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<br /> <br />Two sound principles that repr <br />protecti,gth~ environment and, <br />of the comnitmity-wide visionls <br />these principles as seen in the foll <br /> <br /> <br />2aOl Comprehensive Plan <br /> <br />XIII. ENvutONJw:ENTAL PRO,. <br /> <br />.~ -. -. -".' " . - -' . .-. <br /> <br />~E~~~NAqEMENT <br />."."..' -." . .'-.--.-. " ---- <br />"0-.'_- _'._ . _._ .." , <br /> <br />t~.l stro~g9qnse#Susof tl}e Ramsey Community are <br />~i~~ or pre~~~~.~ena~al resc:>urce base. The results <br />~ifttld comht~nitt'suryey reinforced the importance of <br />n~tWo "Gutdi.,.S ~tfuciples": <br /> <br />Ramsey is: <br /> <br />H <br /> <br />A Place wit~ a Sustainable Clett44rftJHecilthylfl'lVf1'onmimt <br />,: -- <br />-it 1. <br /> <br />It is i~po~ for resident~, b~sjn.~i a.t~iindUBtry~bffl;,enviroIll11entallY sensitive and make a <br />conscIentIouS,effort to mamtam;a~lfU1v~d hQalthy..~n~ronment. Wel11ust pass on our clean <br />air and ~leanrwater to our childt~.i~tutUl:eg~~~raiions;. All future development should <br /> <br />~~n~~A~ee:~t~:~~ei:?:~::#t~:~::~~fe:~J:~e:i~IOgiCal system ensuring that <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />A Place to Preserve Natural Rei~r~s <br /> <br />Ramseyhas ~ abundance of ttaiuial <br />become,ever iffiore threatened. "'11.' <br />suitable to development but more 't'~r <br />water infiltration, slope preservati_ [0 <br />habitat. .EncQuraging environm~nta'y <br />these natural tesources. . ~ <br /> <br /> <br />Csourc.. es.:... . . ".......As... .... ..........c.......d...... e. v..e...l. op.. m.... ent. o...ccurs,. these resources <br />portant,to;pr~~erveand protf'ct areas that may be <br />. te forlth~ir~tur~luse such as wetlands for storm <br />sio!l. c~P:~ol~~1'w9odl~ds and prairies for wildlife <br />sitive.pe~~grt,;and' development will help preserve <br /> <br />, <br />A. Existing 'Conditions <br /> <br />"-,' -" " , <br />_. "'. .... o. <br />Ramsey i, fortunate to haveaf ~~le amOunt~f~~11d..res.ources and open space areas <br />and a co~unity attitude thf. 'S' reasin~ly~po~ferned about the environment. The <br />inventory tof natural resourCcfsl'~": . sp~cqsi~cliQeavariety of; wetlands, woodlands, <br />fa~ands~parkland and two~lg 14 . es.N~~n<l~veJ)!ant~andtrees are evident in the <br />comrnuniw. Early settlers.<$ ..td ch Qf~~~~'fQ1'.fa.tiningin the early settlement <br />da~s,..... but t.. ince. then resi~ent.;........ '. .....4....."'.,e .... ~.men......... t. .....lla$................ '...........'...........be......;....'.en.....:......~..'.......... tho e....'....m..... ,....ai.. n. fo.....1'.... C.. e ?ehind the loss of <br />natIve vegetatIon allowmg{. q .,mtr94u.cttQnl.of n.e:wspeCIes mto the Ramsey <br />comrnunitr. The following; i...ted;d~~~~ptiR~()fthenatural features and their <br />chara.cteri,tics that can be fa.. in Rams~y;co~upjty ~d su{rounding areas of the <br />Ano~ S~dplain. This invenlo.}n es ipf~ti~~~alhas beep.;gathered at a regional <br />levebinclttding sources such, .f. ish ..IUt(:{' ;;il~'fe~~~ces,J;)epartmentof Natural <br />Resouroes~ U. S. Army C~i>f gineer.U.;~.l))~partm.entof Agriculture, the <br />Metropolitan Council and otJte 'id sta~. .;.eg!t~:nal~rtesQurce~. Information has also <br />been obtaihed by local studie$ lId.~d byth~ 'tyI~f~sey. <br />h -1;:; - ;~ - - _ - ,c' .'_ _ .' - , <br /> <br />1. Wetlands <br /> <br />The City of Ramsey has <br />fqllowptg inventoryinctP <br />(NWI)[ and the DNR'sJ> <br />Wetlmtd Inventory put tog <br />thoroulh inventory of laj <br />2001 Ramsey Coif,Jpl"eH:ensive Plan <br /> <br />..ce of"V~~sin<lyarietY9f wetland types. The <br />,: souJce~~f ~:~~National Wetland Iventory <br />IIW a~r~K~<lp ~;(~ee~i~re XJII-l); The National <br />ijthe W'~;'.frm~'Co~pf Engi~eers includes a more <br />.' t .Y.f..'~ i~pa<,top.; main.taining and enhancing <br />, ........:....;;...".., .. . rp. clUeXIll-l <br />:4; 0 <br />',t <br /> <br /><~~f~: <br />