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I'm Derek Ingleson . I'm a biologist

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for the Army Corps of Engineers , um ,

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also the Fargo Moorhead metro project ,

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environmental , uh , manager . So with

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a project this size , uh , we've got a

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30 mile channel , 22 mile embankment ,

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and , um , obviously with a project

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that size you're gonna have some

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impacts and . With the core we're

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mandated to first avoid impacts and

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then minimize and then mitigate . And

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so this is something we can do to try

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to minimize those impacts . There's

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fish and mussels that are trapped

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within this area . We recognize those

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as significant resources , so we're

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trying to get those out , move them to

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the connected portion of the river ,

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you know , since the this project back

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in feasibility we've had really good

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cooperation coordination with the other

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natural resource agencies and they all

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saw value in this effort and kind of

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come together here today and helping us

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out to move these fish and move the

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mussels . We've got federal entities ,

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USGS ourselves . We've got .

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Minnesota DNR also North Dakota DEQ ,

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North Dakota Game and fish , just kind

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of all coming together and helping out

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with the effort , you know , going way

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back , back to that partnership with

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the other agencies , we all

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collectively look at what the resources

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are in the area and then decide which

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ones are significant and which ones are

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of high enough value to require

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mitigation . There's forest mitigation ,

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wetland . Uh , aquatic , uh , we also

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have , uh , aquatic connectivity , um ,

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so we've been starting on a lot of

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those efforts and some of those are ,

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are getting wrapped up . It's

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definitely the most mitigation

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environmentally that we've had in the

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Saint Paul district , uh , but you look

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at the scope of this project being . 30

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mile diversion , 22 mile embankment ,

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just the impacts that that does cause .

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We need to make sure we're offsetting

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that and kind of making that right ,

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making it whole again . There's a lot

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of value within these resources , and

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you know people see that people get out

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and they enjoy the forest . They enjoy

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our waterways , all these different

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resources , so just recognizing that

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and you know trying to make them whole ,

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that's kind of what it's all about .