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Background <br />This document was assembled by the Minnesota Private Lands Office (MNPLO) to guide the restoration <br />and management of the Monarch Trail located on Lake Itasca City Park. This project came into existence <br />as a result of the Mayor of Ramsey signing the Mayors for Monarchs Pledge and expressing a desire for <br />the city to do more to help the iconic species. Through partnerships with the MNPLO and city park staff <br />the trail was designated as an area to provide a native pollinator planting to help the species and other <br />native pollinators while providing education and outreach opportunities to local residents. To <br />accomplish this effort this plan was developed to assist in making this restoration a successful effort. <br />The area to be converted is currently a fallow field and has a history of agricultural production. The <br />tasks provided below are the efforts made by the aforementioned partners to most appropriately <br />convert the existing condition of the area to the desired outcome of a native prairie. <br />Number <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />Project Tasks and Timelines <br />Task <br />Order/Reserve Plant Plugs for Ceremony <br />Stake/Flag Restoration Area <br />Remove Unwanted Trees in Buffer Area <br />Herbicide Application to Restoration Area <br />Mow Restoration Area <br />Sign Landowner Agreement <br />Purchase Native Seed <br />Trail Designation Ceremony <br />Disc Restoration Area <br />Plant Seed on Restoration Area <br />11 Maintenance Mow of Restoration Area <br />Completed <br />by: <br />5/12/2017 <br />5/19/2017 <br />5/26/2017 <br />5/26/2017 <br />5/31/2017 <br />5/31/2017 <br />6/2/2017 <br />6/2/2017 <br />6/7/2017 <br />6/9/2017 <br />6/15/2018 <br />Party <br />USFWS <br />City <br />City <br />City <br />City <br />City <br />USFWS <br />City/USFWS <br />City <br />USFWS/City <br />City <br />