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z Metro Big Rivers will meet three LSOHC priorities for the Metro Urbanizing Section: • Protect habitat corridors,with emphasis on the Minnesota, Mississippi and St. Croix rivers • Protect, enhance and restore remnant native prairie, Big Woods forests and oak savanna with an emphasis on areas with high biological diversity • Protect, enhance and restore riparian and littoral habitats on lakes to benefit game and non- game fish species. Specific to "improving connectivity and access to outdoor recreation," Metro Big Rivers works to improve and expand new hunting,fishing and other wildlife-based recreational opportunities close to home for the 3 million Minnesotans who lives in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.These opportunities will help to build a new generation of Minnesotans who love to hunt,fish, bird-watch, or study wildlife. Metro Big Rivers also implements specific habitat priorities in the State Wildlife Action Plan (Tomorrow's Habitat for the Wild and Rare:An Action Plan for Minnesota Wildlife,)supports several species occurrences documented in the DNR's Minnesota County Biological Survey Heritage Database, and implements recommendations from various species-specific plans (e.g.,Long Term Duck Recovery Plan). Metro Big Rivers projects also are supported and often identified in location-specific plans, including the following: • Dakota County Farmland and Natural Area Protection Plan, Mississippi River Greenway Strategic Plan &Northern Dakota County Greenway Plan (FMR). • The Crosby Lake Management Plan,Work Plan,Crosby Farm Regional Park Ecological Inventory and Restoration Management Plan,and Crosby Park Bluff Trail Study(GRG). • Comprehensive Conservation Plan for the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge and Wetland Management District(MVT) • Washington County Land Protection Plan;Scott County Land Protection Plan, and St. Croix River Association Land Protection Plan (TPL). Relationship to Other Constitutional Funds All Metro Big Rivers partners also are partners in the Metropolitan Conservation Corridors(MeCC), which complete protection, restoration and enhancement work with grants from the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF), as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR). McCC has been working since 2005. In all cases,the projects to be completed by Metro Big Rivers Phase 2 with this Outdoor Heritage Fund grant complement other funding and, most importantly, accelerate habitat work in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Urbanizing Area. The grant to Metro Big Rivers Phase 2 does not supplant any other sources of funds. uae�rnx��r: