DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Release Draft Mississippi River Greenway Natural Resource Management Plan For Public Review
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize the release of the Draft Of The Natural Resource Management Plan of The Mississippi River Greenway for public review.
SUMMARY
By Resolution No. 17-274 (May 23, 2017), the County Board adopted the Dakota County Natural Resources Management System Plan (NRMP) which demonstrates a need to develop NRMPs for all County Parks, Greenways, and Conservation Easements.
By Resolution No. 20-568 (November 17, 2020), the County Board adopted the Land Conservation Plan, which aims to improve County coordination and collaboration with other agencies and organizations regarding land protection and long-term natural resource management.
By Resolution No. 20-519 (October 20, 2020), the County Board adopted the River to River Greenway, and established precedent for a County and Landowner partnership.
Friends of the Mississippi River was hired to develop an NRMP for the Mississippi River Greenway, which runs for 28 miles along the river, from St. Paul to Hastings. The public lands along the corridor are owned by Dakota County, the Cities of South St. Paul, Inver Grove Heights and Hastings, and Independent School District 199.
The NRMP addresses the natural resource inventory, future vegetative cover goals, and recommended projects developed in cooperation with landowner partners. An estimated $2,389,000 in projects were identified in the plan. $589,000 has been secured from an Environment and Natural Resource Trust Fund Grant and a Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity grant to begin implementing the recommendations in the plan. Project implementation will be subject to additional grant funding and the establishment of partnership agreements.
The NRMP was presented to the Dakota County Planning Commission on June 26, 2025, at which time the Com...
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