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• <br />• <br />• <br />XIII. NATURAL RESOURCES <br />Anoka County has maintained a strong commitment to preserving and restoring natural <br />resources within its park and open space system. The expansive 10,000 acre park <br />system contains a diverse system of wildlife species and natural areas including upland <br />forests, deciduous woodlands, upland prairies, forested wetlands, shrub wetlands and <br />open wetlands. <br />General natural resources management strategies include identifying and assessing <br />remnant plant and animal communities, monitoring rare species, controlling invasive <br />species, ecologically restoring native plant and animal habitat, controlling detrimental <br />insects and disease, wildlife management, enhancing water qutaity, erosion control and <br />cooperative land stewardship. <br />A sustainable development framework is utilized in all new park and trait development <br />and redevelopment to ensure ecologically sound lartd stewardship with anemphasis on <br />maintaining the longevity of the facilities for pubfic'benefit. <br />The following natural resource Phi <br />County's planning efforts assoc <br />ment compo is are an integral part of Anoka <br />1. A natural resource inventdtj of sari <br />MinnesE <br />s. roposed i= ;gional trail project: <br />cover types was conducted using the <br />Cover Cr s if cation System (MLCCS). The following <br />comrrrpity types were identifie..,in or adjacent to the trail corridor. The types <br />were classified as <br />120 11 °a 2510 "impe' fo ttt over with coniferous trees <br />11210 4% to if % impervious cover with deciduous trees <br />1 121 1 ` Oak (forest orwoodland) with 4 -10% impervious cover <br />11220 11% to 25% impervious cover with deciduous trees <br />11230 26 to 50% impervious cover with deciduous trees <br />11320 11 6%:to 25% impervious cover with mixed coniferous /deciduous trees <br />1.1324 Planted mixed coniferous /deciduous trees with 11-25% impervious cover <br />44 Planted mixed coniferous /deciduous trees with 51 -75% impervious cover <br />131 1 4% to 10% impervious cover with perennial grasses and sparse trees <br />13114 Short grasses and mixed trees with 4 -10% impervious cover <br />13115 Long grasses and mixed trees with 4 -10% impervious cover <br />13124 Short grasses and mixed trees with 11-25% impervious cover <br />13125 Long grasses and mixed trees with 11-25% impervious cover <br />13134 Short grasses and mixed trees with 26 -50% impervious cover <br />13144 Short grasses and mixed trees with 51 -75% impervious cover <br />13145 Long grasses and mixed trees with 51 -75% impervious cover <br />13211 Short grasses with 4 -10% impervious cover <br />13221 Short grasses with 11-25% impervious cover <br />Page 11 of 14 <br />