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GREAT RIVER GREENING <br />■ Chatham Park —The currently prioritized center section of this park has had <br />the initial stages of buckthorn removal started by community members as <br />assisted by City staff but has considerably larger concerns that need to be <br />defined and addressed prior to on -the -ground habitat enhancement as funded <br />by Outdoor Heritage Fund dollars. The current funding available to Great River <br />Greening is not enough to support a complete project from start to finish in <br />this area, and once OHF money has been spent on an acre of a project, OHF <br />funds cannot be returned to that acre in the future. The larger concerns <br />include dead and dying ash trees that are or will present hazards and will need <br />to be removed, future forest diversity goals that need to be defined and <br />budgeted for, and erosion issues that may require regrading and water <br />management engineering prior to natural resource management within the <br />impacted area. We are proposing to use the currently available OHF funds to <br />write a Natural Resource Management Brief for the center priority areas in the <br />park and to provide guidance on continued PTRC community habitat <br />management work and write the budget for management into a future OHF <br />grant that could come online in July 2025 if funded. <br />■ Action requested — Plan approval by the PTRC and approval from the <br />City to write a Natural Resources Management Brief and be available <br />for community guidance. <br />■ Floral Park —The natural resource management for the full woodland and <br />prairie acres of this park have been written into the M.L. 2024 OHF budget on <br />the Great River Greening grant that will be online in July 2024. Once the grant is <br />online, we propose to define the natural resources management for 5 years <br />through a Natural Resources Management Brief, subcontracted habitat <br />invasive species management and native species establishment, and <br />coordinated community stewardship and volunteer engagement. <br />• Action requested — Broad plan approval by the PTRC and approval by <br />the City for the future work once the grant is online in July 2024. <br />Great River Greening is a 501(c)(3) non-profit• tax ID 41-1940024. <br />Great River Greening 1 251 Starkey Street, Suite 2200 1 Saint Paul, MN 55107 1 Tel: 651.665.9500 1 greatrivergreening.org <br />