Ike's Creek (a beautiful spring-fed stream near the Mall of America) needs your support.  

Ike's Creek (officially/currently called "Unnamed Creek" by the DNR) is one of several streams that are currently being proposed for trout stream designation/protection by the DNR.  The public comment period is open for a short window (for comments of support or opposition) until November 7th, 2016.  

Please provide comments supporting trout stream designation for Ike's Creek - officially named "Unnamed Creek" in Hennepin County.  

Attached is a map of the stream/area. Map_Trout-Stream_Ikes-Creek_addition.pdf

To provide comments, you can either:

1. Mail Comments to:

Trout Stream Designations

Att: Brian Nerbonne

500 Lafayette Road

St. Paul, MN 55110-4020

2. Email Comments to: brian.nerbonne@state.mn.us

3. Submit comments on DNR public comment website, by following these steps:

1. Visit this website: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/troutstreams/designations.html

2. Under ‘Online Comment: Trout Stream Designations’, from drop-down box, select region of state:  “Central/Southeast”, then select “Next”,

3. Under “In which county is the stream located..”, from drop-down box below, select “Hennepin”, then select “Next”,

4. Select “Unnamed Stream”, then select “Next”,

5. Within comment box for explaining why you think this stream should or should not be designated as a trout stream, you could include a comment like the one below (feel free to copy & paste):

Start of comment example:

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RE: Unnamed Stream (aka Ike's Creek) in Hennepin County.

I support trout stream designation for this Unnamed Stream (Ike’s Creek) in Hennepin County, due to its proven ability to meet the DNR’s four factors for trout stream designation, this stream’s unique location in a metropolitan area, and this stream’s need for protection from/consideration during upcoming redevelopment in its immediate surrounding area (from stormwater, erosion and other negative impacts) and within its springshed area (to help ensure it will continue to have a clean and sufficient groundwater supply to maintain the stream’s ecosystem). 

Also, I support officially renaming this stream to Ike’s Creek, as a tribute to this stream area’s 90 year plus history with the Izaak Walton League in providing protection for precious natural resources/ecosystems like this.

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End of comment example.

Thank you for taking the time to weigh in on protections for Ike’s Creek!  Your supportive comments to the DNR are very valuable.  This stream meets all of the selection criteria for trout stream designation (and it’s a very unique/precious natural resource asset that deserves protection and preservation).

Members of the Izaak Walton League have been involved with this stream and the creation and management of the Bass Lake Ponds for nearly 100 years.  Please help us carry on this grassroots Izaak Walton legacy of protection of this natural resource asset.

Thank you!!!

Bush Lake Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America