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Date: 6/21/10 Item: 5
ITEM: Update on Sunfish Lake Park natural resource plan
SUBMITTED BY: Carol Kriegler, Project Assistant
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Dr. Kathy Widen and Jim Eckberg, plant ecologist with Minn. Native Landscapes, have been establishing vegetation plots and making field observations in SFL park this summer for the
development of a natural resource management plan. They are inventorying native and invasive plants found and noteable features in the plot and immediate vicinity. Carol Kriegler
will provide a brief progress report on the project.
While the inventory is not yet complete, the need / opportunity for some immediate management has been identified, specifically the cutting of some weed stands in some of the wetland
areas. It is suggested that a community event might be planned where volunteers could assist in the effort - - possibly a Saturday morning in the near future.