Tour of flood damage planned for Sept. 29

A Red Cross fund raising event that includes a geologic field trip titled "The Force and Effect of Deluge and Flash Flood in Changing Landscapes of the Whitewater and Garvin Brook Watersheds" is planned for tomorrow, Saturday, Sept. 29. The trip will include a bus tour starting in St Charles, a walking tour to view the damage in the closed Whitewater State Park and Crystal Springs Trout Hatchery and a trip through the Whitewater and Garvin Brook valleys including Minnesota City and Stockton.

This guided trip is planned for 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is hosted by the engineering consulting firm, McGhie & Betts Environmental Services, the Minnesota Trout Association and the MNDNR State Parks and Fisheries.
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Participants are asked for a generous, tax-deductible donation to the American Red Cross. All of the proceeds will be given to the Red Cross to support flood relief efforts in Minnesota and Wisconsin. McGhie & Betts and the Minnesota Trout Association will provide transportation and lunch and a geologic guidebook with maps and articles about this earthchanging event. Project Partners will lead a guided tour including DNR naturalists and fisheries biologists, geologists, meteorologists, engineers, hydrologist and ecologists. For this special fund raising effort, the DNR will open the park only to tour participants; do not try to go to the park and gain entry on your own.

For information, contact Jeffrey Broberg at mbi@mcghiebetts.com or (507) 289-3919.