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SPRING LAKE PARK - DRY PRAIRIE AND BLUFF PRAIRIE RESTORATION
This Dakota County Regional Park contains rare and high-quality prairie remnants. GRG is helping county land managers keep these sites healthy. The bluff prairie, located hundreds of feet above the Mississippi River, offers a stunning north-facing view of the valley. GRG hosted a prairie plant identification training for volunteer supervisors at the bluff prairie in fall 2001. The dry prairie site is surrounded by forest and hosts a rare plant, kitten-tails. The GRG field crew has removed Tartarian honeysuckle and other exotic species and cut firebreaks in preparation for controlled burns to promote growth of the prairie species.
Funded in part by the
Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, as recommended by the
Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources.
