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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources <br />Division of Ecological and Water Resources, Box 25 <br />500 Lafayette Road <br />St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-4025 <br /> <br /> <br />Phone: (651) 259-5109 E-mail: lisa.joyal@state.mn.us <br /> <br />Correspondence # ERDB 20140096 <br />February 18, 2014 <br />Ms. Rachel Haase <br />Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. <br />2550 University Avenue West, Suite 238N <br />St. Paul, MN 55114 <br />RE: Natural Heritage Review of the proposed Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant AUAR, <br />T30N R23N Sections 9 & 16, Ramsey County <br />Dear Ms. Haase, <br />As requested, the Minnesota Natural Heritage Information System has been queried to determine <br />if anyrare species or other significant natural features are known to occur within an approximate one-mile <br />radius of the proposed project. Based on this query, rare features have been documented within the <br />rare features be adversely affected <br />search area. Please note that the following may by the proposed <br />project and should be addressed in the Alternative Urban Areawide Review: <br />The project boundary overlaps portions of two Central Region Regionally Significant <br />Ecological Areas (RSEA; see enclosed map). The DNR Central Region (in partnership with <br />the Metropolitan Council for the 7-county metro area), identified these ecologically <br />significant terrestrial and wetland areas by conducting a landscape-scale assessment based on <br />the size and shape of the ecological area, land cover within the ecological area, adjacent land <br />cover/use, and connectivity to other ecological areas. The purpose of the data is to inform <br />regional scale land use decisions, especially as it relates to balancing development and natural <br />resource protection. A GIS shapefile of this data layer can be downloaded from the DNR <br />Data Deli at http://deli.dnr.state.mn.us. Additional information, including pdf versions of the <br />RSEA maps, is available at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/rsea/index.html. If you would like <br />help interpreting the RSEA data or would like assistance with designing the project’s <br />greenspace, please contact Hannah Texler, Regional Plant Ecologist for DNR’s Central <br />Region, at 651-259-5811 or hannah.texler@state.mn.us. <br />The proposed project is within the AHATS – Rice Creek Important Bird Area (IBA; see <br />enclosed map). Important Birds Areas, identified by Audubon Minnesota in partnership with <br />the DNR, are part of an international conservation effort aimed at conserving critical bird <br />habitats. They are voluntary and non-regulatory, but the designation does demonstrate the <br />biological value of this area. This particular IBA contains varied habitat, including extensive <br />grasslands, and provides important habitat for waterfowl, raptors, and passerines within an <br />urban landscape. A minimum of 166 species have been observed within the IBA <br />boundaries, including several Species of Greatest Conservation Need as identified in <br />Minnesota’s State Wildlife Action Plan (http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/cwcs/index.html). <br />www.mndnr.gov <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />
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