SLIDE 1 Volunteer Events Natural Resource Inventories and Plans Restoration Planning Restoration Installation Prescribed Burning Bioengineering Native Landscape Design Stormwater Design Brownfield Design Trail and Interpretive Planning Workshops/Trainings Publications
Great River Greening Project Types
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Great River Greening’s Mission
To lead and support community-based restoration of natural areas
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CASE STUDY: ARCOLA MILLS
SLIDE 4 Ecologically significant
50 acres, ½ mile of shoreline Significant Forest (MCBS) Louisiana waterthrush
- St. Croix National Scenic Riverway
Wash Co. Protection Priority DNR Metro Greenways Protection Priority Greening’s St. Croix Healthy Waters Initiative
Natural Resource Management Plan
SLIDE 5 Ecologically significant
Healthy* Oak Forest of Statewide Significance (MCBS) Louisiana Waterthrush – wooded ravine habitat Wildlife snags Deadfall Full canopy, diverse age, bird structure
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Target Community – Oak Savanna!?
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Target – Prairie/Forest Mosaic!?
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Target Communities – Forest !!
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Woody Invasives
Buckthorn, Honeysuckle, Barberry, Black Locust
SLIDE 10 Early Detection/Rapid Response
2007 Neighbor’s Outbreak, Part of Regional Toehold
SLIDE 11 Retain Deadfall and Snags
Wildlife snags Deadfall Full canopy, diverse age, bird structure
SLIDE 12 Oak Wilt Response
Deer Exclosure
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Erosion Control Measures
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Erosion Control Measures
Bmp: Open Grated Culvert
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Trail Development
Problems on another site to avoid
SLIDE 16 Emerald Ash Borer Update?
Groundwater Discharge Seeps Black ash with skunk cabbage and marsh marigolds
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CASE STUDY : PILOT KNOB HILL
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Target Communities – Prairie/Savanna
Seth Eastman's Oheyawahi/ Pilot Knob Hill 1846. Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society.
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Disturbance/Land Use History
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Prairie - Before
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Savanna – Before
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Location, Location, Location
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DNRs “SGCN” Wildlife
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Snake Hibernaculum
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Justify Grants: MN’s First ‘Biofuels for Restoration’
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Pilot Knob Hill August 2009
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Acknowledge Your Funders
Funding was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative- Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR), through Great River Greening’s membership in the Metro Conservation Corridors partnership.
SLIDE 28 Acknowledge Your Funders
- City of Mendota Heights
- Bush Foundation
- Arcola Mills Historic Foundation
- MN DNR – Conservation Partners, Biofuels
for Restoration, Metro Greenways,
- Pilot Knob Preservation Association
- Greening volunteers
- Dakota County
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
SLIDE 29 SAMPLE PLAN REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS
- 1. MN Environment and Natural
Resources Trust Fund, as recommended by LCCMR
- consider soil, geology, topography
- include time table, site preparation
- establishment, maintenance, enhancement
- maintenance and management needs
- financing
- best science, innovative techniques
- 10 year agreement
SLIDE 30 SAMPLE PLAN REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS
- 2. Prairie Stewardship Plans - DNR
- Species of Greatest Conservation Need
- grazing
- biomass production (management tool)
- prescribed burn plans
SLIDE 31 SAMPLE PLAN REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS
- 3. National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation
SLIDE 32 SAMPLE PLAN REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS
- 4. Patagonia
- native pollinator conservation
MN DNR photo
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Who Can Prepare and Implement These Plans?
