Yes I know I didn’t post one of these yesterday–no one was reading anyway because who wants to hear a bunch of yelling when they’re hungover? As such here’s the first Roundup for the new decade:
1. Valley Natural Foods provides a list of easy to prepare “toast topper” appetizer recipes that look absolutely delicious.
2. According to Thisweek, Eagan bought 4 acres of the 120 acre Carriage Hills property that has been in foreclosure for some time to build a fire safety campus. This is the same piece of property that Eagan residents felt would be better served as empty housing units than open space (#1).
3. Hampton News blog alerts us to a Dakota County session on January 4th about ideas for upgrades around the Lebanon Hills visitors center.
Personally I’d like to killing deer ticks be a priority instead of “upgrades” (read: ruining the wild natural state of the park) but whatever, I spend most of my time far away from that part of the park while most probably don’t.
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Our own UpWithTheMooses appears on Jeff Achen’s final episode of Thisweek’s The Show (he’s moving on to bigger and better things) and gives a shout out to Lazy Lightning to which Achen promptly asks if he felt it helped or hurt him–thanks for that Jeff. Achen mainly chats with UWTM about social media topics but he does delve a bit into how that all relates to his life as a member of the District 196 school board. An excellent interview and a show I hope that Thisweek continues producing.
5. The Star Tribune mentions that Rosemount has completely worthless “Coffee with a Cop” sessions every Thursday morning between 8:30 and 9:30 AM.
Umm you realize that during the week, at those hours of the day, the only input you’re going to get is from the few senior citizens and stay at home moms we have in the area right? How about moving it to a more acceptable time, say, 5:30 AM or 7:30 PM?
6. An awesome photo of the heavy snow that blanketed the area–this time in Rosemount–on Christmas Eve.
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So that’s it for this week’s roundup. An interesting mix of stories but the one I’m most interested in is the link about Dakota County’s interest in what people believe should be done at Lebanon Hills. Do you think that more development should be made or do you think that it should be left to be more natural, regardless of the portion of the park? But whatever you think about any of these topics go ahead and comment on!
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January 2nd, 2010 at 1:35 pm
UpWithTheMooses “Art” sure did a great job on Jeff’s show. He looked and sounded fantastic. Awesome job Sir.
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:05 pm
I’m okay with developing that part of Lebanon Hills further, since it isn’t wild now and isn’t meant to be, as long as they keep it in that area. Given all the people that I’ve seen using the beach, skating on the lake in the winter, mountain biking in the western portion of the park, etc., I think there’s a lot of people who use Lebanon Hills who aren’t necessarily looking for a true wilderness experience, and that’s perfectly fine.
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Tim,
I guess I need to see the plans to understand better what they’re trying to do. I just don’t really see the need for it. I really despise the way Three Rivers has destroyed parks and limited your freedom to travel the park the way you should while directing you to stay in only the overly developed parts. Being that most of the other park systems copy Three Rivers’ actions, I hope this doesn’t happen in Dakota County.
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Heh. I consider Three Rivers’ trails and signs to be suggestions, rather than rules, I guess. :)
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:56 pm
Their rangers don’t agree with your assessment and their fines are steep.
January 2nd, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Admittedly, my experience has only been in Murphy-Hanrehan, so I can’t speak for the other parks, but my father and I have never had an issue with the rangers there in all the years we’ve been using it, and we’ve been pretty open about not always staying on the trails when we’ve talked to them. I can tell that we’re not the only ones, too, from the evidence I’ve seen of other people going cross-country. Plus, they do the hunts in the fall, and I know the bow hunters are not only walking on the trails when they do that. As long as people stay off the mountain biking or groomed XC-skiing trails, they don’t seem to care. Maybe it’s a matter of what park one is in and what rangers one encounters? I don’t know.
January 2nd, 2010 at 9:21 pm
My experience has to do with the numerous meetings and discussions I’ve had with their administrative staff. I’m glad it’s not enforced as strictly as they want.
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:26 am
Thanks, my friend. Great getting to know you a bit last year and hope to become even better acquainted in ’10.