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Great River Greening Project Types 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’s Mission To lead and support community-based restoration of natural areas

CASE STUDY: ARCOLA MILLS

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

Ecologically significant � Healthy* Oak Forest of Statewide Significance (MCBS) Louisiana Waterthrush – wooded ravine habitat Wildlife snags Deadfall Full canopy, diverse age, bird structure

Target Community – Oak Savanna!?

Target – Prairie/Forest Mosaic!?

Target Communities – Forest !!

Woody Invasives � Buckthorn, Honeysuckle, Barberry, Black Locust

Early Detection/Rapid Response � 2007 Neighbor’s Outbreak, Part of Regional Toehold

Retain Deadfall and Snags � Wildlife snags Deadfall Full canopy, diverse age, bird structure

Oak Wilt Response � Deer Exclosure

Erosion Control Measures

Erosion Control Measures � Bmp: Open Grated Culvert

Trail Development � Problems on another site to avoid

Emerald Ash Borer Update? Groundwater Discharge Seeps Black ash with skunk cabbage and marsh marigolds

CASE STUDY : PILOT KNOB HILL

Target Communities – Prairie/Savanna Seth Eastman's Oheyawahi/ Pilot Knob Hill 1846. Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society.

Disturbance/Land Use History

Prairie - Before

Savanna – Before

Location, Location, Location

DNRs “SGCN” Wildlife

Snake Hibernaculum

Justify Grants: MN’s First ‘Biofuels for Restoration’

Pilot Knob Hill August 2009

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.

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

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

SAMPLE PLAN REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS 2. Prairie Stewardship Plans - DNR • Species of Greatest Conservation Need • grazing • biomass production (management tool) • prescribed burn plans

SAMPLE PLAN REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS 3. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation • bird monitoring plan

SAMPLE PLAN REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS 4. Patagonia • native pollinator conservation MN DNR photo

Who Can Prepare and Implement These Plans?