Release Date:
May 12, 2021
Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne project. Your assistance in informing the local communities is appreciated.
A low-flying airplane will soon be visible to residents in seven counties of northwestern Minnesota, including the city of Thief River Falls and parts of the Red River corridor along the Minnesota-North Dakota border.
Cessna 180 fixed-wing aircraft used to conduct low-level flights.
(Image courtesy EDCON-PRJ)
Beginning in mid-May and potentially lasting through July, an airplane under contract to EDCON-PRJ, Inc. and Quantum Spatial, Inc. will be flying over portions of Becker, Clay, Marshall, Pennington, Norman, Polk and Red Lake counties.