[mou-net] Louisville Swamp-NWR birding and sand mining

Louisville Swamp in Scott County is a popular site for Metro birding. How will our experience there be affected by proposed silica-sand mines totaling 1200 acres on its border? Silica mines can bring blasting, constant truck traffic and silica dust in the air. There will be an EIS scoping

Re: [mou-net] Saw Whet Owl Thread

    I did not want to get into this discussion, because I think that threads like this are not productive, but now I believe that I have too. I think that the real problem here is too many people over reacting. I was photographing the owl for 4 hours on Monday evening including the time of the

Re: [mou-net] Saw Whet Owl Thread

I tend to always want to err on behalf of birds rather than people, but in this situation, based on what I'm reading here, the owl is roosting regularly in the same tree despite all the activity around it and all the attention it's getting. The little guy has obviously figured out that one of the

Re: [mou-net] Saw Whet Owl Thread

  It has been pointed out that there was an error in my last e-mail. While it is true that I did not want to embrace this gentleman what I was trying to say was that I did not want to embarrass him. Unfortunately my spell check had other ideas.   Thanks, Jeff

[mou-net] Louisville Swamp sand mining: Comments due March 21

The draft Scoping Decision Document on the Merriam Junction sand mine adjacent to Louisville Swamp is available at: http://www.co.scott.mn.us/ParksLibraryEnv/Environment/EnvReview/MerrJuncEIS/Pages/Home.aspx Written comments should be mailed by March 21 to: Kate Sedlacek Environmental Health

[mou-net] Dodge Co. : Snowy Owls (two)

Just when I thought the Dodge Co. Snowy Owl season was ending another is sighted. A dark owl was seen this morning at 7:45 on 700th St. sitting on the barricade on the lane leading back to what I have been referring to as the old school site (I asked a local who told me that the site was