A group dedicated to helping preserve the River Bottoms.
More rain means the Minnesota River will rise again. We are at something like 10 weeks of flooded MN River Bottoms with no end in site. Question: What will it take to convince those who control the purse strings in Read More
The link below is to a short Star Tribune article on Fort Snelling being closed until July due to flooding and flood related damage. It has already been closed for months. What will it take for the MNDNR and the Read More
One of the #savetheriverbottoms folks got this update via email from the folks at MNPass. We really can’t make this stuff up. The @mndot is spending many millions of dollars to raise the I35W bridge over the MN River OUT Read More
On Monday, April 1st at the Bloomington City Council meeting, the City Council….you know….those who have said “this trail is a state issues” over and over and over again…..are voting to approve replacing .67 acres of wetland in the River Read More
The first photo was taken Friday afternoon around 4:00 pm from the end of the Old Cedar Avenue Bridge on the south side. “Friday afternoon” as in 72 hours from the time of this post. The second photo was taken Read More
This is from the MN Explorer insert in the Star Tribune today. The author is Natalia Mendez who happens to be part of the local bicycle community. It’s bike focused, but she give the perspective of someone who knows and Read More
Yes…we are still alive. We’ve just been laying low and enjoying the holidays with friends and family. We hope you were able to do the same. If you hadn’t heard, we have a new Governor and DNR Commissioner and we Read More
Growing up we all heard countless times “you can only have nice things if learn to take care of the things you have now”….or something to that effect. The MNDNR doesn’t seem to respect those common sense rules. They use Read More
We’re waiting for more details from our DNR contacts, but it looks like the DNR’s response to $1,500,000 of your hard earned tax dollars to spend and $4,100,000 low bid is to contract to build a trail to nowhere starting Read More
Bloomington Residents….this post is directed at you. All along the Mayor of Bloomington and the City Council have stated over and over and over again that the proposed plan to pave the River Bottoms was “a state issue” and essentially Read More