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• S s 1- S D ^ i > < •iso's » O O ■* O i-i CL5 cr i.Jiry £i -r*^.; mmP^- w * %^1If •f- #•• . »;i Si^-.ri ;PO_qFFJ|>.MTH^TH.S AD)J t Nordell JUDGE enence unty Seat 43 < l*«Kf..n . U-n InUTl.ultn, Ul».! . MpK »w. ^icp® winwn \-l 1' Oemonslration Seminars. We ll be ■ well as giving an actual hands on ‘ ng and Informative 3 hour class. Perfect “ i-Yourselfers who want to brush up. > H oominglon A Roseville) ^Seville) lominglofl, SI. Louis Part) mouth) Metro Stores) lomington) Louis Part. Broottyn Part A Rosevitte) Motro Stores) n to 9pm ) 5:30pm T to 5pm are Bloomington 1; > C^li ' Lyndale Avenue S. '] lions! 881-2595 i Park St. Louis Park 91 6415 Hwy 12/1-394 .i! 54 591-1535 | a sill- wlu'ic nail users c;ui park their bicycles then enter Wood Will, riiere they will walk beneath the canopy of tall trees and ihroiinh a protected remnant of I he Wi); Woods. Native forest I lie WiiL Woods blanketed more than 2 million acres ol east- eenlral Minnesota, includiii); much ol what is now the metro .area. I In hardwood forest was domiiiaied by threat, oli' trees, he ue.illi which werecoiimless wild- llowers. .Most of ili.u r„r,.si was logjjed loll}; apo and has been convened lo aj;riciiltuie ami oili er uses. Today, less than I percent of the orif^mal Hi); Woods remains — most of it in small, seaiiered parcels that have lieeii degrailed. often by j;razinj; livestock and in vasions by nonnalive plants. One ol the few lai);e. pnblic tracts ol the old forest is Nersiraird Ibj; Woods State I’ark. near Nonh- lield. riiere is stronj* inteiesi in le- sloring pirars of the Hif> Woods. Mm that takes time: tireat oaks )^iovv slowly from little .acorns, and the DNW .-md conservtition fjroups are eager to jrrotect the lew private parcels of the Mig W('ods that remain in good eon dilion. I he Orono tract was idemifietl as such a parcel last year by the lilNM .s (.oiiniy Miologie.'d .Survey, wlii' ii is an-inveniorv of n.iinral resources ihrongliom Minnesota. That prompted Djnpsiroin, who supervises the DNH's .Scientific .'ind Natural Areas Program, to tell Dayton and Snicker that the stale V ‘ ileresled in cooperat ing wif liiem to preserve their land. Dayton. 7H. is a retired chief i‘xectilivc officer of Dayton Hud son Cnrp. .111(1 a major art collec tor and pnilanihro|iisl. Strieker. (>1. is founder of the Marsh, a health and fitness center in Wav- zaia. Dayton's philamliropv has lieen largely in the arts. Poi ex ample, he paid $.S inillidii in l!)l);) lor a Claude Monel painting for the .Minneapolis Iiistilnte of Arts. ■In inspired name: Mruce Dayton, who donated 1 aO acres in Orono to the state. W.1S inspired to name the tract Wood Will by a pas sage in "Song at the l eaM of Mroiigham Castle." an 1807 poem by William Words- wciiih: Love had he found in huts u ltere fmor men lie; Ilis daily Icachers had hern woods and rills, Ihe silence that is in the Starr}' sky, Ihe steeff that is amon^ the lonely hills. Ari /' ! .-I I V V: UiY'/P'-- 1 W /I BkP .WT ■v!tMri: . '.T.ist V ► To he,ir excerpts from Ihe poem, call li7;t-9045. ► To read the full poem, see Star rrilnine Online at mv'w.startrihune.com t. Jmi IS:'/) % iji \ U : ■ where he is a life irnsiee. A younger brother. Wallace Dayton, is a major iomrihntor lo conservation causes. Among his donations vv.is a SI inillion con- irihmioii in 1990 lo the Nature Conservancy to buy tracts of cx- cepiiona! ecological value. That's Ihe largest gift ever from a Min nesotan to the consen'aiity. a pri vate group. Mruce Dayton had not been involved in stich land-preserva tion efforts before he was ton- taeled by 1 )jnpstrom. However. Dayton said, “I'or a long time, inv wife and 1 had l)fen thinking. 'Wh.il is the best aiul highest use for this jiroper- lyV We didn i want it developed. When the DNM suggested that they wanted it, we g;ive it a lot of thought and decided that would he the best (inleome. It's just the natural omcoine of what we've enjoyed foi almost.')() years." In a snhseipieni meeting with Djiipstrom. Dayton asked. "What would von sav if we g.ive it to your Djnpsirom's answer was suc cinct; "That would he fantastic." “I % Yh > 1 ^ \ . I / V s the natur.ll outcome of what we've enjoyed for almost 50 years,” he said. acre parcel, which also is a prime reinnani of the Mig Woods. 'I he account, pan of the Mein Once that moiicv is available*. Djnpsiidm said. Ihe DNH plans lo use it to buy or obtain protective * vest in Minnesota program, is ease.iien.s ^l u^ tl y la^ used o buy aiul restore haliiiat the Orono tract. ' ' ! lor wildlile. lish and native plants. Donations of cash, land or ease Dayton and Strieker, who live > on part of the tract, liavc allowed ‘ Misi f ll 11 su « rt.* a.**.I, « I. I. .1 • I mi.Mfc iva.a I ...........r 7 . ‘\n\Q\, nave aiiowCvU * u tils on land are matched dollar neighhors to vvak through their ■ lui dollai by stale nioiu'v a|)pio- woods ^ ' |)iial('d to the niTount. Mecau >e oflers to donate mon “I've kept it open.” Dayton said. 'Tve eneounged other peo- mit.'-hin'’"*'’*’"- •money m llie amnint. through it every diiy." the DNM recenilv pm a hold on using several million dollars' worth ol donations. Dayton lirst ac(|iiirecl part of , lh(‘ tract in 1917, then gradually * expanded it by baying adjaceng j Other benefits / > CaiTCIlY" - *^***'^---------- ~ ”• * *1 ^ - V. ' - 1 • • . Meeaiise ol the donation, llu* I).NM I'an di.iw I .!!.'■» niillion from the s'aie Criiual Hahilal Match Aeeoom to hoy the adjaeem l“). $1.2.') niillion made available by the Daylon-.Sifickei gift. Howev er, tiniil the l.cfiislaiiire .ippVopri ales more money, the DNM can not use die .iddilional $2.(i.'i mil lion ni.ide.iv.iil.ililebviliai doii.i- lion. I have no ide.i what it wou.d go for now." he said. “Mm I got here early enongli lo buy some of this land for $200 i; -acre." j I DlUmiS! ■»J - / ♦. I talk time NO LONO-TERM CONTRACT REQyiRED! FREE CALLER I.O.! HP TO 00 HOORS OF STANORY TIME! PHONE. PAGER AND