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
> > ‘\ <;
> > ( * ) / ( * )
> >
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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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> > > ‘\ <;
> > > ( * ) / ( * )
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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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