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 <
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> 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 <
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Steve Weston
> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
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