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CONCLUSIONS <br /> <br /> The objemive of this r~ort was to provide the Anoka CounT park oz~cials ~(th an inventory. <br />spec~c to the f4mre development .of Mississippi West Regional Park. This mclud~l an m-depth srady of <br />the vegetative commumties and their associated wildliz~e, so/l characteristics, hydrology.., size history, and <br />cuItural aspe~--~ such as structures in the park, roads and trails, ut42ifies, and development aroUnd the park. <br />This inzYrmarJon has been gathered and ~mctured to provide an easy reference ~m_dde for park officials who <br />will be pammpatmg m the 5ature development of the park. Reccmmendatiorm are mctuded based on this <br />inventory and our knowledge of the goals of Anoka Count? park o~cials. <br /> <br /> The ideal use of this par~ s~ms to be as an arboretum to help educate people in surroUnd/rig <br />commururies about the ecology, of the ?moka sand plato before human impacts r.&~anged its community, <br />makeup. Because the coUnw, is ex?emed to sM development m the ne.~ two decades, it would be desirable <br />to provide developers w/th an example of landscaping ideas to mmu-n the. sand plato to irs original r'mte. <br />The overall conclusion is that an arboretum containing as many e,'camples of native communities as space <br />will allow should be es'~abhshed and managed to allow access by both vehicle arid foot. <br /> <br /> The hi~ory of the area should also be included in the eduCarnonal cUmculum of'the park. The area <br />around the park and the park r~Seffhas a si?it, cam role in the development of Minnesota as a stare. The <br />park could tie i_n wxth other cultural sites in the area, such as the Kelly Farm nop-&west of the park. <br /> <br />82 <br /> <br /> <br />