State of the River Report Presentation

For any of you concerned about the health of the river this may interest you….

Dear Mississippi Makeover Citizen Advisory Group Members:

You won’t want to miss this event Monday evening in Hastings! The State of the River Report Presentation will shed light on the current conditions in the Mississippi River and look at how we got here. The presentation will cover a variety of parameters and will concentrate on some important indicators identified through the Mississippi Makeover Project.

The event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is requested. Please email or call me to register. The event agenda is attached and noted below.

Mississippi Makeover: State of the River Report Presentation
Monday December 17th
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Hastings High School Lecture Hall
(upper level, south of commons bridge; best to enter through south entrance)

6:30 Enjoy light refreshments and visit informational displays from 8 local organizations (outside lecture hall)
6:45 Welcome and introductions
7:00 State of the River Presentation
7:45 Questions and answers
8:00 Mississippi Makeover update
8:15 Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance update
8:30 Closing remarks
The State of the River Report is presented by Friends of the Mississippi River and the National Park Service and zooms in on the status and trends of 13 key indicators of river health, highlighting the swimming, fishing, aquatic life and emerging contamination issues facing the river—as well as priority solutions in each area. If you’d like a preview: the report and companion documents are available at: http://www.stateoftheriver.com.
Laura Jester
Watershed Conservationist
Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District
4100 220th St. West, Suite 102; Farmington MN 55024
http://www.dakotaswcd.org
[email protected]
(651) 480-7784

Hmmm. You going Turk?

I think I’ll see if my cuz will by us dinner.

Who is your cousin?

My dam cousin.

Well, she lives in Hastings and works at the Lock and Dams.

Since she doesn’t cook, I thought she could buy us dinner.

I think if you expect me to “buy” you anything, you should a least say “PLEASE”!

This presentation was recently given in Rochester. It was actually very positive. Out of the 14 main river environmental health factors 10 of them have gotten better such as water clarity and quality. They also presented about the other 4 that are and will be looming concerns such as AIS, Stream bank erosion etc. Very great presentation. Highly recommmend going.

Looking like I’ll be down there unless the FW changes my plans over the weekend.

I would say PLEASE cuz, but I’m afraid the next post would say, “NO THANK YOU”.

I know your sneaky tricks.