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# <br />Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis <br />PO Box 3801 <br />Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403 <br />% <br />1 <br />'•* V Page 2 <br />As natural wilderness ecosystems like the Big Woods become increasingly <br />rare, golf courses, on the other hand, are much more common. There are an <br />estimated 15,000 golf courses nationwide, carpeting 1.68 million acres in <br />turf-grass. In Minnesota, there currently are more than 380 golf courses, <br />with more being built every year. Within a 20-mile radius alone there <br />already exist a large number of golf courses. <br />We appeal to the golf course developers to avoid this forest entirely. <br />We also urge the citizens and city councils of Orono and Medina, as well as <br />prospective golf course members, to value this woods. Springhlll Golf <br />Course will undo what a it took nature hundreds, if not thousands of years <br />to create. The neighboring communities of Eden Prairie, Plymouth and <br />Maple Grove, have Implemented public buyouts of ecologically significant <br />tracts such as this. Perhaps it’s not too late for Orono and Medina to <br />consider this option. <br />Any reference to the New York Audubon Society and the Audubon <br />Cooperative Sanctuary System in the EAW should not be confused with the <br />non-profit National Audubon Society. To clear up any misconceptions, the <br />National Audubon Society does not design or endorse golf courses. <br />-The Board of Directors, Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis <br />. •*. <br />• . ■’ <br />- i- <br />f • <br />• »i ■ <br />i.- <br />» s . \ • . > • ^ r t*. • ‘ <br />. ».■ k •«; f. <br />• ; <br />> <br />I <br />. i <br />. <br />- . ■ .«*• <br />Representing the National Audubon Society in Greater Minneapolis <br />Printed with soy ink on paper 50% recycled, 20% postconsumer waste. <br />.*
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