Thank you! Preservation Over Profit Protest!
Rochester youth rookies protest plans to remove a great blue heron nesting site
POP Protest in the News
Students plan to voice frustrations at the Government Center today
Join us! Preservation Over Profit Protest
Preservation Over Profit Protest!
Tuesday, January 18, 4-5PM
Olmsted Co Government Center
Ayooluwa Odeyinka: Why you should care about saving the rookery
Unless we each take steps to stop the development plans from going through, we will have to say goodbye to a well-known gift from nature.
2021 Wrap-up!
For nearly a year, we have worked together to Save the Rookery! Here’s what we have accomplished by working together in 2021.
Don't Let our Herons Suffer the Same Fate as our Bald Eagles
We are heartbroken by the unnecessary destruction of a beloved eagle’s nest in Rochester by a developer. This nest, located on the old Meadow Lake Golf Course, has been inhabited year-round by a pair of bald eagles for at least a dozen years.
Local eagle nest destroyed by developer
On Friday, a developer destroyed a beloved eagle's nest in Rochester, Minnesota to make way for another development.
Letter: Support the herons, support water protection
Preserving the natural area of the heron rookery in Rochester Township supports regional watershed protection and restoration efforts.
News coverage of Township decision
Rochester Township approves developer’s GDP (general development plan) at heron nesting site despite rookery concerns.
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.
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.
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.
PB Letter: Natural places make Rochester more appealing
Natural places make Rochester more appealing
The heron rookery is a treasure Rochester should keep.
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.
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.
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.