:
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> We just had a Tufted Titmouse at our heated birdbath! All About Birds says
> they do come in the SE part of Minnesota but we were surprised to see one
> in Golden Valley MN.
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> We have also been enjoying a Red-breasted Nuthatch for the last few weeks
> as well.
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Date: 11/17/25 3:14 pm From: Kathy Robbins <villarosamn...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Ring bill gull behavior among feeding Hooded Mergansers
We also saw the same behavior on a lake in Douglas County, MN.
Kathy Robbins
On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM Sherry Gray <
<0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> I think so. We once watched a flock of RB gulls stealing fish from a
> flock of DC Cormorants sailing down the Mississippi River in late October,
> north of La Crosse. Dramatic battle between the two species.
> Sherry GraySaint Paul, Minnesota
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> On Monday, November 17, 2025 at 12:40:32 PM EST, Keith Carlson <
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> Noticed heavy ring billed gull activity on Lake Owasso south shore in
> Roseville across the street from where I live. Went and confirmed.my
> suspicions that the concentration was there probably to feed but by, I
> suspect, stealing fish from the flock of hooded mergansers as they surfaced
> after diving and catching a fish. Based on past similar experiences I just
> wanted to confirm this is in fact common ring bill gull behavior
>
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We just had a Tufted Titmouse at our heated birdbath! All About Birds says they do come in the SE part of Minnesota but we were surprised to see one in Golden Valley MN.
We have also been enjoying a Red-breasted Nuthatch for the last few weeks as well.
Date: 11/17/25 10:49 am From: Sherry Gray <0000436d53c2070c-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Ring bill gull behavior among feeding Hooded Mergansers
I think so. We once watched a flock of RB gulls stealing fish from a flock of DC Cormorants sailing down the Mississippi River in late October, north of La Crosse. Dramatic battle between the two species.
Sherry GraySaint Paul, Minnesota
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On Monday, November 17, 2025 at 12:40:32 PM EST, Keith Carlson <keithecarls...> wrote:
Noticed heavy ring billed gull activity on Lake Owasso south shore in
Roseville across the street from where I live. Went and confirmed.my
suspicions that the concentration was there probably to feed but by, I
suspect, stealing fish from the flock of hooded mergansers as they surfaced
after diving and catching a fish. Based on past similar experiences I just
wanted to confirm this is in fact common ring bill gull behavior
Date: 11/17/25 9:40 am From: Keith Carlson <keithecarls...> Subject: [mou-net] Ring bill gull behavior among feeding Hooded Mergansers
Noticed heavy ring billed gull activity on Lake Owasso south shore in Roseville across the street from where I live. Went and confirmed.my suspicions that the concentration was there probably to feed but by, I suspect, stealing fish from the flock of hooded mergansers as they surfaced after diving and catching a fish. Based on past similar experiences I just wanted to confirm this is in fact common ring bill gull behavior
Date: 11/14/25 5:49 am From: Kara Snow <000014e3e51d51c5-dmarc-request...> Subject: [mou-net] 📢 Registration Now Open for the 2025 MOU Paper Session!
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Date: 11/10/25 8:48 am From: Paul Budde <buddep...> Subject: [mou-net] MOU website updated for 2025 AOS Checklist
The MOU website was updated this morning to conform to the 2025 AOS Checklist changes. Some changes you'll notice:
- Warbling Vireo becomes Eastern Warbling-Vireo (there is now also a Western Warbling-Vireo). - Herring Gull and Herring Gull (American) become American Herring Gull as this species was split into three. (Vega Gull and European Herring Gull are the other two.) - The most apparent taxonomic order changes are that terns now precede gulls. (I'm sure there are others.)
To see all these changes, especially on the seasonal reporting page ( https://moumn.org/moureports/season.php) you may need to do a hard refresh of your javascript cache.
(How to do a hard refresh to clean out any cached javascript files? In WIndows, use CTRL+F5. On a Mac, try Command + Shift + R for Chrome or Firefox browsers. For Safari, first press Command + Option + E to empty the cache, and then do a standard refresh by pressing Command + R or clicking the refresh button.)
Please let me know if you see anything on the website that doesn't seem to be working right after this update.
Date: 11/1/25 6:34 am From: jeff stephenson <jeffbirds46...> Subject: [mou-net] Ruby Throated Hummingbird
I am continuing to have an RTHU coming to my feeder. This is the latest Olmsted record. So if you are a month lister and want a November tick feel free to come have a look. 1323 28th Street SW Rochester.
