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Table l. Habitats of the Venio Wildlife Corridor. Habitat Current Pro osed Wetland 12 22 Pxairie 0 15 Mixed Woads 3 12 Industrial 19 0 Qldfield 15 0 Specific restoration projects and priorities would include: 1. The excavation and revegetation of the southwest marsh (figure 5.) This would require excavation af approximate�y 16000 yards of material and the seeding of the 3 acres of shallo� vvater in a wetland native seed mix(MNDOT 325 or similar mix} at �0 pounds per acres, plus the instaliation of 1500 bulrush plants and basking lo�s along the north edge (Figure 5.) T'his wetland should be extended to the existing bike trail. This would require the repiacemen# of the existing culvert under the bike trail with an elevated crossing. This ca�ld be a short bridge or oversized V-bow culvert. 2. The restoration of a degraded and isolated, three acre wetland on the south end of the Industrial site, east of the existing road (Figure 4) would require contral of invasive species and planting of 1500 native sedges and bulrush. 3. T'he planiing of native grasses on the 15 acres of the oldfields and part of the industrial area would involve the killing of existing non-na�ive grasses and planting a dry upland prairie mix (MNDOT 340 or similar mix) at 14 Ibs per acre. 4. The woodland restoration will anvolve planting nine acres in the southeast carner and south boundary (Figure 4) of the corridor using a mixture of oaks and basswood bareroot seedlings. They wouid be planted at 2000 trees per acre. The restored corridar r�vill be rnanaged to minimize invasive species popula�ions. The prairie areas wili be rnanaged with periodic controlled fires. The corridor management plan will be integrated into the natural resaurce plans far the Rice Creek Regional Trail and AHATS. DRAFT — Agril 2008