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• wildlife <br />- non -game wildlife/ wildlife habitat <br />- nuisance wildlife e.g. deer population, geese, coons, muskrats, etc. <br />• agricultural & Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land <br />- concern on conversion to non - native trees (vs. to native e.g. savanna) <br />• economics <br />- non - traditional forest products <br />- benefits of guidelines to property values <br />- economic benefit to LUG / developer 4 subdivision level <br />- realtors interest in Smart Growth (related to property values <br />- tax issues & disincentives (property & inheritance taxes <br />• wood utilization <br />- related to tree care companies, disaster response, & land clearing <br />• parks & open space inventories <br />- what's their & potential - check on Dorothy Anderson's (UofM) study for Met <br />Council <br />• natural disaster preparedness (tree emergency response) <br />'• expanding existing forest cover <br />- potential for restoration to increase forest cover. <br />- value of tree canopy cover <br />• Smart Growth component - concept of rural legacy <br />- e.g. high value farm land <br />- need for viable NR -based economy (with enough resource base) <br />- related to fragmentation Sr leapfrog development <br />- e.g. parts of Washington, Dakota, Carver, & Scott counties <br />• transportation planning <br />- relation to transit planning <br />- is this project focusing on these more intense corridors or places in between <br />• prime agricultural land study & tax burden <br />- Mn Extension Service study (Tom Wegner) <br />• • how to deliver information to users <br />