This is it! The Scandia City Council has granted us one last Log House Landing presentation this week Wednesday, July 1 Workshop Meeting at 6:30 pm at the Scandia Community Center The Council plans to make a decision about the Log House Landing road width and surface at this meeting. Despite all the public input, the City Administrator is still recommending an asphalt road with curb and gutter that will be more than 30’ wide in much of the lower road. This plan is more than double the current width! It is far more impactful and expensive than it needs to be. If the Council votes to expand and pave this road, we will lose many, many mature trees and much vegetation. There will be no going back – this historic and rustic road in the middle of our National Park will become a wide suburban concrete street. Every other stakeholder has expressed a desire for minimal improvements – the Watershed Board, the National Park Service, the St. Croix River Association, and the community. The Watershed Board has reviewed our presentation and has agreed that our two options for a narrow and aggregate surface are sufficient to address the erosion and sedimentation issues. They support our proposal. It will be a travesty if the City decides to widen and pave this road when there are much more environmentally sensitive and cost effective ways to solve the problems. This is your time. This is your issue. You can make a difference! Come to the meeting and show the Council that you care about what happens to the Log House Landing! A thing is right only when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the community and the community includes the soil, waters, fauna and flora as well as the people. - Aldo Leopold