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circumstances change. I would be glad to visit with the Lino Lakes City Council in November or December fo~ the next couple of years to report what had happened with the herons arid on the findings of any other monitoring that DNR might be able to conduct on the north arm of the lake. This would allow time to watch for fall migration information on bird use of the north arm of the lake and to see how it goes with the duck hunting. On caveat though, is the restricted funding for state work - if I have no money for contracts, there may not be any ability to monitor past this June 30th until the budget si~uation improves. Second, I spoke to the Attorney General who works with DNR on the surface water ordinances. He said each City should check with their attorneys on what is allowed for City ordinances. He didn't know absolutely if such a provision was allowable or not without a formal Attorney General's opinion and I was not asking for that. He did not know of any provision forbidding an end date. As I understand our conversation, he did say that provided the Joint Powers agreement allows for either City to terminate the agreement ( and the wording for a model joint powers agreement that I recommended to you does that) then one City could have a deadline and the other not have that wording in their ordinance provided all other aspects of the ordinances matched. I think to keep things simple and easy, it would be best to omit the end date and just review the findings of our monitoring annually. 4. I called Scott Lanyon and mentioned to him that a number of people were quoting him regarding the line being drawn at the bog poles. I explained that we had revised our recommendation for a line south of the island angling northeast and I send him Marty's map with the 200 feet south and other alignments. He will p~obably be talking to the council members or sending a new note regarding the more south alignment. 5. Marty, I know that the St. Paul Audubon Society and the Minnesota Ornithlogists' Union were writing to the mayors regarding this matter and supporting a no-wake zone. Do you know if those letters were received and entered into the record? 6. I also called Dr. report. She said the out in the mail now. about 3 dozen copies. I get them, I'll send Christine Custer about the publication of her February issue of the Waterbird journal is just She will have reprints available and will send me They may not get here for awhile yet. As soon as a copy to each of you and the Cities as well. JEFF, she will make a second set of the maps showing where the birds went to forage and will send them to me. I told Liza Gilliland that I would get her these for display at the nature center and for the Earth Day display. As soon as I get them, I'll send them on to Lisa. 6. One last thing I haven't commented on yet was Wayne's idea for a camera to monitor the colony. Yes, it is possible that some one is deliberately trying to sabotage the colony and scare the herons away. I don't have the resources to mount any initiative like this, especially this year with time short, a freeze on our spending, and herons due back any minute. We don't want to be in the colony at the very critical time when the birds are first returning. I think that for right now I can best spend my time preparing a letter and visiting with the float plane people to alert them to the situation. I also want to prepare an education flyer for the DNR creel census clerk to hand out as he interviews fishermen and boaters on the lake. I understand that he is already out on the lake each day taking data on fishing activity. I will prepare the letter, the flyer, and talked to 2