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:
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> 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.
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> Steve Weston
> On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
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> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 6:44 AM Sherry Gray <sherrygray...> wrote:
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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.
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>> Sherry Gray
>> Saint 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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