[mou-net] Need past Loon issues ... ?

2012-01-11 Thread William Marengo
Greetings, With all issues of The Loon available on the MOU web site, I no longer have a need to fill up my rapidly diminishing storage space with 26 years of past issues. Before I send these to the recycle bin, if anyone has any suggestions on who might benefit from these past issues, please con

[mou-net] Freeborn County Snowy Owls and a dove in Redwood County

2012-01-11 Thread Al Batt
In the last few days Freeborn County Snowy OwlSection 8 Manchester Township--today, along Highway 29 Snowy OwlSection 31 Hartland Township Snowy OwlJust south of Wedgewood Cove Golf Club in Albert Lea. This was seen over the weekend and I was unable to find again. The f

[mou-net] Dodge Co. Snowy Owls

2012-01-11 Thread Ken or Rebecca Vail
I was going for a trifecta this morning trying to locate all three Snowy Owls previously reported in Dodge Co. Two out of three isn't bad. At 7:15 I found the male nearly on the same utility pole as the original sighting (1/3 mile east of CR 3 on 710th St.). It flew south and landed on a pos

[mou-net] grassland, wetland acquisition

2012-01-11 Thread Jim
Yesterday some of us were sharing our dismay at the rapid pace grassland and wetlands are being converted to cropland, change driven by crop prices and government policies. This is particularly evident in western Minnesota, and eastern North Dakota and South Dakota. This morning, we have good