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Ecological Improvement Plan: Prairie Restoration Silver Point Park and Central Park, Saint Anthony Village SECTION 1 – Location Information Site ID: SAV (Silver Lake Park and Central Park) Current Landowner: Saint Anthony Village and School District No 282 Address: 3301 SILVER LAKE RD, Minneapolis, MN 55418 Email/Phone Number: Richard Sonterre PID: Silver Point Park (Multiple 0702923120006) Central Park (0602923120130 and 0602923120129) Staff main contact: Matt Stasica SECTION 2 – Goals and Current Conditions Current Conditions and goals The Project Areas are currently managed as turf areas. SAV and HC goals are to restore and manage these areas as native pollinator habitat. This also includes adding in education or outreach materials for people. Primary Management Objectives include: 1) restoring native prairie communities within the Parks 2) Improving ecological function, increasing native vegetation cover, diversity, and habitat structure, and increasing habitat for Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN). Objective is to 1) Restore the turf areas at Silver Point Park to a native prairie. 2) Restore the turf buffer areas around the infiltration basin to native prairie and restore the turfed area in the infiltration basin to a wet/mesic prairie. 3) Utilize education and outreach opportunities for the public. 4) Provide habitat and refugia for pollinators. Conservation Value (why did we select this Project) Location: The Protected Properties are great candidates for establishing rusty patch bumble bee and other pollinator species habitat. The main objective is to have pollinator garden demonstration areas that will help residents learn about what pollinator gardens and native landscapes are supposed to look like and how to manage these areas as well. The City has passed a recent ordinance that allows residents to have pollinator gardens in their front yards. These demonstration areas will be crucial for educating the public on best management practices and what to look for in a prairie or pollinator area. Natural Resources: The Original Land Survey for both areas are delineated as Oak Openings or Barrens. There are two Ecologically Significant areas that are 0.3 miles and 1.4 miles from the Project Areas. The Mississippi River Natural Resource Corridor is 2.9 miles to the west of the Project Areas. The Central Park project area is at the top of the watershed for Rice Creek Watershed District. Silver Point Park is close to the top of the watershed for the Mississippi River Watershed. The Central Park project is located in a Minnesota department of Health Drinking Water Supply Management Area. By restoring these areas with native plants, we be benefitting water infiltration and water quality in these areas. This project also has some benefit to carbon sequestration as well.