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proceed in an economically viable fashion. <br />Ecological Enhancement Zone: This zone refers to areas of the city that • <br />fall <br />outside the other two zones. Typically, this includes lands that are <br />defined <br />under agriculture designation and thus do not exhibit high <br />ecological <br />value, but offer opportunities for significant ecological enhancements as <br />part <br />of future land use decisions. An example of this is transitioning some <br />agriculture fields into prairie communities as part of a conservation <br />development. Also included under this zone are areas already developed, <br />such as a residential subdivision, where ecological enhancements are <br />still <br />possible, albeit perhaps on a. more limited basis. <br />The main objective of this zone is to articulate that the opportunities <br />to <br />expand the footprint of high quality natural areas, and thus the greenway <br />system, within the city are very extensive and that sound ecological <br />protection <br />strategies should not be limited only to areas that currently exhibit <br />higher <br />ecological qualities. Quite to the contrary, under the mantra of a <br />conservation <br />development approach to planning, protecting and enhancing the ecological <br />values of all lands should be considered whenever development occurs in <br />the <br />community. Further, every attempt should be made to link these newly . <br />created natural areas to the larger greenway system as depicted on the <br />map <br />wherever opportunity to do so exists. This linkage should be both in the <br />form <br />of a natural landscape features as well as linear trail corridors that <br />allow for <br />human access and appreciation of these natural amenities... <br />potential <br />Realizing the Vision of a Greenway System <br />As the mapping image in the last figure illustrates, the inherent form of <br />the <br />ecological systems within the city offer a great deal of to <br />serve as the <br />backbone of a greenway system that links natural areas with parks, trail <br />corridors, and development areas throughout the community. There are, <br />however, a few critical points that need to be made if this vision is to <br />be <br />realized. First, the city is going to have to approach community <br />development <br />in a decidedly different way than in the past if the areas that fall <br />within the <br />17apxa_ &_PepsazaovBoapB <br />Xtrt og Atvo Aaxsa <br />