Crosby Farm Floodplain Forest Enhancement Phase 2

The Crosby Farm Floodplain Forest Enhancement, Phase 2 program will enhance and manage approximately 210 acres of disturbed floodplain forest along the Mississippi River, within Crosby Farm Regional Park, through invasive species removal and control, and reforestation efforts. The project will improve tree canopy diversity, increase connectedness of high-quality forests, increase the probability of a self-sustaining forest community, reduce sedimentation of impaired waterbodies, and improve habitat for fish and wildlife. This program will focus on a significant land parcel in the Mississippi River Critical Area, within the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (MNRRA) and the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge Important Bird Area. Work will be guided by the Great River Passage Master Plan (July 2012) and the Crosby Farm Regional Park Ecological Inventory and Restoration Management Plan (Great River Greening, 2005).