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News coverage of Township decision

Rochester Township approves developer’s GDP (general development plan) at heron nesting site despite rookery concerns.

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PB article: Rochester Township to vote on development plan at heron nesting site

Decision may pave way to road, housing lots at the site of a colony of heron nests.

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Press Rochester Township board for win-win result on heron site

Let the township know that thoughtful development means protecting the resources that should belong to all of us -- especially when private citizens are willing to buy and donate the land.

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Township Meeting on GDP- Wed, Nov 10, 7PM - please attend!

Reasons the Township Board should deny Pavilion Estate’s General Development Plan (GDP) at the meeting on Wednesday, November 10.

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HeronFest - thank you!!

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KIMT covers HeronFest

KIMT news segment on HeronFest

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PB Letter: Natural places make Rochester more appealing

Natural places make Rochester more appealing

The heron rookery is a treasure Rochester should keep.

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Rookery is front page news!

The Rochester Township board unanimously approved a zoning change Thursday for development on land containing a great blue heron nest colony west of Rochester. The board also unanimously delayed decision on accepting a general development plan for the land until Nov. 11.

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KTTC covers Rookery

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Rochester Township meeting Thurs, Oct 14, 7PM - please attend!

We expect the Rochester Township Board to vote on Thursday on whether to accept the developer’s General Development plan.

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Post Bulletin: Heron nest advocates file suit with court of appeals

Rochester Post Bulletin article: A group opposed to development at the site of a great blue heron nest colony is going to court to halt the project.

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Press Release: The fight to save the rookery continues

The newly formed non-profit, Save the Rookery, along with a group of Rochester Township residents and concerned Minnesota citizens, have appealed the Rochester Township board’s decision NOT to order an Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed Pavilion Estates development of a parcel of hardwood forest where a Great Blue Heron rookery has persisted for decades. On Tuesday the Minnesota Court of Appeals accepted the appeal.

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How long have the herons been on the hilltop?

A map may indicate naturalists were aware of the nest colony decades ago. Article from the Rochester Post Bulletin.

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Brett Ostby comments on EAW -Part 1

Part of a series of expert commentary on the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) produced by the developer’s paid consultant

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Dr. Lance Vrieze comments on EAW

Part of a series of experiment commentary on the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) produced by the developer’s paid consultant

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Carrol Henderson comments on EAW

Part of a series of experiment commentary on the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) produced by the developer’s paid consultant

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HERON TROT 5K FUN run & walk

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Minnesota DNR comment on EAW

Part of a series of experiment commentary on the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) produced by the developer’s paid consultant

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Dr. Gerry Niemi comments on EAW

Part of a series of experiment commentary on the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) produced by the developer’s paid consultant

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Dr. Lee Frelich’s comments on EAW

Part of a series of experiment commentary on the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) produced by the developer’s paid consultant