Haul buckthorn at the Vermillion Aquatic Management Area [FULL]
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Join us in the oak woodlands bordering the Vermillion River, a cold prairie stream in the heart of Dakota County and a major tributary of the Mississippi River.
After a 15-minute hike, volunteers will haul out pre-cut buckthorn, a woody invasive chopped and lopped a few days before by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Civilian Conservation Corps crews.
Volunteers will be working in an Aquatic Management Area. AMAs are a special form of land protection meant to preserve shoreline property. With creek, lake and river shores being developed throughout the state, the AMA program helps Minnesota preserve public access as well as critical fish and wildlife habitat. The Vermillion River and this AMA is prized for its trophy brown trout something unimaginable in 1960, when the water quality was so poor the stream was considered unfit for any game fish.
All supplies and training will be provided and volunteers will work closely with FMR Ecologist Alex Roth. This event is part of the Vermillion Stewards program, helping residents learn about the watershed while working to protect and enhance its unique natural resources. All participants will be invited to the Vermillion River Trout Survey later in the season, where they can help survey the wildlife and wade into the river they're helping to protect.
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If you are under 18 and planning to attend with out your parent or gaurdian, please take a moment to have them complete this minor permission form.
Please note: Any addresses or park maps provided via the links below are for general use only. Event registrants will be emailed a map to the correct event meeting spot.
The Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Organization, The Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, Winter Wheat, Pentair, United Way of Hastings