Battle Creek Corridor Restoration Project

The Battle Creek Corridor Project area is located within Battle Creek Regional Park and within the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area, which is a designated area under State Statue, with a goal to ?protect and preserve the biological and ecological functions of the Mississippi River corridor.? This project will include the restoration of 60 acres of oak woodlands and 3.5 acres of steep woodland edge that was planted with invasive crown -vetch for erosion control decades ago. The Battle Creek Corridor Project Site is a unique site that contains primarily oak woodlands along the steep limestone bluff lands that cradle Battle Creek. This site also contains wetland seeps emerging from the hillsides. This unique ecosystem sustains the State Endangered Kitten-tails and is also home to a diverse mix of plant species that live amongst the Oaks, such as skunk cabbage, pitcher plant, countless fern species and forbs. This area also provides refuge to numerous types of wildlife, including migratory birds, traveling along the Mississippi River Flyway. This project site is also located adjacent to the Northwest Bluffs Wildlife Habitat Project, a 72 acre site, that is currently being restored with funds provided through the County and CPL program (2015). This Project would continue the work along the Parks bluff land corridor, restoring the unique landscape for the benefit of wildlife habitat and connecting the work being completed through the Northwest Bluffs Wildlife Habitat Project.