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Mcpherson, Michele <br /> From: Hannah Dunevitz [hannah.dunevitz @dnr.state.mn.us] <br /> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 1:12 PM <br /> To: MMcpherson@ci.elk-river.mn.us <br /> Subject: Re: Inventory Pricing <br /> F6F <br /> cklst-nr Consultants Land <br /> inventory.pdf Cover and Pla... <br /> Hi Michele -I'm attaching some information that should be helpful. The <br /> first is some guidance about doing natural resource inventories. The <br /> second is a list of consultants we are aware of that have done land <br /> cover mapping and native plant community inventories and done a good <br /> bob. We recommend that the Minnesota Land Cover Classification System <br /> e used, so that it will be compatible with land cover mapping in <br /> adjacent metro area counties. You can read about this at <br /> http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/m1ccs/index.html <br /> One advantage of using mlccs is that you can do the kind of natural <br /> resource analysis we did in the 7-county metro using the mlccs cover <br /> data. We are finalizing a way for communities who have GIS capabilities <br /> to do it themselves, and it is almost ready. <br /> We have found that land cover mapping generally costs between $1.00 and <br /> $2.00 per acre. This involves scanning recent aerial photography, <br /> digitizing polygons on the computer, and doing field checits. <br /> Please note that this is a very important step, but is only the first <br /> tep. Once you know the land cover in the city, it will be important to <br /> nave a process in mind for analyzing this information and putting it <br /> into a greenways or open space plan. Hoisington Koegler can help with <br /> that, or perhaps Renay can provide assistance from the Conservation <br /> Fund. <br /> Another thing that would be really useful would be to collect some <br /> information on wildlife in the city. Joan Galli, our Nongame <br /> Specialist, could provide you with some information about how to do <br /> that. Her e-mail address is joan.galli @dnr.state.mn.us <br /> I will be happy to help in whatever way I can. Let me know if you have <br /> further questions. <br /> > > > "Mcpherson, Michele" <MMcpherson @ci.elk-river.mn.us> 9/23/2003 <br /> 2:35:18 PM > > > <br /> Hannah and Paul: <br /> Help! Pat asked me to find out how much an inventory is going to cost <br /> He <br /> City for the greenway project. I need names of firms, examples, etc <br /> for the <br /> commission to pick through so that they can put together a project and <br /> get <br /> some idea of cost. I will talk to the County and see if they have <br /> more <br /> recent aerials, but we may have to budget to get them flown next year. <br /> Thanks. <br /> Michele McPherson <br /> Director of Planning <br /> 1 <br />