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RESOURCE CLASStYlCATION SYSTEM <br /> <br /> In determining how to ctassi~ Se e:dsting areas w/Sin Mississippi We~ Kegional Park the natural <br />resources classification sy~em used by the )moka County Parks and Recreation D~arnnent was <br />consulted. A copy of this system is proxaded m .q_ppendLx C.. This classification system was further <br />modified to best suit Mississippi West Regional Park (Table 5). Within each zone a sa of criteria for <br />selection are listed. These criteria are addressed and unPlemented Ln r_he classification below. <br /> <br />Table 5. Re¼sed Classification System. <br /> <br />Preservation Wildlife P, efuge Resource Management Development <br />Zones Zones Zones Zones <br /> <br />.'Areas of unique or rare <br />habitat <br /> <br />Areas with sensitive or <br />easily ewodibie soils <br /> <br />Si~znificemt areas ofnafiYe <br />namrat commUmties <br /> <br />Areas wh~e human <br />~acroachment couid harm <br />or irrev~sibiy alt~ a' <br />natural corn_mUrat,/or <br />CCOSV.. S[~ <br /> <br />Wetland areas well suited <br />to the breeding and <br />production or' waterfowl or <br />oth~ desirab[e wildlife <br />%pecies <br /> <br />~4a'eas rga.sonabiy <br />accessible for wiidI~e <br />manag~ment acti'd, ties <br /> <br />Habitat to v, dxich human <br />access ~ be controlled <br />through geoio~c bamers <br /> <br />,Areas with controlled <br />access for nature pr%returns <br />or wildlife obs~,orvation <br /> <br />,~eas suitable for <br />restoration of declining <br />natural native commU-mries <br /> <br />Natural plant communities <br />managed or established for <br />environmental education <br />llSeS <br /> <br />Plant corm:numties <br />requiring applied <br />raa.nagcxnent in late <br />successional s~ages <br /> <br />.~a-eas conta/$fing <br />education~ or recreational <br />l~uil 'ctings or structures <br /> <br />Mowed or surfaced ~alls <br />and roads <br /> <br /> The first level of selemion was the current level of impact w/thin an area. Commu_rfities w/ih iitr_le <br />or no impact were given priorrcy in more restrictive categories (Fibre 8). For example, the islands have <br />se~n minimal human impam, so the classification and management strategy, tried to preserve th/s aspect <br />the communiW without compromising the interests of future park users. <br /> <br /> The ne~ level of sele~ion looked at criteria that made a certain commtmk7 a mandatory candidate <br />for a ce,wain management zone. For example, the fiver beach community, contains ~eep, dangerous, highly <br />erodible river banks. These features require the land be placed in the preservation management zone <br />because the cnrena ~br the other zones conilict with irs management ~igure 8). <br /> <br />74 <br /> <br /> <br />