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species displace native plants and the wildlife that depends on them. ACD <br />has been actively combating buckthorn in those portions of the county <br />where it is just becoming established. <br />• Mikkelson Wildlife Management Area (WMA) — OHF funds have <br />been secured to treat common and glossy buckthorn throughout this <br />840-acre WMA. Basal bark and cut -stump herbicide application was <br />initiated in the fall of 2017 will be completed in 2020. <br />• Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve — As a first phase in a <br />long-term strategy to restore fragments of degraded habitat in the <br />otherwise pristine CCESR, buckthorn infestations will be treated <br />throughout the 5,600-acre property. <br />Blaine Preserve SNA — ACD secured OHF funding to <br />enhance 53 acres of wet prairie/rich fen that supports MN <br />Threatened/ Endangered/ Special Concern species. <br />Enhancement activities will continue in 2020 and include reed canary grass, <br />buckthorn, and aspen treatment. <br />Burman WMA — ACD secured OHF and NWTF funding to <br />enhance 89 acres of the 204-acre Robert and Marilyn <br />Burman WMA. Enhancement activities will continue in 2020 <br />to enhance 58 acres of oak savanna, 16 acers of prairie, and 15 acres of <br />wetland. <br />Mikkelson WMA — ACD secured OHF and NWTF funding to C L E A N <br />WATER <br />restore 13 acres of prairie within the Mikkelson WMA. While l..+\[) It <br />LEGACY <br />most of the WMA is in pristine ecological condition, the '�..n"NL'*I <br />restoration site is an old farm field dominated by non-native and invasive <br />species. <br />Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA) — Anoka CWMA <br />Partnership activities include strategic planning and coordination, invasive <br />species outreach, monitoring, mapping, and a cost share program to control <br />invasive species and revegetate with natives on public and private lands. <br />This effort is supplemented with additional project cost share funds from the <br />MN Dept. of Agriculture. <br />Minnesota Rare Plant Salvage - ACD will work in partnership with the <br />Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and Critical Connections Ecological <br />Services to pursue funding to develop a pilot project for salvaging rare <br />38 <br />