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Comments <br />4 <br />0 <br />0 <br />U <br />0 <br />0 <br />u <br />a <br />OA <br />eJ <br />0 <br />ir <br />w <br />a <br />Management Plans <br />The plan gives good descriptions of the site's native plant <br />communities and detailed species lists generated from <br />releves. A clear map on which the communities are <br />delineated is presented. The plan also gives a detailed list of <br />animal records found on the site from 1997 MCBS work. A <br />number of management and monitoring activities are <br />proposed and clearly described, but unfortunately are not <br />explicitly linked to specific portions of the site. <br />This chapter is a good overview on the management of <br />natural areas, and can serve as a checklist for important <br />components of management plans (e.g., avoid fragmentation, <br />maximize interior environments, control exotic species, <br />promote natural disturbance regimes, etc.) <br />The plan puts specific restoration and management • <br />recommendations into a landscape context, with information <br />on geology and soils, pre- European settlement vegetation and <br />wildlife, land use history, and present -day vegetation and <br />wildlife. Four distinct restoration and management projects <br />are described, although more detailed plans for <br />implementation will be required. <br />Bill Bleckwenn, Peterson <br />Environmental Consulting, <br />Inc., (651) 686 -0151 <br />Hannah Dunevitz (651) <br />772 -7570 <br />Hannah Dunevitz (651) <br />772 -7570 <br />Eden Prairie, MN <br />z <br />z <br />City of Eden Prairie. 1997. Prairie Bluff <br />Conservation Area Management Plan. (Prepared <br />by Peterson Environmental Consulting, Inc.). <br />Allmann, L. 1997. Natural Areas: Protecting a <br />Vital Community Asset. Minnesota Department of <br />Natural Resources, Natural Heritage and Nongame <br />Research Program, Saint Paul. (pp. 77 -89) <br />Management Recommendations for the Koch <br />Petroleum Group Property within the Pine Bend <br />Bluffs Natural Area. 2000. Department of Natural <br />Resources (107 pp.) <br />Useful Natural Resource Documents/Language for Local Government: Examples, Checklists, and uidelines - compiled by MnDNR - draft 5/5/00 <br />