Dakota County is seeking community input on its Vermillion River Greenway – Hastings Segment Management Plan. The plan can be reviewed, and comments can be made on the Dakota County website at:
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Dakota County is seeking community input on its Vermillion River Greenway – Hastings Segment Management Plan.
The plan can be reviewed, and comments can be made on the Dakota County website at:
Comments need to be made prior to Aug. 18 and can also be emailed to Senior Ecologist Joe Walton at joseph.walton@co.dakota.mn.us or by phone at 952-891-7507.
The plan “will guide protection, conservation and restoration of land surrounding the Vermillion River,” according to the county.
The Hastings segment of the Vermillion River Greenway is a proposed regional trail linking southwestern Hastings neighborhoods, Vermillion Falls Park and the Mississippi River Greenway in eastern Dakota County.
The planned project will construct and reconstruct portions of the 5.2-mile segment of the Vermillion Greenway between General Sieben Drive and the Mississippi River in Hastings. Dakota County will construct about 1 mile of new trail and reconstruct about 3 miles of existing trail.
The finished greenway segment will consist of a 10-foot-wide paved trail. Other amenities will include:
Final design, environmental assessment, survey and engineering work and the public engagement process will begin spring 2022 and extend through summer 2023.
The executive summary of the draft plan states, “The Vermillion River Greenway Natural Resource Management Plan (NRMP) is a guidance document for implementation of natural resource protection, conservation, and restoration within lands surrounding the Vermillion River in Dakota County, Minnesota. The corridor encompasses the rich floodplain of the Vermillion River, a refugia for rare species in the Vermillion River gorge, Vermillion Falls, and several recreational assets. Guidance for management of these resources has been informed by detailed natural resource assessments of these lands, research regarding the corridor’s geologic history, soils, waterbodies, and historic and present land use, and consultation with Dakota County and the City of Hastings, Minnesota. Recommendations for protection and restoration consider resource condition, past investment, establishment of habitat corridors, the presence of rare species and unique features, landowner priorities, and community values.”
