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Why the Coon Rapids Regional Dam Commission should look upstream before making their recommendation to the MN State Legislature.

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This is a proposal to continue the maintained Mississippi River navigation channel up to Clearwater MN. The most northerly point of the DNR designated recreational river. It would require the removal of the dam at Coon Rapids or the installation of a pleasure craft lock as well the restoration of the old wing dams along this route. Stimulus money may be the answer.

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The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area includes 72 miles of the Mississippi River stretching from the cities of Dayton and Ramsey, Minnesota to just downstream of Hastings, Minnesota. The diverse stretch of the river flowing through the park consists of numerous natural, historic, recreational and cultural resources of national significance.

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