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16 <br />3.a. Summary of Park Goals and General ManagementRecommendations <br />The parks described for management are all unique but have typical Minnesotan habitat types that describe <br />their main attributes which can be used to outline the main proposed management tasks. <br />Table 3.a.1. General Native Plant Community Goals <br />Park(Specific Areas in Cells) <br />Target Native Plant Communities Hazelnut Park Floral Park Chatham Park <br />Mesic Woodland (MHs37,38, 39, and MHc36 <br />and 47)5.5ac W 1.1ac, SE 5.3ac, and <br />SW 1.5ac <br />Southern Mesic Prairie/ Savanna(UPs23 and <br />24)Power line 0.5ac <br />Floodplain Forest (FFs59)N 6.1ac Priority Area 6ac <br />and entire site <br />Natural resources management has been initiated by the city and community volunteers over the past 5-10 <br />years. The work has been focused on, but not limited to, buckthorn hand cutting and removal from 2020 <br />through 2022 in the main north woodland in Chatham Park, invasive species hand pulling focused on garlic <br />mustard, and a labeled-planting of native grasses and forbs establishing along the trail edge of the South <br />Woodland.Through cityefforts, the Arden Hills Parks Trails and Recreation Committee, and neighborhood <br />groups such as Arden Hills Greening, funding was received by Great River Greening from the Outdoor <br />Heritage Fund, as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature, to facilitate the design and <br />implementation of the following proposed goals and tasks. <br />Table 3.a.2 Main Management Recommendations <br />Site Name Acres Long-term <br />Management Goal <br />Recommended Actions Notes <br />Hazelnut <br />Park <br />5.5 Buckthorn control, <br />native understory <br />establishment <br />Periodic shrub layer thinning/ <br />targeted cutting; native species <br />seeding/ planting <br />Seeding native forbs and grasses <br />should be prioritized, promoting <br />the expansion of extant <br />populations and inhibiting <br />buckthorn population rebound. <br />Floral Park <br />Woodland <br />13 Buckthorn control, <br />native understory <br />establishment <br />Periodic shrub layer thinning/ <br />targeted cutting of invasive <br />trees; native species seeding/ <br />planting <br />Seeding/ planting natives should <br />begin shortly after contract work <br />is completed to inhibit other <br />invasive species proliferation. <br />Floral Park <br />Powerline <br />Prairie <br />0.5 Right-of-way native <br />prairie establishment <br />Continued maintenance mowing, <br />woody foliar herbicide <br />application to control black <br />locust expansion. <br />Black locust should not be <br />controlled by mowing as this <br />encourages expansion. <br />Chatham <br />Park <br />6 Buckthorn control, <br />native understory <br />establishment <br />Periodic shrub layer thinning for <br />maintenance; continued targeted <br />cutting of remaining buckthorn <br />stand; native species seeding <br />Seeding should focus on offering <br />alternative food sources for <br />avians. <br />The following section contains specific recommendations for the execution of management objectives for <br />the named areas within each park in this document. The land in each of these areas is part of an altered <br />urbanecosystem. As such, the recommendations for restoration are based on visual assessments of the <br />sites and mapped soil conditions, with the understanding that they will not be fully restored to a native plant