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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...>
>
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> 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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