Developer planned to remove trees with heron nests before approval
The developer of the site of a heron rookery says she wanted trees with heron nests to come down before the birds nested. 7:10 pm, Apr. 30, 2021 ×
Great blue herons sit among their nests in Rochester Township Thursday, March 25. (Photo contributed by the Zumbro Valley Audubon Society)
Aderonke Mordi says she knew there were great blue heron nests in the trees on the land she had agreed to buy in order to build a development in Rochester Township.
Mordi, president of International Properties, LLC, testified in Olmsted County District Court on Friday, the second day of court proceedings on whether a temporary restraining order barring work on that land should remain in place.