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9. In relation to the fast pace of urbaniziation in the area, the establishment of the county Park Reserve has been a wonderful accomplishment. It can preserve for the future many natural resources which, even now, would have been lost. However, continued development without regard to natural resources could greatly increase human impacts on wildlife and wildlife habitat even within the Park Reserve. The ecological delineation and land cover type classification for Lino Lakes prepared by Brauer and Associates Ltd. and Applied Ecological Service Inc. conducted in 1999 includes the Regional Park. Much of the greenways and trails system proposed for the City are related to the Park Reserve. Management actions recommended to sustain habitat values and functions: every effort should be made to protect the rookery wherever it occurs by protecting the woodlands chosen by the birds. human activity should be restricted to avoid disturbance to the heronry and the eagle nest site during the nesting season. The woodlands used by the nesting herons should not be logged or in any way fragmented (reduced in size or extent of canopy cover) an inventory of potential wooded nest sites might be prepared and action taken to protect these potential suitable heronry sites, should the birds be forced to relocate in the future annual monitoring of the heronry should be conducted • a comprehensive management plan for the Park Reserve should be based on an up -to -date natural resource inventory and the goal should be to sustain natural resource values and functions such as wildlife habitat and water quality • distribute Blanding's turtle habitat guidelines to Lino Lakes landowners and developers, • encourage citizen reports of sightings of Blanding's turtles by distributing " turtle wanted posters" as part of a homeowners education campaign in order to document more turtle records in the city limits • refrain from converting wetlands to storm water retention ponds or draining shallow complexes in the Blanding's turtle habitat areas, require that on -site storm water retention basins be included in each development parcel. • protect sandy uplands adjacent to known Blanding's turtle wetlands in order to protect potential nesting habitat. D. County Lakes Park: This small park of approximately 25 acres ( Figure 3) is owned and managed by the city of Lino Lakes. It is adjacent to and east of the Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Park Reserve. The most noteworthy feature of this park from a wildlife habitat perspective is its use as a stopping place for neotropical migrants (songbirds and other bird species), including at least 20 species of warblers, during spring migration. Experienced birdwatchers consider this small area on the south side of Rice Creek as it leaves Reshanau Lake near its southwest corner, one of the best birding areas in Lino Lakes. West Shadow Lake Drive bounds the west side of the woods which attracts the birds. A black - topped bike trails which passes through the area is used by students traveling to nearby Rice Lake Elementary School and by hikers. A swimming beach attracts shorebirds in early spring and concentrations of ducks, gulls, and other waterbirds on Reshanau Lake contribute to a long list of bird species recorded for the park.