Aitkin County receives Mississippi Headwaters Board funding for recreational site

Aitkin County receives Mississippi Headwaters Board funding for recreational site

AITKIN — The Aitkin Land Department requested funding from the Mississippi Headwaters Board to move two campsites at Jacobson campground away from a deteriorating bank of the Mississippi River. The board asked if there was anything that could be done to protect the bank from erosion and solve the problem rather than remedy it. Dennis Thompson. Aitkin County Land Department, said that streambank stabilization is an option, but it was determined t…