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This last spring I was informed by another local birder that 40th Avenue = West is off limits to the public. This area is being managed by the = Army Corp of Engineers and one of the workers in the area asked this = local birder to leave the area as it is unsafe to the public. This = local birder is in communications with the Army Corps and is trying to = find out when the area will be open to the public when the Army Corp = finishes the restructuring of the dikes. I noticed since May that a few birders entered this area and reported = some birds to this listserv. I am asking ALL birders to stay out of = 40th Avenue West until we have clearance from the Army Corp of Engineers = to allow us back in. We cannot afford to lose this great birding spot = due to trespassing birders!! This news about 40th Avenue being off = limits to the public maybe new to all of you and I hope you pass this = around so others will respect the request of the Army Corps. The good news that I heard about 40th Ave West is that the corp. removed = all the brush and plants in the main pool and it looks favorable for = shorebirds again! All we need to do is wait for the OK to allow us back = in. =20 Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Birding Treks http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C69C85.01A63110 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>This last spring I was = informed by=20 another local birder that 40th Avenue West is off limits to the = public. =20 This area is being managed by the Army Corp of Engineers and one of = the=20 workers in the area asked this local birder to leave the area as it is = unsafe to=20 the public. This local birder is in communications with the Army = Corps and=20 is trying to find out when the area will be open to the public when the = Army=20 Corp finishes the restructuring of the dikes.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>I noticed since May that = a few=20 birders entered this area and reported some birds to this = listserv. I am=20 asking ALL birders to stay out of 40th Avenue West until we have = clearance from=20 the Army Corp of Engineers to allow us back in. We cannot afford = to lose=20 this great birding spot due to trespassing birders!! This news = about 40th=20 Avenue being off limits to the public maybe new to all of you and I hope = you=20 pass this around so others will respect the request of the Army=20 Corps.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>The good news that I heard = about 40th Ave=20 West is that the corp. removed all the brush and plants in the main pool = and it=20 looks favorable for shorebirds again! All we need to do is wait = for the OK=20 to allow us back in. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Michael = Hendrickson<BR>Duluth,=20 Minnesota<BR>Minnesota Birding Treks<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/">http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C69C85.01A63110--