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TAKING ACTION During the summer of 1994, the Watershed Project partners, local residents, cities, busi- nesses and others in the watershed will begin to implement the watershed plan to improve natural resources through a variety of projects. These include the following: • an innovative stormwater management project in Maplewood that will infil- trate stormwater within a neighborhood and eliminate the need for new storm sewers that would empty into lake • Phalen. This neighborhood will serve as a model for stormwater management in other urban areas. • work with the City of St. Paul and District 2 Community to obtain funding for the Phalen Wetland Park restoration as part of the Phalen Village Small Area Plan. Proposed Phalen Wetland Park in St. Paul • projects to restore aquatic shoreline vegetation, and work with parks depart- ments and landowners to manage vegetation around wetlands and lakes to benefit fish, wildlife, and water quality. • completion of a watershed -wide wet- lands plan, based on the functions and values of wetlands in the watershed, that will help the watershed district and local govemments sets priorities for purchase, protection or management of the wetlands. • complete field work to identify the remaining natural areas, prairie frag- ments, and inventory open space areas to assist in development of the "green corridors" network for the watershed. • complete restoration projects at the H.B. Fuller Company Willow Lake Nature Preserve to restore aquatic vegetation and other natural communi- ties. • develop a workshop for teachers in five local school districts on watershed issues and identification of student projects to benefit natural resources. • work with neighborhood and citizen groups on creative plantings and projects to benefit natural resources in parks and residential areas of the watershed. The Phalen Watershed Project Committee will continue to work with local govern- ments, businesses, citizens and natural resources agencies to identify projects and opportunities to benefit land, water, plants and animals and local communities. This project could not have realized without the cooperation and dedication of local communities, citizens, and other project partners. Partners include the cities of Little Canada, Maplewood, North St. Paul, St. Paul, Oakdale, Vadnais Heights, White Bear Lake, Ramsey - Washington Metro Watershed District, Ramsey County, H.B. Fuller Company, Rossbach Construction Com- pany, St. Paul District 2, 4 and 5 Community Councils, North East Metro Environmental Coa- lition, Izaak Walton League, University of Minne- sota Department of Landscape Architecture, and Minnesota DNR. For more information about the Phalen Chain of Lakes Watershed Project, please contact: Phalen Watershed Project 1200 Warner Road St. Paul, Minnesota 55106 (612) 772 -7980 PHALEN CHAIN OF LAKES WATERSHED PROJECT NM Page 24