Friends of Bassett Creek
Cleaning and Greening
a Mississippi River Tributary in Minneapolis
- - - - - Less than two hundred
years ago Bassett Creek was home to abundant plant and animal
life, and provided a clean water source to the Mississippi River.
The creek has since then been greatly changed by human
development. Much of its original meandering, flood plains,
adjacent wetlands and watershed vegetation have been destroyed.
Bassett Creek flows through a huge concrete underground storm
sewer beneath downtown Minneapolis for a mile and a half before
entering the Mississippi River. By the time it reaches the
Mississippi Bassett Creek, like many urban creeks, is
contaminated by polluted runoff from the industrial sites,
buildings, streets, alleys, driveways, sidewalks, pathways and
parking lots that now cover much of the watershed.
- - - - - The Friends
of Bassett Creek would like to improve the
stream's water quality. This goal focuses not only on the creek,
but also on the watershed that drains into the creek. A green
corridor along the creek would act as a vegetated buffer from
polluted runoff, and also enrich the lives of the people who live
in the neighborhood with an amenity for recreation, relaxation
and reflection.
Please visit our website at
http://www.mninter.net/~stack/bassett
Or call us at: (612) 377-4096, 374-4849 or
374-5894
Please feel free to print out, copy,
post or distribute this page as a handbill. - - last update
30jan01