The Online Lower Minnesota River Watershed District News, December 2004

Ravine eroding shore of Firemen's Lake

The Bonestroo report notes a couple of "hot spots" on the banks of Firemen’s Lake that need some restorative TLC on the part of the city. Here is shown “a very large ravine with very steep and unstable slopes” on the northwest side of the lake — the result of uncontrolled drainage from agricultural land.