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� <br />��,r��;� r c urrr� <br />Parks and Recreation Department <br />Gregory A Mack, Director <br />2015 N. Van Dyke Street <br />Maplewood, MN SS109-3796 <br />January 4, �041 <br />Mr. John Loitus <br />Fire Marshall <br />City of Roseville <br />2660 Civic Center Drive <br />Roseville, MN 55113 <br />Re: Burn Permits - Prairie Management <br />Dear Mr. Loftus: <br />Tel: 6S 1-748-2500 <br />Fax: 6S 1-748-2508 <br />www.co.ramsey.mn.us <br />The Ramsey County Parks and Recreation Department requests permits to conduct <br />controlled burns this spring at two sites in Roseville. The purpose of the burns is to <br />improve the quality of the prairie vegetation. Periodic burns stimulate prairie grasses <br />and flowers and eliminate non-prairie vegetation. <br />The ill'St site is the natural area around the ponds at Lake McCarrons County Park. <br />This site was burned last year. We anticipate three consecutive years of burns, and <br />then, once every 3-4 years. <br />The second site is an area within the city of Roseville's Reservoir Woods Park. <br />Ramsey County is providing assistance to the city to begin management of the prairie <br />at this park. Areas have been burned the past two years, and improvement in the <br />prairie vegetation is becoming apparent. <br />Two permits area requested for the Reservoir Woods site. The first will be to <br />several brush piles when there is snow cover. Snow cover will provide a safe <br />situation for burning. The piles are sumac that was cut out of the prairie areas <br />burn <br />last <br />summer. Burning is the most feasible way of removing the brush piles. Although the <br />burn will be completed in one or two days, the permit is requested for one month after <br />the date of approval. The amount of time will give some flexibility for proper weather <br />conditions. The month of February would be best. <br />The second permit, will be for burning grass in the spring. The site is surrounded by <br />trails, which have provided good fire breaks the past two years. Ramsey County will <br />provide all necessary equipment and personnel. I request that this permit, and the <br />one for Lake McCarrons, be valid from April 1— May 10, 2001. Please call me at <br />(651) 748-2500, Ext. 330, if you want me to attend any meetings. <br />Thank you for your assistance. <br />Sincerely, <br />���� � U�. -�--�.��-� <br />Lar E �Holrnb�r i <br />Supervisor of Planning and Development <br />LE Hlj�h M i n n esota'sFiretHomeltoleCau� <br />cc: Bob Bierscheid �,R,�o� �e�le�paper with �minimum w�,o� �on���,�� <br />� <br />