[CPEO-MEF] Camp Ripley (MN)/Little Nokasippi River State Wildlife Management Area

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
The Nature Conservancy
April 24, 2006


Partners to Dedicate Little Nokasippi Wildlife Management Area
State's newest Management Area to be open to the public for hiking, 
hunting and other recreational activities


Little Falls, MN - April 24, 2006 - The Minnesota Department of Natural 
Resources joined with Camp Ripley and The Nature Conservancy to 
celebrate the creation of the Little Nokasippi River State Wildlife 
Management Area. The 145-acre property boasts extensive grassland 
habitat and features more than a mile of frontage on the Little 
Nokassippi River. The Property will be open to the public for a wide 
variety of non-motorized recreational activities, including hunting, 
hiking and bird watching.

"The creation of the Little Nokasippi WMA is unique step," said Gary 
Drotts, Area Wildlife Supervisor for the Department of Natural Resource. 
"It's the first state WMA created through a public/private partnership 
designed to protect land around the National Guard installation to 
ensure training opportunities for the base and enhancing important 
wildlife habitat."

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For the entire release, see
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/minnesota/press/press2396.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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