Mall of America Stream will being May 14th, with DNR crews doing the work. If you are open to volunteering during a weekday, please contact Mark Nemeth of the DNR (mark.nemeth@state.mn.us) or Tony Nelson (tony@twincitiestu.org). On Satruday June 2, TCTU will be laying down mats and re-seeding with the DNR from 10am-2pm. Please contact volunteer …
Category Archive: Tony’s Update
Apr
17
Mar
19
H.I. Projects coming up for 2012 – Update from Tony
MOA Creek: We have done several walk throughs with the National Wildlife & DNR. This is a DNR Project on federal land. About 200 feet of stream will be re-meandered, an old dam will be lowered & we will put 15 V-shaped log cross vanes in places using DNR heavy equipment and the help of …
Mar
01
Please call or write… by Tony
John L., our fearless leader testified at a hearing against HF2169/SF1922. This bill will repeal ALL rules governing the Pollution Control Agency, the DNR, the Board of Water & Soil Resources, the Environmental Quality Board & the Dept. of Agriculture(MN). This is supposed to force the departments to rid themselves of old or duplicative regulations. …
Jan
21
Update by Tony – Hay Creek and MOA Creek
Hay Creek: Please find a foto survey of the 2012 Hay Creek project. About 10000 feet in total. We do not plan to do a complete re-build as we did upstream in 2011 but more “spot” work. Some initial design work is done with more to come. The first 5000 feet has to be done …
Nov
18
Tony’s Update
Round 3 projects for next year on Hay Creek: Additional 5000 approx. feet on Hay Creek, immediately down stream of what we just finished. We should be doing initial walk-thru with DNR & landowner soon. Vermillion: 2000 feet just east of Hwy 52. Met with DNR today to get information to do stream design specs …
Nov
07
Tony’s Update – Hay Creek
This summer’s project on Hay Creek is done! Everything went well. We did nearly all bank re-construction. The stream remained clear for many days of the 3 week project & you could see many fish feeding while bank work was proceeding next to them. I walked the entire length of the stream last Sunday & …
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