SAVE THE WOODS & WETLAND IN TONKA BAY
(PID# 28-117-23-34-0017)
The woods across from the Wedgewood Forest are now part of a Tonka Bay city council plan for an “Indian Mounds Cemetery” to permanently house the soils currently in front of Tonka Bay city hall and Manitou Park.
Tonka Bay’s consultant WSB Engineering who was hired to manage the 2024 road project removed 5000+ cubic yards of soil from Pleasant Ave and Brentwood Ave without following necessary procedures to involve the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council (MIAC). As a result they, along with the Tonka Bay City Council, are pushing forward a plan of destruction to the neighborhood of Pleasant Avenue, Lilah Lane and Wedgewood Drive that includes plans to use the woods and wetland area for the creation of new Indian burial mounds from the soil stockpiles at city hall. All of the Pleasant and Brentwood Ave soil removal was monitored and filtered and no remains or artifacts were found. The plan also includes a provision to use the neighborhood's woods and wetland again for additional soil storage as a part of future city-wide road projects. Despite pleas from the neighborhood to find an alternative solution, the council continues to spend taxpayer dollars to move forward on this destructive option.
This petition intends to present public feedback and stop the soil from being moved to this residential neighborhood, directly next to our protected wetlands. The plan will also remove one of our community’s last standing old growth forests that provides critical habitat to wildlife. The soil may also contain road contaminants, with dangerous runoff possibly creating more problems than it solves. Once this area is cleared, it cannot be undone.
Petitions Work:
335+ residents signed the petition to save the Wedgewood Forest (PID#33-117-23-21-0042) from destruction for a holding pond; Shorewood ruled to leave those natural woods ‘as is’, noting too many citizen objections.
Please join together to save this 11.36 acre parcel of land, known in Hennepin County as PID# 28-117-23-34-0017 (and to its’ citizens as “Tonka Bay Woods & Wetland”).
Comments with your signature are a big help in understanding why you object.
Emails can be directed to; [email protected]
Thank you,
Tonka Bay Woods & Wetland team
Updates
January 23, 2025
I really never thought this many people would actually care about those woods but here we are and my laptop has basically been buzzing with notifications all afternoon. It turns out I am not the only one who thinks burying soil piles in a perfectly good wetland is just completely ridiculous so now we really have to make sure the council understands we are not going anywhere.
Reached 100 supporters
January 23, 2025
63 Comments
We moved to this neighborhood because of the wetland and the natural habitat and nearby parks and trail. Leave the wetland the way it is and the way it is supposed to be.
WSB should hold responsibility for this issue. Destroying another forest area in Tonka Bay for an oversight is not a solution. We just lost a large area near Hazelwood for townhomes. City should be protecting our open spaces.
This is my neighborhood and my daily walk through these beautiful woods. Furthermore, I am of Native American descent (25%) and I wholeheartedly object and would even take legal action against this horrific plan.
Please stop destroying our protected wetlands and the natural habitats surrounding our neighborhoods for road projects. These over engineered projects by outside firms don’t care about our community or what their multimillion $$ “solutions” do to them. Look at the bigger picture!! Find another way!!
Tonka Bay resident with family that uses that forest/green space very regularly. I would strongly encourage relocating the soil and remains to an area with easier access for any visitors or construction machinery.
we live right on Wedgewood Dr and just heard about this. This is a disgusting project the amount of wild life that live around us they are going to destroy so many homes for animals. THIS NEEDS TO STOP.
We've had enough destruction of natural habitat. We're losing wildlife daily.
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SAVE THE WOODS & WETLAND IN TONKA BAY
(PID# 28-117-23-34-0017)
The woods across from the Wedgewood Forest are now part of a Tonka Bay city council plan for an “Indian Mounds Cemetery” to permanently house the soils currently in front of Tonka Bay city hall and Manitou Park.
Tonka Bay’s consultant WSB Engineering who was hired to manage the 2024 road project removed 5000+ cubic yards of soil from Pleasant Ave and Brentwood Ave without following necessary procedures to involve the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council (MIAC). As a result they, along with the Tonka Bay City Council, are pushing forward a plan of destruction to the neighborhood of Pleasant Avenue, Lilah Lane and Wedgewood Drive that includes plans to use the woods and wetland area for the creation of new Indian burial mounds from the soil stockpiles at city hall. All of the Pleasant and Brentwood Ave soil removal was monitored and filtered and no remains or artifacts were found. The plan also includes a provision to use the neighborhood's woods and wetland again for additional soil storage as a part of future city-wide road projects. Despite pleas from the neighborhood to find an alternative solution, the council continues to spend taxpayer dollars to move forward on this destructive option.
This petition intends to present public feedback and stop the soil from being moved to this residential neighborhood, directly next to our protected wetlands. The plan will also remove one of our community’s last standing old growth forests that provides critical habitat to wildlife. The soil may also contain road contaminants, with dangerous runoff possibly creating more problems than it solves. Once this area is cleared, it cannot be undone.
Petitions Work:
335+ residents signed the petition to save the Wedgewood Forest (PID#33-117-23-21-0042) from destruction for a holding pond; Shorewood ruled to leave those natural woods ‘as is’, noting too many citizen objections.
Please join together to save this 11.36 acre parcel of land, known in Hennepin County as PID# 28-117-23-34-0017 (and to its’ citizens as “Tonka Bay Woods & Wetland”).
Comments with your signature are a big help in understanding why you object.
Emails can be directed to; [email protected]
Thank you,
Tonka Bay Woods & Wetland team
Updates
January 23, 2025
I really never thought this many people would actually care about those woods but here we are and my laptop has basically been buzzing with notifications all afternoon. It turns out I am not the only one who thinks burying soil piles in a perfectly good wetland is just completely ridiculous so now we really have to make sure the council understands we are not going anywhere.
Reached 100 supporters
January 23, 2025
63 Comments
Destruction of the woods and wetlands in question will only further displace wildlife that lives in and relies on those resources. Deer, ducks, owls, hawks, fox, coyotes, raccoons, opossums, weasels, turkey, and more. Those woods and wetlands need to be maintained, not destroyed.
We moved to this neighborhood because of the wetland and the natural habitat and nearby parks and trail. Leave the wetland the way it is and the way it is supposed to be.
WSB should hold responsibility for this issue. Destroying another forest area in Tonka Bay for an oversight is not a solution. We just lost a large area near Hazelwood for townhomes. City should be protecting our open spaces.
This is my neighborhood and my daily walk through these beautiful woods. Furthermore, I am of Native American descent (25%) and I wholeheartedly object and would even take legal action against this horrific plan.
Please stop destroying our protected wetlands and the natural habitats surrounding our neighborhoods for road projects. These over engineered projects by outside firms don’t care about our community or what their multimillion $$ “solutions” do to them. Look at the bigger picture!! Find another way!!
Tonka Bay resident with family that uses that forest/green space very regularly. I would strongly encourage relocating the soil and remains to an area with easier access for any visitors or construction machinery.
we live right on Wedgewood Dr and just heard about this. This is a disgusting project the amount of wild life that live around us they are going to destroy so many homes for animals. THIS NEEDS TO STOP.
We've had enough destruction of natural habitat. We're losing wildlife daily.
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Destruction of the woods and wetlands in question will only further displace wildlife that lives in and relies on those resources. Deer, ducks, owls, hawks, fox, coyotes, raccoons, opossums, weasels, turkey, and more. Those woods and wetlands need to be maintained, not destroyed.