Talk:Whitewater State Park

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Copy issues

Virtually all of the body of this article (other than the intro and last section) appears to be taken verbatim from the park's website. While the state is unlikely to enforce copyright, at a minimum this should be reworded. Kablammo (talk) 19:32, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the text copied from the park website. The article is now a stub. Kablammo (talk) 01:12, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

Additional sources:

Whitewater's habitat wakes up post-flood, Minnesota Public Radio, March 7, 2008 (flood damage, recovery)
Syrup events go on as Whitewater park slowly reopens after flood, Minnesota Public Radio, March 23, 2008 (same; maple syrup)
Birding Opportunities at Whitewater State Park, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 1004 (birdies)
Southeast Minnesota Flood Damage Photos, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 2008 (link to flood damage photos; copyrighted photos)
Source for free 1949 article on park geology
Searle, R. Newell and Daniel P Metz. Whitewater: The Valley of Promise. Minnesota Parks Foundation, 1977. [should be available via inter-library loan through any public or academic library in Minnesota]