Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 01/10/2002

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Project Title:St. Anthony Park Natural Resources inventory and Planning Grant Amount: $15,000 Grantee: St. Anthony Park Community Council Partners: Neighborhood Energy Consortium, Community Residents, SAP Community Council Project: Community based natural resource inventory and planning activities to re-connect and protect !raf'..,rr].~.:';~(..r~ h~bitats and green :...,)aoes in the urban core. Project Title: Rice Creek Corridor Expansion Grant Amount: $15,500 Grantee: Anoka Conservation District Partners: Anoka Conservation District, Rice Creek Watershed District, Coon Creek Watershed District, Anoka County Parks, MNDNR Project: Conduct MN Land Cover Classification System through out project area, educate local officials on MLCCS and its uses, acquire data so that large scale landscape analysis can begin,, contribute toward the completion of the Anoka County land cover GIS data layer, Inventory natural communities to compliment biological data collection that is currently occurring. Project Title: Trout Brook - Lower Phalen Creek Greenway Grant Amount: $20,000 Grantee: City of St. Paul Partners: City of St. Paul, Tri Area Block Club; Upper Swede Hollow Neighborhood Association, Dayton's Bluff Community Council, Capitol Region Watershed 'DistriCt,District 6 Planning Council, MNDNR Project: Prepare a master plan for the corridor as identified in the Metro Greenprint and incorporate it into the St. Paul Land Use Plan Project Title: Mill Stream Resource Protection Plan Grant Amount: $15,710 Grantee: Marine on St. Croix Watershed Management Organization · PartnerS: Mill Stream Association, City of Marine on St. Croix, St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Washington Soil and Water Conservation District and MNDNR Project: Collect existing information and photo type map identified natural habitats; field check plant communities and conduct a stream' habitat assessment; analyze field inventory information and prepare a land cover map; develop stewardship plan to assist in future management and proteCtion of the Mill Stream.` ' Project Title: Vermillion/Mississippi River Greenway Corridor Initiative Grant Amount: $24,104 Grantee: Dakota Soil and Water Conservation District Partners: Friends of the Mississippi River, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Vermillion River Watershed Management Organization, MNDNR Project: Conduct riparian habitat assessments within a 300' corridor and floodplain, develop an individual landowner resource inventory and problem identification report and ascertain landowner interest in restoration. /protection options. -95-