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<br />11.0 WILDLIFE HABITAT <br /> <br />11.1 EXISTING CONDITIONS <br /> <br />Anoka County is considered a transitional ares for major wildlife <br />species. The number of animals for anyone species is not as high as <br />compared to habitat areas with favored species habitat (SCS 1977). A <br />data base search by the Natural Heritage Program staff, MnDNR, <br />indicates there are no known sensitive ecological features within the <br />project area boundaries. <br /> <br />The project area exhibits a variety of wildlife habitats including oak <br />savanna, open uplands, and wetlands. The distribution of habitat <br />areas, in terms of vegetational groups, is shown in Figure 33. A list <br />of acreages associated with vegetation type is shown in Table 20. <br /> <br />TABLE 20. List of Vegetational Communities and the Acreage Associated <br />with these Communities within the Project Area (after <br />Dahlke and Kucera 1981). <br /> <br />Community <br /> <br />Acres <br /> <br />Agricultural <br /> <br />621 <br /> <br />Oak savanna <br /> <br />172 <br /> <br />Oak forest <br /> <br />137 <br /> <br />Upland open <br /> <br />66 <br /> <br />Aspen <br /> <br />28 <br /> <br />Mixed hardwoods <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />Residence <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />UO/MH <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />Lowland brush <br /> <br />1.9 <br /> <br />Willow brush <br /> <br />1.5 <br /> <br />Type II wetland <br /> <br />7.7 <br /> <br />Type III wetland <br /> <br />11.2 <br /> <br />Type II & VI wetland <br /> <br />65 <br /> <br />Lake Itasca <br /> <br />111 <br /> <br />1,253.3 <br /> <br />-25- <br /> <br />