10/07/2026
“What’s with the new fence?”
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is naturalizing another segment of shoreline and the fence is a temporary construction fence to remain up for the duration of the construction phase of the project.
The project manager, Jon Duesman, has described post construction conditions as follows: The naturalized area goes from the walking path to the shoreline. We will have permanent fencing (4 foot high with wood posts and wire mesh) running along the stretch of naturalized area from Painted Turtle down to a point just south of 52nd. Of course the fencing stops in certain areas (AIS Booth, Boat launch and 2 lake access points). There will also be a stretch of this fencing near the Cedar Avenue Bridge to keep folks that go under the bridge from walking through the naturalized area. Where we don’t have the continuous fence we will have wood marker posts that will be signed as naturalized areas. These posts will be spaced roughly every 40 feet apart. These wood marker posts are in the wide area where the walking path is furthest from the lake, between the area of 52nd and Cedar Ave Bridge.
Learn more about this project on the project page (may need to copy and paste this if you’re on a mobile device): https://www.minneapolisparks.org/park-care-improvements/park-projects/current_projects/lake-nokomis-shoreline-and-habitat-improvements-phase-2/
