We need your help!
Please contact these agencies
There are three main entities involved in this project. Please call or e-mail each of them, and you can simply say:
- I support the Roseau County farmers.
- Abandon the Roseau Lake Rehabilitation Project, which is misguided and threatens the farms and livelihoods of over 50 farmers.
- Stop using my taxpayer dollars to fund this land grab, and instead figure out a different path forward that respects the property rights of these farmers and landowners.
1. Roseau River Watershed District: (218) 463-0313, tracyh@roseauriverwd.com
2. Red River Watershed Management Board: (218) 784-9500, rob.sip@rrwmb.org
3. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: info.dnr@state.mn.us
You can email them all at once by copying and pasting these email addresses:
tracyh@roseauriverwd.com, rob.sip@rrwmb.org, info.dnr@state.mn.us
The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council—a state agency charged with restoring, protecting, and enhancing Minnesota’s wetlands and wildlife, goals that will not be achieved by this project—has committed $2.67 million towards this land grab. Please e-mail them and say:
- You have dedicated at least $2.67 million to the Roseau Lake Rehabilitation Project.
- It is a mis-guided public works project with virtually no public benefit, that threatens the livelihoods and farms of over 50 farmers and landowners and approximately 6,000 acres of farmland.
- A licensed hydrologist said the flood plan will only result in a 5% reduction in flooding, and not where Roseau is hit hardest.
- The project will not create a habitat for wildlife. It will create a stagnant bog, typically only 6” high and sometimes up to 18”.
- Please defund this project.
E-mail: lsohc@lsohc.leg.mn