HCPW Ecological Restoration

The proposed project will restore three habitat types that comprise approximately 48.3 acres of a 140 acre parcel owned and managed by Hennepin County and located in the City of Medina. The 43 acre project area contains remnant Southern Mesic Oak-Basswood Forest (MHs38), a complex of wetlands, a degraded restored Southern Mesic Prairie (UPs23) and other altered landscapes. A combination of mechanical, chemical, and fire treatments are proposed to eliminate non-native invasive species while providing growing conditions conducive to establishing native herbaceous, graminoids and tree species. Treatments will be followed by seeding in the prairie and planting in the remnant forest using community specific native plants. This project will restore prairie and wetlands while enhancing the adjacent remnant Mesic Oak- Basswood Forest (MHs38C) that is identified on the MNDNR county biological survey.