Local coverage of the Sand Coulee SNA

As we first reported in July 2007, a new Scientific and Natural Area was recently formed in the Sand Coulee prairie, located south of Hastings in Dakota County. FMR has played a pivotal role in securing this important new SNA.

The Minnesota DNRs SNA website contains a web page devoted to this new unit.

The Hastings Star Gazette published an article on this new SNA as well: Dakota County gains second Scientific and Natural Area, remnant of prairie

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