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10/26/1995
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a a 22 TE TALK Spring -Summer 1995 <br />i ix i r 11 i <br />i i i <br />Just 150 years after the first Euro: American settlers moved into the region now known as the <br />St. Croix River Valley and Anoka Sandplain, only small fragments of the native landscape remain. <br />For example, only about 6 percent of the forests present 150 years ago are left, and a mere 1 <br />percent of the prairies remain. Minnesota's St Croix Ricer Valley and Anoka Sandplatn offers a <br />fascinating landscape history of this six-county region in east-central Minnesota, including <br />detailed descriptions of thirty-nine varieties of native habitats that still exist there. The region <br />includes the counties of Anoka. Chicago, Isanti. Ramsey, Sherburne, and Washington. <br />Much of the data presented in Minnesota's St. Croix River Valley and Anoka Sandpiabt was <br />recently gathered by the Minnesota County Biological Survey, and is appearing in print for the first <br />thee. All of the data is summarized and interpreted to provide a convenient guide for anyone <br />interested in the natural history of the region, including landowners seeking more information. on a <br />forest or prairie on their land, people interested in visiting native habitats in the region, <br />government planners and resource managers, and high school biology classes. <br />For each native habitat, the authors include descriptive text, photographs, line drawings, _ <br />distribution maps, and lists of associated plants and animals. The book also contains a guide <br />providing directions to and interpretations of 35 sites accessible to the public where these native <br />habitats can be explored. No other single book gives such a thorough and integrated treatment of - " <br />the native habitats and landscape of the area. A set of companion color wall maps is also available <br />(Minnesota's St. Croix Ricer Valley and Anoka Sandplatr~: Maps of Native Habitats). These <br />document the location of the remaining native habitats, along with rare plants and animals. - <br />For a limited time, Minnesota's St. Croix River Valley and Anoka Sandpiain: A Guide to Native <br />Habitats is available to DNR employees at 50% off of the retail price! - <br />Clothbound $16.20 ($32.55 retail!) and $10.85 ($21.85 retail!) 6 comp on -sized -- <br />neaps $2.68 ($6.37 retaff!) <br />To reserve your. copies -fill out the order form below <br />Name <br />(please check the appropriate bob <br />Clothbound ~ $16.20 = . <br />. Paperbound ~ $10.85 = ~ - <br />Companion Maps ~ $ 2.68 = <br />Make checks payable to: Books will be delivered/picked up the .. <br />-MCBS following uxiys: _ <br />and send them to: <br />• Central. and Metro office staff <br />B.J. Farley. MOBS can pick up their books. <br />500 Lafayette Road, Box 7 - <br />St. Paul, MN 55155 • Outstate staff can have their books .. <br />sent to them through interoffice mail. <br />
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