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<br />Mary Jo Warner <br /> <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To: <br />Subject: <br /> <br />Mark Riverblood <br />Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:52 AM <br />Brian Olson; Mary Jo Warner <br />FW: May 2009 Greening E-Postcard! <br /> <br />One of the attachments for the Council case (that's comin' right up!) <br /> <br />From: greening [mailto:.greening@greatrivergreening.org] <br />Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 2:22 PM <br />Subject: May 2009 Greening E-Postcard! <br /> <br /> <br />C iR [A T R. I \f [R C It [ <br /> <br />Volunteers Try a New Technique <br />at <br />Mississippi West Regional Park <br /> <br />Anoka County's new park will be an example of environmentally conscious park management. <br /> <br />May 7, 2009 <br /> <br />To Partners and Friends of Great River Greening: <br /> <br />For the first time, Great River Greening will engage volunteers in streambank restoration along the <br />Mississippi River in Ramsey Minnesota. <br /> <br />On Saturday morning, June 13, nearly 100 volunteers will help to install tree revetments along eroding <br />shoreline at Mississippi West Regional Park, a relatively new protected area which Anoka County is seeking <br />to make a shining example of sustainable park management. Volunteers will first cut branches from harvested <br />red cedar trees overgrowing on the site, and then stack the trees at the top of the bank. Later, Great River <br />Greening field technicians crew will install the revetment, on approximately 200 feet of shoreline, using these <br />prepared cedars. <br /> <br />Accelerated streambank erosion occurs when natural events or human activities cause a higher than expected <br />amount of erosion, and is typically a result of reduced or eliminated riparian (streamside) vegetation. The tree <br />revetments (anchored trees laid in the stream along the eroding bank) serve to slow the current along the <br />bank, decreasing erosion and allowing sediment to be deposited within the tree branches. <br /> <br />1 <br />