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iRare Plant Inventory and Management Plan <br />~ Baraboo, WI <br /> <br />LOCating I?are Plant Species <br />Helps Ensure Protection <br /> <br />The Badger Army Ammunition F <br />advisory bo0y, wanted to devel¢ <br />natural resource management stt <br />7,354-acre facility. Their objective <br />manage and restore rare plant si: <br />concept of ecosystem-based ma~ <br /> <br />ant, along with an <br />) comprehensive <br />]tegies for its <br />was to pr~otect, <br />.~cies within the <br />agement. <br /> <br />The Army chose Bonestroo to search for ~are plant <br />species initially found in 1993. Limited information was <br />available on plant location, number of individual <br /> plants, <br />and the plant populations' generSI <br /> condition. <br /> / <br /> <br />Bonestroo's experienced botanists successfully located <br />the rare plant species discovered earlier, and created a <br />management plan to help ensure their protection. <br /> <br />The munitions production facility is slated to be closed. <br />A significant portion of the site will be managed as a <br />wildlife refuge in the future, and the management plan <br />will play an important role in this process. <br /> <br />Borlestroo <br />Rosene <br />Anderlik & <br />Associates- <br /> <br />Engineers & Architects <br /> <br /> <br />