A group dedicated to helping preserve the River Bottoms.Our group and many citizens are working to preserve one of the most treasured, natural surface, multi-user trails in the Twin Cities metro area at the Minnesota River Valley Bottoms in Bloomington, MN. The fiscal cost of keeping a natural trail would be much less, and the environmental impact much less damaging, than a paved trail.Please read the following statement and consider adding your name in support.
A natural trail can and does coexist in the Minnesota River Valley Flood plain. We want to save the area from an outdated, fiscally irresponsible, and non-sustainable paved trail. The Save River provided irrigation for sugar plantation, but now supports the cultivation of citrus, cotton, rice, and wheat. The proposed trail is in a major flood plain for the Minnesota River. Some minor re-routing and surface maintenance work may also be required to minimize rutting, erosion and pothole formation in the trail surface. Villagers in the delta basin use the mangrove forests for timber and as a place for small-scale fishing. We believe that a natural trail would be more appropriate for the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge and more in line with the activities of the users of the entire area. We are a group of dedicated cyclists, trail runners, hikers, nature enthusiasts, and tax paying citizens who believe that it is fiscally irresponsible to build a paved trail in a flood plain. There are many people in the cycling, hiking, jogging, and birding community, as well as many tax payers and nature enthusiasts that are against a paved trail.The proposed trail is in a major flood plain for the Minnesota River. We are working hard to make people aware of the proposed trail.
Improving and maintaining the existing natural surface trail would have almost no environmental impact and there would be only minimal costs associated with such a trail. We want to save the area from an outdated, fiscally irresponsible, and non-sustainable paved trail. Mining threatens cities’ water supplies and Menominee Tribe sacred sites. In 2009, stakeholders for the Tidal Back River Watershed worked together to create a plan for improving the health of the watershed. The area is prone to massive flooding. Contact: Shanyn Viars, American Rivers, (607) 426-8283, sviars@americanrivers.org. The ecology of the lower Save River basin has been affected by cyclones, flooding, erosion, and Historically it was a transport route for gold and trade goods between the coast and the hinterland occupied by the civilisation of The petition will be presented to the various government land managers and elected officials who will soon be deciding the fate of the Minnesota River trails. Sava River, also spelled Save, German Sau, Hungarian Száva, river in the western Balkans.Its basin, 36,960 square miles (95,720 square km) in area, covers much of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, and northern Serbia.It rises in the Triglav group of the Julian Alps as two rivers, the Sava Bohinjka and the Sava Dolinka, which join at Radovljica. We welcome your support!We believe that the Minnesota River Valley Trail from the vicinity of Old Cedar Avenue to Bloomington Ferry Bridge trailhead should be designated, developed, and preserved as a natural surface, multi-use trail open to hikers, runners, cyclists, nature enthusiasts, and the community. Any asphalt, graded gravel, or crushed limestone surface will require frequent and expensive re-building with adverse effects on both the National Wildlife Refuge, and the environment.The current natural trail has co-existed in this flood plain for over twenty fives years without any cost($0.00) to Minnesota citizens / taxpayers. Building a paved trail in a flood plain is not sustainable due to the natural fluctuations of the Minnesota River.We would like to see the current trail preserved in its natural state. We are for some minor improvements such as signage, restrooms, bridges, culverts, and boardwalks to provide environmentally friendly stream crossings and drainage. Many individuals and groups were involved in order to address a variety of areas that relate to the health and well-being of the Tidal Back River Watershed. The only needed improvements to the already existing natural surface trail should be restroom facilities, bridges, culverts and boardwalks to provide environmentally acceptable stream and drainage crossings.
Skip the Bag, Save the River Celebrating 10 years of reducing single-use plastic pollution, improving water quality, and creating educational experiences on the Anacostia River. There are many people in the cycling, hiking, jogging, and birding community, as well as many tax payers and nature enthusiasts that are against a paved trail.
This area is subject to periodic severe flooding. April 14, 2020. The Save River, or Sabi River (Portuguese: Rio Save) is a 400 mi (640 km) river of southeastern Africa, flowing through Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
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