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Pelican River Watershed and Becker County weigh options for Dutton Locks storage shed after decades-long arrangement
Summary
County commissioners and Pelican River Watershed officials discussed ownership records and possible relocation of a watershed storage building at Dutton Locks, directing staff to gather historical documents and return with options.
Becker County commissioners discussed the future of a storage building on county land near Dutton Locks that the Pelican River Watershed District has used for equipment and boats since the 1970s. The exchange on the agenda followed watershed representatives’ request to clarify ownership, past funding and options for relocation or county reuse.
The watershed’s representative, Tara (Pelican River Watershed), told commissioners, “in researching the history, what I was able to, I believe, decipher was that some time ago, the land is owned by the county. The building was built by, by Pelican Watershed.” She said the shed currently holds two vehicles, a boat and monitoring equipment and that the district is…
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