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<br />Maintaining Quality of Life for Hastings Residents:
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<br />ao Improved Recreation Opportunities for Hastings Residents: The property would, under
<br />\Vildlife Management Area status, be open to the public for many recreational activities, including fishing, bird
<br />watching, hiking, skiing, and photography. East Hastings residents would enjoy easy walking access to this sub-
<br />stantial open space. Snowmobiling, horseback riding, camping and ATV use would be prohibited because they may
<br />damage the ecosystem, including its plants and wildlife.
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<br />10 A New Public Gateway to the St. Croix-Mississippi Confluence
<br />and Vermillion River Bottoms: This property can serve as a public gateway to the
<br />larger Vermillion River Bottoms area, which offers great recreational opportunities
<br />such as birding, canoeing, snow shoeing, and hiking on existing public wildlife lands.
<br />Hastings could promote this natural area as a tourist desrination.
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<br />'80 Improved Management of Existing Public Land: If the DNR pur-
<br />chases the property, agency staff would find it easier to manage it and other DNR
<br />land within the Vermillion River Bottoms area. Currently, ATVs and other off-road
<br />vehicles using Fourth Street for access are causing erosion problems and disturbing
<br />wildlife in the river bottoms area. As the Freitag property includes Fourth Street, the
<br />DNR will have better control of the area with DNR ownership of the site to pre-
<br />vent activities such as poaching and illegal vehicle use.
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