April 27 2006 Eagan quad scout

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ATTENTION GOTO
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5 large mayfly
Culvert
Active logging
ARAP area 11 14B09
80 JTU
PH Lamotte 7
PH Swim 7
Phos-Our reading for this was so high that it literally
went off the chart. On a 1-4 it was an 7-8?
Nitrate-3
D.O.- 1

pic 7 drain

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This is the former Indiana bat habitat. The loggers cut it down and used it as a culvert. Actually using a hollow tree like this as a culvert is really old school--you don't see culverting like this much anymore. But the reason it is such an excellent culvert is that it is hollow, the same reason it was excellent bat habitat. See the holes up at the top of the tree. We found at least 5 or 6 culverts like this--all recently placed. The bats are about to return with their lowest body fat ratio. They are loyal to areas they have habitated in the past.

pic 19 interesting color

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This is on the road. Can anyone identify why this water is this color? No sheen on top--its not motor oil. Its like tiny fines of coal suspended in the water.

pic 20 map

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He is pointing to where we are on the 10 mile long mine. Its the same place as your seeing in the picture below. Also read the map-tap the screen if you want it larger. They are also planning on doing extensive deep mining.

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This is actually show on the map as a stream. It has been used to drag logs down.

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Pic 34 The road

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This is in the middle of the road. Pure sediment flow. If you touch the pic so it can get larger you can see the very tip top off my lose sandal strap.

pic 35 boot sucking fun

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Scout Lewis just had here boot sucked off her foot by the deep premine logging.

pic 36 UMD member getting ride

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This is going to the logging operation currently clearcutting the project boundry for the "proposed" mine. A UMD member just hitched a ride up the hill.

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pic 54 wetlands

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pic 57 blown sandals

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Blasting through the deep mud blew out both of the top straps of my sandals. I stripped bark off some logged trees halfway through. Is it a new fashion? Or an act of pure desperation. It actually worked much better than the blown straps which slid everywhere when soaked with mud downhill.