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9. Project Location: Counties: Eastern Anoka County Townships and Sections: T32 R33 Sec 35; T32 R22 Sec 1 -23, 26 -35; T32 R23 Sec 25, 33 -36 ; T31 R22 Sec 2 -11, 14-22, 28 -31; and T31 R31 Sec 25, 26, 35, 36 (attachment #1). Municipalities: Rice Creek Watershed District, Coon Creek Watershed District, Sunrise Watershed Management Organization, portions of Circle Pines, Lexington, Centerville, Shoreview, Lino Lakes, Ham Lake, and Columbus Township (please see ecological boundary in attachment #1). Required Attachment #1. GIS Map of Project Area over MCBS Anoka County Base Map. This map include relevant socio - political boundaries (e.g., watershed districts, wildlife management areas) and ecological information (e.g., soil landscape boundaries and landscape- scale natural features) that were used to prioritize and define the proposed project area. 10. Project Size: 38,643 acres (based on ArcView GIS analysis, please see attachment #1) 11. Summary of Key Proposed Activities: 1) Conduct land cover classification of over 38,600 acres of public and private lands between and including the Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park System, Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area, and up to the City of Blaine corporate limits. 2) Educate watershed and natural resource managers on conducting and applying the newly created Minnesota Land Cover Classification System. Educate, inform, and collaborate with local landowners and municipalities. 3) Develop an ArcView GIS land cover layer for the purposes of greenway and open space planning, landscape -scale watershed analysis, wetlands assessment, land cover and land use analysis, land acquisition prioritization, landscape scale analysis of natural area connectivity, and prioritization of future restoration and management areas between and among two regionally- significant open space corrid9rs. 4) Inventory and gain additional information on the extend of natural and semi - natural land cover types to assist with and compliment ongoing `second -wave' biological surveys and associated analysis of biotic and abiotic landscape characteristics within the project area, 5) Form collaborative relationships among municipalities and governing agencies, and strengthen existing collaborative inter- agency efforts in the region, with the long -term goal of completing a comprehensive land cover classification for all of Anoka County and use these data to develop a unified regional greenway plan and vision, 6) Disseminate the results of the land cover classification to collaborating agencies, local municipalities, and other stakeholders. Rice Creek Corridor Expansion Greenway Planning Grant Page 2 of 11 Anoka Conservation District and Collaborating Agencies January 28, 2000