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You can opt for a 6-mile or 14-mile adventure. There will be rest stops with music and porta potties along with way, ending with a post race party on Harriet Island.
Rental canoes & kayaks will be available.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – There’s evidence flying carp are in Minnesota after a commercial fisherman says he caught one in the Mississippi River.
If tests confirm the fish is actually the flying silver carp, it would be the first documented case in the river this far north. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) now has that fish.
Tim Adams said he caught the fish Friday in Winona.
“I walked through and said, ‘Whoa! We got another Big Head,’ and I said, ‘No! It’s a silver,’” Adams recalled. “We were quite surprised.”
Adams is a well-known commercial fisherman who fishes the Illinois River, which Asian carp have overtaken. o if anyone knows what these things look like and what they can do to an ecosystem, he’s the one.
He says the silver carp, or flying carp as it’s commonly called, got caught in his net. It certainly wasn’t the catch he expected. The state hired him to find these fish, and he finally did on Friday after past attempts proved unsuccessful.
This discovery is significant. The state has already found the flying-carp DNA in the river, but this is the first time someone’s actually caught one of these flying fish.
They’re destructive forces that have overtaken rivers and stripped the pleasure out of boating. The carp catch comes the same day the Gov. Mark Dayton wrote an editorial about Asian carp.
“It is critical that we act as quickly as possible, in whatever ways feasible, to stop the spread of Asian carp,” Dayton wrote. “If established here, they would forever change the ecology and human uses of many of our water resources.”
The governor says that barriers to stop the carp’s migration are key. Crews will build the Coon Rapids Dam higher this summer, so carp can’t leap over it.
“They’re coming,” said Adams, who believes more flying-fish are in the water. “It will only take one good spawn. If there’s enough to spawn, I’ll be all over.”
Adams also caught a Big Head Carp in the Mississippi on Thursday. It doesn’t fly like the silver carp, but it does devour all the food in the water.
He’s has seen how quickly these Asian carp spread in other rivers. He fears what could happen in Minnesota if more isn’t done to protect our precious waters.
Just in - Barr Engineering has issued a report to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Planning Committee recommending that the East Bank Falls Restoration project move forward. From the report:
Funding for the East Bank Falls final design and construction should be pursued. Several of the organizations involved in the TAC have suggested that funds might be available for the project. Another meeting of the East bank Coordination Team should be convened to further investigate funding options.
Disclosure: Mill City Times has previously announced it's support of this project.
While we strongly support renewable energy production through alternative sources such as wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric power, we do not support the destruction of our state’s limited and nonrenewable cultural resources for the creation of renewable energy. Although this project has been many years in development, we have yet to see the full plans for the Crown Hydro project or comprehensive evaluation of the impact it will have on the Mill Ruins area.
Please attend the Minneapolis Park Board meeting May 18 at 5:00 PM to show your support for stopping this ill-conceived project.
Contact your elected officials and ask them to drop their support...
Please attend the Minneapolis Park Board meeting May 18 at 5:00 PM to show your support for stopping this ill-conceived project.
Contact your elected officials and ask them to drop their support...
Please attend the Minneapolis Park Board meeting May 18 at 5:00 PM to show your support for stopping this ill-conceived project.
Contact your elected officials and ask them to drop their support...
The mission of Minnesota Waters is to promote responsible stewardship of our water resources by engaging citizens, local and state policymakers, and other partners in the protection and restoration of Minnesota’s lakes and rivers.
River Life coordinator Pat Nunnally discusses the relationship between the Mississippi and the U of M.
From The Red Wing Eagle:
The south metro Mississippi River is receiving nearly 1 million tons of sediment from other rivers annually, but a new cleanup plan has targeted the pollution sources and is calling for significant reductions.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency released the first draft of a TMDL — total maximum daily load — Wednesday that recommends the Minnesota River - the primary source of pollution to the south metro Mississippi reduce its sediment flow by up to 60 percent.
From Minneapolis City Council Member Lisa Goodman -
“It is simply outrageous that the Legislature would even attempt to override the decisions of local government, in this case the Park Board, and compel both the sale of public land and the planning approvals required for a private developer for their private development”
David Tinjum
Please attend the Minneapolis Park Board meeting May 18 at 5:00 PM to show your support for stopping this ill-conceived project.
Contact your elected officials and ask them to drop their support...
From The Journal:
Crown Hydro will have to wait until May 18 to find out if the Park Board will allow the company to install hydroelectric turbines above St. Anthony Falls.
The Board voted 6-3 to postpone a decision on a letter of intent that would have set the framework for a contract with Crown Hydro.
At-large Commissioner Annie Young and others said that because they didn’t receive the letter until the afternoon of the May 4 board meeting, they wanted more time to review the document’s details.
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