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-430- I ~ ,~' ' PP. OT~CT · CONNECT, ENHANCE . ~NJOY -' . November 1, 2000 ' ' ]: ="~-~--~--~ I De~ Co~u~W Leader: I I ~e Memo Re,on of ~e Mi~esota Dep~ent of Natural Resources is pleased to ~ounce ~e FY2001 request for Me~o Grccnways Site Protection Nominations I I Mc~o Greenways is a collaborative, publ~c/p~vat¢ e~o2 to develo~'~d m~age a re~on~ nc~ork of natural ~e~, p~ks and other open space., intcrco~ected by ccolog{cal co~dors in the seven counW mcmopolit~ re, on. ~crc ~c sevcr~ components to t~s i~tiative including tec~c~l ~s~st~ce, pl~ing F~m, l~d protection ~nds ~d coord~at~ng wi~ ~c m~y namraI rcso~cc pl~{ng, restoration protection projects occu~ng ~n thc re, on. Ov~ $500,000 in matching Fants haw been aw~dcd ~o implementing agencies to conduct n~al rcso~ce I inventories, l~d cover mapping, ~nd n~mral resource m~agcmcnt ~d Feenway Plus. ~ ~ddition, $5 miti~on in state ~nds have bccn alIocatcd toward 15 l~d protection ~d restoration projects. These ~d many o~er projects demonsmate ~c continued ~mpo~ce ~at Twin · rcs{dcnm place upon protecting ~d mana~ng {mpo~t natural ~cas. I Over thc p~t two ye~s, ~nding requests for l~d protectiop, havc f~ su~scd ~c fin~cial -- I resources availablc. ~ response to t~s domed, ~c Lc~slKtzvC'Co~ission on M~csota i Resources has reco~cnded ~at Mc~o Orccnwa~ receive $2.5 ~llion for l~d protection I du~ng ~a next bie~ium. Al~ou~ ~s reco~Cndation must still be approved by ~e ~11 ~slamrc d~ng ~c upcoming 2001 session, ~t is impom~t to idcnti~ ~d evaluate si~fic~t I~d protection sites which would bc cli~blc to rccciw ~y approved ~nds. ~y bc~ng ~ I process now, more time will bc ~vailabtc for int~cstcd p~ics to idcnt~, pHo~fizc ~d prep~c -- nomination matcNals for Protecting impom~t sites. Secondly, by ~cr doc~cnfing ~c need I ~d interest in ~c proF,, ~ere will be s~ongcr rationale for provid~ng adequate ~nding. Enclosed are the 2001 Me~o Grcenway Site Nomination martials. Al~ough ~c nomination. materials and processes ~c v.e~ simSar to previous ye~s, there ~e a few ch~ges ~om last year. I Sinc~ there ~e o~er proFams such ~ Conse~ation P~crs and thc Big ~vers P~ersNp which arc targeted toward n~mral resource restoration, ~nding will be focused primely on land I protection. Unlike previous years, ~nds can also be in the fo~ ofF, ts as opposed ~o solely I purchasinga legal ~ntcrcst in thc l~d. I SI. Paul, MN I'