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Lake Itasca Monarch Trail <br />In the summer of 2017, the City designated a portion of the Lake Itasca Trail as a Monarch Trail. This was in <br />conjunction with the Mayor's Monarch Pledge proclamation. The Monarch Trail includes roughly seven (7) <br />acres of land on both sides of an existing, well used trail segment along Lake Itasca. A ceremonial planting of <br />a mixture of plugs was completed in the summer of 2017. Site preparations occurred over the following fall, <br />winter and spring seasons. This included a prescribed burn to eliminate non-native and undesirable <br />vegetation (forbs/grasses) and removal of red cedar and Siberian elms within approximately 100 feet of the <br />trail. The site was then seeded with species favored by monarch butterflies and other pollinators. This <br />project converted fallow land into a native, pollinator friendly landscape that abuts a heavily used <br />walking/biking trail in the community. Thus, it not only created new habitat but also did so in a location that <br />would is highly visible to the community. <br />Figure 3: Lake Itasca Monarch Trail <br />City of Ramsey 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update <br />Natural Resources Plan <br />Page 8 of 21 <br />