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Problem Assessment: <br />Define the scope of degradation to the site, synthesize the existing knowledge <br />about it, and explore the potential outcomes of alternative restoration actions. <br />Design: <br />Design a restoration plan and monitoring program that will provide reliable <br />feedback and information about the effectiveness of restoration methods. <br />Implementation: <br />Effective restoration is usually a multi -step process, requiring not only installation, <br />but many years of maintenance and monitoring. <br />Monitoring: <br />Biological indicators are monitored to determine how effective the restoration <br />methods are in meeting the project objectives. <br />Evaluation: <br />The actual outcomes are compared to the anticipated outcomes. In addition, <br />the reasons for the underlying differences are interpreted. <br />Adjustment: <br />Practices, objectives, and models used during the restoration process may lead to <br />reassessment of the problem, new questions, and new options to try in a continual <br />cycle of improvement for a given project. <br />Management and stewardship practices for maintenance in the park will include <br />periodic mowing, prescriptive fire management, invasive species surveys, hazard tree <br />assessments, seed collection and propagation, invasive species removal, turf <br />management, brush and tree maintenance, erosion control, forest health assessments <br />and maintenance, wildlife surveys and management as needed, and interpretive <br />signage. Maintenance and stewardship practices also include regular trimming of trees <br />and vegetation along roadways, trail corridors, park facilities and structures. <br />The two highest priority projects for natural resources would be: <br />1) Removal of invasive species throughout the park through the use of bio-control <br />agents. <br />2) Planting of native trees throughout the park as replacement for anticipated <br />losses due to disease or storm damage. <br />A review of the Natural Heritage Information System (NHIS) revealed that there is known <br />occurrences of rare features within the park. Rare features that may be adversely <br />affected by the proposed project include: <br />• The Black Sandshell (Ligumia recta), a state -listed special concern mussel, has <br />been documented in the Mississippi River near the park. <br />3/6/2017 Mississippi West Regional Park Master Plan Amendment 22 <br />