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
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> On Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 12:16:25 AM EST, Steve Weston <
> <sweston2g...> wrote:
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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.
>
> Steve Weston
> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
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