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Carnelian <br />Creek <br />Conservation <br />Corridor: <br />Phase 1 <br />Washington County <br />is Minnesota's <br />oldest county <br />located in the east <br />metro area. <br />Warner Nature <br />Center is the oldest <br />Nature Center in <br />Minnesota located <br />in the Town of May <br />in northern <br />Washington County. <br />The Minnesota Land <br />Trust is a nationally - <br />accredited <br />conservation <br />organization with a <br />twenty-year history <br />of protecting <br />Minnesota's most <br />unique wildlife <br />habitats around the <br />state. <br />For more <br />information, please <br />contact MLT's <br />Wayne Ostlie, <br />Director of Land <br />Protection at <br />651-917-6292 <br />WHAT IS THE CARNELIAN CREEK CONSERVATION CORRIDOR PROPOSAL? <br />This first phase of the Carnelian Creek Habitat Corridor Program aims to protect 735 acres of <br />high quality wildlife habitat in the east metro area with a conservation easement. It will <br />protect 10 miles of shoreline on Terrapin, Mays and Clear lakes and 735 acres of forests, <br />wetlands and grasslands that provide critical habitat, promote biodiversity and expand <br />wildlife connections to the St. Croix River for more than 70 Species in Greatest Conservation <br />Need. This project is a partnership of the Outdoor Heritage Fund, Minnesota Land Trust, <br />Washington County and Warner Nature Center. <br />HOW DOES THE PROPOSAL SUPPORT STATE GOALS? <br />This project reflects a number of goals outlined in the Statewide Conservation and <br />Preservation Plan, Tomorrow's Habitat for the Wild and Rare Plan and Washington County's <br />Land and Water Legacy Program. Specifically, we aim to address these goals by: <br />•'• Protecting critical <br />• lakes, shorelines, <br />bogs, wetlands <br />•'• Protecting one of the <br />• largest remaining <br />forests in the metro <br />area <br />•'• Targeting a unique <br />• landscape that has <br />historical value to fish, <br />game and wildlife <br />W <br />RE THE OUTCOMES OF THE PROGRAM? <br />Protected wildlife habitat for more than 70 Species in Greatest Conservation Need <br />Protected aquatic habitat and water quality of the watershed <br />Diverse forest habitat protected from development and fragmentation <br />Increased participation of private landowners in habitat projects <br />Protect prior public investment in shoreland and forest conservation in the area <br />Washington <br />oomftftmwo <br />+Count <br />000--= " �_M 0 0- C - I d - 111,::9:7 "-1 <br />