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- An elusive doe appears to be making Valley Pond her home (4)
- Bright Spencer: I saw a huge deer last Sunday around 4 pm waltzing...
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- Cheryl Backstrom: At 6:30 Thurs am, John and I saw the doe and a very...
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- City to conduct assessment of Hidden Valley Pond this week (1)
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- Griff Wigley: Thanks, Gene. I’ll put up a blog post about the...
- Moningers: Griff-your photos of the sunset last night are great! The doe...
- Fall colors (2)
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- An elusive doe appears to be making Valley Pond her home (4)
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Tag Archives: Hidden Valley Pond
City to conduct assessment of Hidden Valley Pond this week
Brian Welch, GIS Technician for the City of Northfield, has this update in Northfield City Administrator Joel Walinski’s June 25 Friday Memo: Stormwater Pond Rehabilitation Assessment The City has contracted with Barr Engineering to help the city develop a prioritization … Continue reading
Posted in Park
Tagged Brian Welch, Hidden Valley Pond, stormwater, Stormwater Pond Rehabilitation
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Cross country skiing, snowshoeing, sledding around Hidden Valley Pond
People cross country ski around the perimeter of Hidden Valley Pond each winter. And kids go sledding on the hill on the north side. But this year, with all the snow we’ve had, there have been people snowshoeing, … Continue reading
Posted in Park, Photos
Tagged Carleton Arboretum, cross country skiing, Hidden Valley Pond, sledding, snowshoeing
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Fall colors
Alas, I missed the peak of the fall colors this year. Here are three from our backyard overlooking Hidden Valley Pond.
Full pond
Plentiful rainfall this summer has filled the pond to its highest levels since we’ve been here. And unlike many other storm water retention ponds around, Hidden Valley Pond retains the water much longer.
Photo album: Hidden Valley Pond in winter
I took a few more photos of Hidden Valley Pond this morning and added them to an album of winter photos from last winter. See the album of a dozen photos with a large slideshow option, or this smaller slideshow:
