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Reservoir Woods <br />Reservoir Woods is approximatcly 115 acres betwcen Victoria Street and Dale Street. <br />The site, which includes some of thc highest ground in Roseville, is homc to a 3Q-million gatlon, <br />under�round water reservoir that for ycars had been operated by the City of St. Paul. When the <br />reservair becamc outdated, St. Paul sold the land to the City oi Roseville in 1997. That land was <br />added to 34 acres of land that the City leases from Roselawn Cezxietery to create the park. <br />Neighborhood task forces and park and recreation planners expressed the wish that this new park <br />remain pr�stinc and forest l�ke. Outside of adding a pathway, the only deveIopment the City has <br />done is to restore eroding soft trails and eradicate invasive plants such as buckthorn and puzple <br />loosestrife. <br />Wetlands within the park include a number of small depressions of good quality, with a few <br />wetlands on the southeast side oi the park that have been impacted. The uplands contain an <br />ir�teresting mix of oalc fores�/woodland, dry prairie, and plantcd pine forest. The pine forest, <br />a�thougi� plarrted, is beginning to take on characteristics of a remnant p�ne-hardwood community. <br />These pines are said to have been planted in the earliest years of the 1900's. The upland <br />co�nmunities are in good to very good condiEion with excellent potential for improved quality <br />with active managernent. <br />As the Roseville City Parks website notes -"You can walk for miles i� this 120-acre Roseville <br />park and see little sign of developrnent... just hilly terrain tivith lots of pine trees, wetlands, <br />prairie b ass, and savanna. It is a place to enjoy natural, untamed beauty". It is a very unique <br />place in such an urbanize� settin�. Recreation at Reservoir Woods is lar�ely passive, there is no <br />playground equipment, balJ fields, or skating �nks. <br />The following pages includes community descriptions and management recommendations <br />for both u,plands and �vetlancls within the park. <br />Ciry of Roseville I fg <br />Parks Natrcrrcl Reso«�-ce Mar�age�rrerat <br />