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Mechanism <br />• encouraging infiltration of stormwater to maintain and restore <br />surficial groundwater aquifer levels. <br />Protect high priorities parcels that contain rare and declining habitats, <br />natural communities identified by the MN County Biological Survey, <br />and/or are located in identified greenway networks by: <br />• identifying opportunities for conservation development, <br />• connecting landowners with funding sources with targeted <br />mailings and promotional efforts, <br />• acquisition of fee title and conservation easements, and <br />• ensuring there are local entities capable of accepting and <br />managing fee titles and conservation easements. <br />Protect water quality in high priority water bodies by prioritizing <br />monitoring, analysis and technical and financial resources in a manner <br />that achieves the most good for the most people on the highest priority <br />resources. <br />Assist landowners and public entities to manage and enhance high <br />priority natural resources by: <br />• designing and coordinating installation of conservation practices <br />and ecosystem restorations, <br />• preparing conservation plans for agricultural operations in <br />cooperation with USDA NRCS, <br />• serving on TEPs, technical and citizens advisory committees, <br />• enforcing the Wetland Conservation Act of 1991, <br />• developing model ordinances for open space protection and <br />groundwater conservation, <br />• refining the development review process utilizing minimal impact <br />development design standards, water quality modeling, and <br />sketch plan phase involvement, <br />• facilitating the treatment of invasive species, and <br />• working with partners throughout the Rum River watershed to <br />promote implementation of the WRAPS by increasing its visibility <br />with decision makers and funding partners <br />Fund conservation practices installation and design engineering to <br />address high priority problems in partnership with landowners and public <br />entities by actively pursuing grant funds and developing local funding <br />sources through product sales and establishment of soil and water <br />conservation utility fees. <br />Water Quality <br />Natural Habitats <br />-c Water Quantity <br />page 54 Anoka Conservation District Comprehensive Plan October 2014 <br />