DNR Data Practices Request
November 11th, 2026
Quite a while ago I’d sent in a Data Practices Act request to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources because I hadn’t seen DNR comments on either of these 765kV transmission projects (Gopher to Badger and PowerOn Midwest).
Info arrived today!!
And btw, in this bunch of pdfs is proof positive that Kyle Johnson and Charlie Wray are ON THIS! But what’s also clear is that the DNR is not actively digging into this project. So there’s more work to do.
In no particular order:
I also sent another DPA Request when I learned that “one option” is to run that line on the other side of the lake from Myre-Big Island State Park.
I’m attached to that park, had a few meetings with Association of Freeborn County Landowners there, and of course, camp hosting in September, 2019. When I saw that map above, I had a chat with folks at the park, who hadn’t heard about it!
No response yet.