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Mississippi River Gorge

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🛶 A new canoe take-out trail is coming to the south end of the river gorge

The new trail will traverse a gully just south of the Horace W.S. Cleveland Overlook at 44th Street.

🛶 A new canoe take-out trail is coming to the south end of the river gorge
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🏘️ Push to rename Edmund Boulevard gaining momentum

The idyllic street is named for a land developer who pioneered the use of racially restrictive deeds in Minneapolis.

🏘️ Push to rename Edmund Boulevard gaining momentum
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🍙 The yawning cave beneath us

Legendary urban geologist Greg Brick explores the largest known cave in Minneapolis – in the heart of Longfellow.

🍙 The yawning cave beneath us
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🗑 Plogging the river gorge with Andy Lambert

He's kept up the near-daily ritual of picking up river litter as he jogs for three years, and is hosting a neighborhood group jog to celebrate.

🗑 Plogging the river gorge with Andy Lambert
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🛶 Scott Miller's quick trip down the Mississippi

Talking with Longfellow resident and business owner Scott Miller, ahead of next weekend's Riverview Theater premiere of a documentary about his team's world-record-breaking trip down the Mississippi.

🛶 Scott Miller's quick trip down the Mississippi
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🛶 Getting in the gorge with your neighborhood river tour guides

Paddle Bridge, whose trailer of kayaks you may have seen parked on 42nd Street, connects people to the splendor of the urban Mississippi.

🛶 Getting in the gorge with your neighborhood river tour guides
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🦜 Bird alert: It's peak migration season in the gorge

Dave Zumeta has been meticulously documenting the birds of the river gorge for more than 35 years.

🦜 Bird alert: It's peak migration season in the gorge
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🦅 We’ve got an eaglet in the Dorman nest

Congratulations are in order to the longtime residents of the Dorman Avenue eagles nest, who’ve welcomed at least one new baby eaglet into their expansive family tree.

🦅 We’ve got an eaglet in the Dorman nest
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🌳 What are those brush piles by the river?

They’re part of a largely successful push to rid the area of a buckthorn infestation.

🌳 What are those brush piles by the river?
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🐟 Sea Salt opens April 19

Featuring a brand new sandwich shop next door.

🐟 Sea Salt opens April 19