Sunday, July 19, 2009

Rivertown Days in Hastings!

July 15, 1.5 miles, Mile 814.5: Hastings, MN, just in time for Rivertown Days:
http://www.hastingsmn.org/

Hastings and its surrounding townships have longstanding issues from agricultural fertilizer and herbicides in the groundwater. Dakota County and other agencies are working with area farmers to reduce the agricultural chemicals leaching into the groundwater:
http://www.co.dakota.mn.us/EnvironmentRoads/Reports/Water/HANS.htm

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Catching Up

May 5, 1 mile, below Mile 821, "Mississippi Makeover" at Spring Lake:
http://www.dakotaswcd.org/wshd_missmak.html

May 12, 1 mile, below Mile 820, Lee Grist Mill:
http://fieldguide.fmr.org/site_detail.php?site_id=374

May 19, 1 mile, Mile 817, Nininger Townsite:
http://fieldguide.fmr.org/site_detail.php?site_id=378

July 13, 1.14 miles, Mile 816: Streckfus Daymark:
http://fieldguide.fmr.org/site_detail.php?site_id=379