[CPEO-MEF] Former Gopher Ordnance Works (MN)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Proposed park has toxic soil
The land the university proposes to give the state in return for a 
stadium subsidy was polluted by a World War II gunpowder plant.


Tony Kennedy
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune
April 22, 2006

To win taxpayer support for a new Gophers football stadium, the 
University of Minnesota has described its UMore Park in Dakota County as 
a priceless nature preserve, a jewel that it would share with the state 
in exchange for a $235 million stadium subsidy.

The 2,840-acre green space offered for trade to the Department of 
Natural Resources (DNR) is home to two endangered species, the 
Blanding's turtle and loggerhead shrike, and its recreational uses could 
include gardens and horseback riding, legislators have been told.

What hasn't been discussed is the land's toxic legacy from World War II, 
a gunpowder plant that created a chemical blight that could be costly to 
clean up and restrict the site's future use.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.startribune.com/462/story/387362.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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