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Final goal reached!!!
On Tuesday evening, December 6, 2005, the Hopkins City Council passed a resolution to recognize and acknowledge the significant contributions by the Minnehaha Oaks Association and those who contributed. This resolution will prohibit the development of Hiawatha Oaks Preserve and dedicates the property as a park and open space. We thank everyone involved in this 15-year effort. Countless people will enjoy the benefits of this green space. We look forward to planting some trees next Spring. The Oaks Folks. |
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We were named Non-Profit Association of 2005 by Hopkins Business and Civic Association at their annual meeting in February, 2006. |
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Prints of a watercolor depicting the forest by Hopkins artist
Harry Heim are available for purchase -- framed, unframed and on
greeting cards -- at Frame Design, 8 Tenth Ave. N. We thank Robin
and John Cooley, Herman Strauch and Harry Heim for initiating this
fund-raising effort and donating their time and resources to benefit
the trees. |
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We were honored with a Volunteer Service Award by MSA (Minnesota
Society of Arboriculture) in 1998. |
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Twice we were recipients of funds from the Green Patch program
(which encourages use of cloth bags) through Lakewinds Natural Foods. |
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We've received extensive publicity through these 15 years
from the Star Tribune, SunSailor, Lakeshore Weekly News and
other publications. |
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Brian Peterson won three awards in the categories of photography,
Minnesota subject and gardening/nature/environment for his book,
Voices
for the Land:
Minnesotans
Write About the Places They Love.
The 52 essays with photographs originally were a year-long series
in the Star Tribune, sponsored by 1000 Friends of Minnesota. We
are so pleased that Hiawatha Oaks Preserve is one of the featured
special places in Voices
for the Land. (Publisher is the Minnesota
Historical Society. Click
here to purchase or to learn more.) |
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On January 6, 2004, our forest preservation story was told on
National Public Radio, on Morning Edition by Mary Stucky.
Click
here to go to the NPR site, then click the "Morning
Edition Audio" link to hear the entire segment. |
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Hiawatha Oaks Preserve is included in the second edition of Citizens' Guide to Endangered Green
Spaces by The Sierra Club, North Star Chapter. When Sharell
Benson, Project Coordinator, visited the forest to take pictures,
a downy woodpecker greeted her near the can receptacles next
to the trees. Sharell later wrote to the Oaks Folks: "It
was a priceless moment. If I had any doubts about our continuing
fight for preserving green space in the metro area it was all
dispelled at that moment. Thanks again for your hard work and
perseverance." |
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Conversations - Interviews with open space activists features six projects. Published in 2006 by The Sierra Club. www.northstar.sierraclub.org |
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Hiawatha Oaks Preserve designated Point of Pride in December 2007. ThinkHopkins.com |
