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January 25, 2012

A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most recently launched Earth-observing satellite - Suomi NPP. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth's surface taken on January 4, 2012. The NPP satellite was renamed 'Suomi NPP' on January 24, 2012 to honor the late Verner E. Suomi of the University of Wisconsin.

Suomi NPP is NASA's next Earth-observing research satellite. It is the first of a new generation of satellites that will observe many facets of our changing Earth.

Suomi NPP is carrying five instruments on board. The biggest and most important instrument is The Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite or VIIRS.

To read more about NASA's Suomi NPP go to: npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html

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ROCORI Trail Open House held this Thursday Evening

ROCORI Trail Open House
ROCORI High School Commons Area
Cold Spring, Minnesota   USA

Thursday, November 17, 7:00 PM

You Deserve A Break – ON HERMIT LAKE (first Blue Heron)

Friday, April 8, 2011
Land Of ROCORI, Minnesota
(Rockville, Cold Spring, Richmond)
Hermit Lake

 

The First Blue Heron visits On Hermit Lake

Take a 2 minute break... you deserve it!

 

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Sponsored by Tom Graham and State Farm Insurance in Cold Spring, Minnesota
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Guess Who Stopped By To Visit...? (lions & tigers & bears!)

3 min. Take a look at what you get when you mount a motion camera in the woods during the middle of the summer. Morning... noon and night.

Rockville County Park Open House

Saturday  *  May 21, 2008  *  ROCKVILLE, MN


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A few weeks ago DigElogROCORI took part in a special tour of the the new County Park in Rockville, MN. The new Stearns County park is located directly west of the recently established Eagle Park on the north side of the Sauk River in Rockville. On this day the Stearns County Park staff held an open house for the general public to showcase the natural beauty of the park and to get input on what future usage and development should be. The open house included maps showing the present features of the park, as well as short hiking tours to highlight some of its unique characteristics.

In this story, you’ll meet Stearns County Park Director, Chuck Wocken. Chuck begins by giving us a personal tour of a pristine babbling brook that can be found in the park.  Wocken talks about the natural beauty of the area and how the County plans to create trails within the park that do not disrupt the magnificence of the wooded area.  Future plans for the park possibly include picnic areas with a play structure and shelter, canoeing, camping, fishing, hiking, cross-country ski trails, environmental education and possibly horseback riding. 

The 283-acre park, of which 193-acres was donated by John and Linda Peck of Rockville, features two miles of scenic river frontage on the Sauk River.   

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Walk N Wheel Trail Begins with Brewery Creek

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This story is about the start of the Walk N Wheel Trail that will be constructed this summer around Assumption Campus and along Brewery Creek in Cold Spring.  This story introduces the work starting this spring to restore the natural environment along Brewery Creek as a part of a special Mn DNR grant.  Erik Burr, director of environmental services at Assumption home, joins Greg Berg with the Stearn's County Soil and Water District to discuss this important project for the community and ROCORI area.

Gun Safety

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Minnesota is a great place for the outdoor sportsmen. Whether it be hunting fowl or hunting deer there are a number of things to focus while you are in the field. Ralph Leither has been hunting for over 35 years and had time to sit down with us and explain some safety tips for your next hunt. He goes over some of the gun carrying laws and at the end he does a step by step of how to properly clean a gun.

Little Rock Lake Project

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This story is part of our ongoing coverage of the Little Rock Lake Conservation Project. As part of this project, various workers and community volunteers perform tests that help professionals understand problems with the watershed. In this story, we had a chance to interview the project manager Annie Felix. Annie told us about some of the tests that were performed on Little Rock Lake and why they are important.

Little Rock Creek Water Sampling

   
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We had a chance to catch up with Water Plan Technician Annie Felix. She is in charge of collecting water samples from the creek as a part of the Little Rock Creek project. Recently we had an opportunity to go along with Annie as she explained the process of collecting water samples and how they are beneficial to the project.

North Pointe Park Opens

   
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On Saturday September 22, members from the Cold Spring community helped celebrate the grand opening of the North Pointe Park. As you see on the map, the park is located just northwest of ROCORI High School.

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From the high school, take Stearns County Road 50 heading north

Take the first right onto 158th Avenue

Take the first right onto 241st Street

Take the first left onto 4th Ave N

Take the second right onto 12th St N

The park is at the end of the block on the left-hand side.

The event was a smashing success as volunteers helped serve root beer floats to those that came out.