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Stewardship Plan <br />The Rice Creek North Regional Trail Connection will be restored <br />managed according to the 2008 Ramsey County Parks and Recreation <br />Natural Resource Management Plan. <br /> ed as a priority area to restore to a <br />combination of wetland, prairie and savannah habitats. <br />The corridor provides habitat for birds, <br /> re and invasive species, will <br />small mammals and invertebrates. <br />be controlled on a variety of habitats with herbicides and bio-c <br /> orts are done in partnership with the Minnesota Department <br />of Agriculture (MDA) and Minnesota Department of Natural Resourc <br />(MNDNR). Habitat management assistance may also be provided by t <br />Conservation Corps of Minnesota (CCM). <br />The Rice Creek North Regional Trail area hosts a diverse variety <br />Birds include nesting songbirds, waterfowl, and raptors. Larger <br />include white-tailed deer, otter, coyotes, red fox and raccoons. <br />The deer population is annually surveyed. If needed the deer her <br />managed with special hunts under the Ramsey County Cooperative D <br />Management Plan in partnership with New Brighton, Mounds View, A <br />Hills and Shoreview. <br />Nest boxes are provided for wood ducks and eastern bluebirds and <br />towers for osprey. <br /> es restoration <br />for Middle Rice Creek as a capital improvement project. This pro <br />involve the restoration or re-meandering of more than 16,000 fee <br />Creek from Howard Lake to the Mississippi River. The intent of t <br />is to increase recreational use of Rice Creek as a regional wate <br /> ooding and control <br />Rice Creek through channelization. Channelization is believed to <br />resulted in an increase in sedimentation downstream within Long <br /> ows. <br /> ort between the RCWD, Anoka County, <br />Ramsey County, the National Park Service, and the Friends of the <br />River. <br />RAMSEY COUNTY <br />JUNE 18, 2013 DRAFT <br />PAGE 18 <br />PARKS AND RECREATION <br />