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<br />"The R4m$ex community hasacln.f}wt,qgeda1'Jfl.~rnq,~ace<lthe importance of the
<br />Mississippi RJver Corridor, . its~~toty,i watenqllal~~,~eauJY anti recreational
<br />opportunities.[ The fUture of fhf 'otriCfqf throu~h~Ra1f'Sey.consists of a sanctuary
<br />where wrldliA and nature coexist~fh 'P~opleiarlfi t:lev~lop~ent. Much of the land is
<br />preserved as passive open sp 'c~, ~e~tored JO',its~) native.. veget?tion offering
<br />opportufjities Vor education andr .., p to 1Jo~hrest~~nts.and visitors to the river
<br />corridor. Wh,ile the rights ofp1v ~:ertyOlflnershi~areprofectea,and respected
<br />by the us,ers d{fhe river corridor, Ins acce,sfblet,:othegenerall?ublic through
<br />controlled acpess points suchtts 'fsissippg .1fes('Regional Park site and the
<br />continuous t,+pi/ corridor linki118 . to.. ot1Je~ rlMerjrontcomm(Jnities. In the
<br />fUture, t~e "Iver corridor will, " to ~e;HninJRprt~1Jt part of the Ramsey
<br />community id,ntity and will recei ftentionJthqJ it~loca[.regional and national
<br />significance demands. " .
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<br />B. Backgro~nd Information
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<br />1. Natural communitie'i'~.i~~~~tures .... ..
<br />Qrigi~l vegetation withjn .:~<!r corridorjnc~dedavariety.()fprairie grasses (Dry
<br />~and-jlune Prairie) lUIl!i~* ~r~;c, ~~'of lowland tree canoPY of
<br />seaso$ally tlooded river\h~'" TOday"'S(eres are much different due to acts of
<br />weath~r, urbanization +nt,;........ lture .'activi,~s.. ...(See Figure XI-2 " Critical
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<br />:i~=~l ~~:~~10':~:~;~r~~1~~:~~rr:dotcursory inventory of
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<br />Il) Wetlands .
<br />F4w wetlands are loea .
<br />No wetlands are fea:
<br />N.tional Wetland Inv
<br />7)1 and Seasonally HI
<br />C9rridor. The manyU
<br />Swamp wetlands. The!
<br />River Watershed and .
<br />laf).ds within the Hi$h
<br />Iqyer. There are seve
<br />c~tral portion of theJ
<br />Ccbrridor.
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<br />b) F~oodplain
<br />TIie riverbank along"
<br />12...25%: however, sq
<br />m~re prone to season,a.
<br />E~ergency ManagenJ
<br />pr+xtuced by FEMA ~r
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<br />c) Scfils/slopes
<br />TIte predominant SOlI
<br />H~bbard, Dickman a.jl
<br />geptly rolling and ge
<br />defresslon areas. Ai
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<br />2001 Ramsey C01f)prelfrmsive Plan
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<br />l.'n the. C......n.....4,....c..al..~.i.Ar.:.,..... e.a .C.o.rn....dor in. . the C.' it yo. fRamsey.
<br />the DNll.rro~ed waters inyentory, however, the
<br />dicates.,s~me.,yvetla:nds .0fWooded Swamps (Type
<br />il1$ <rrie ".~~... as. being wi~in. the Critical Area
<br />ng the,c'm(1~r are typically, classified as Wooded
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<br />Area1C~l'ri~<i'r is:entirely\Vithin the Mississippi
<br />re ~ff,~4 ..~~.... su~ac,Pwater. run()ff coming from
<br />Cotri~~r;~1:l~~qdrain toyvards the Mississippi
<br />ds.o~;,th~S~'wMarsh <rype 3) located in the
<br />i River"\Ja ed hut not within the Critical Area
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<br />"..oit... .,'....,..th.. e ri.v....... e...f;.f...:.his...:.'........r~.l.,.,.a.....tive.l...y....d. istinc..t.edg. es with slopes of
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<br />si~latl()n(lltll~)a:ncl can be seen ontlood rate maps
<br />hfq:ity qf~e~ls offici@;zoniqg map.
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<br />stqundwi!fiil t1i~... Criti(iaJ.Area;' Corridor. include the
<br />'rSeriesno1sqI,JlSlopesa,re'predominantly flat to
<br />po n()tj~~~e~a', ~lope ". of 6,% except for a few
<br />'f thedv~tb~ alpng.theo()rthem stretch of the
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