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Hillside City Park, Camp Cozy and the William H. Houlton Conservation Area <br />should be priority areas for forest health management. Strategies should <br />focus on invasive species control, fuel load reduction, and abatement of tree <br />diseases. <br />Woodland Trails Park - Woodland Management <br />Woodland Trails is the largest of the city parks and is a destination park <br />consisting of multipurpose bituminous trails and natural surface trails <br />with future plans for development of additional facilities. Due to historic <br />trail construction and maintenance, fuel loads within the park have greatly <br />exceeded the forests ability to recycle the nutrients and piles of brush and <br />logs line most trails. Effort should be made to reduce fuel loads by burning <br />brush piles and hauling logs to an offsite disposal site. Additionally, oak <br />wilt and Dutch elm disease are highly prevalent in the park and need to be <br />actively managed to limit the spread and impact on the remaining forest. <br />Active removal of invasive species should be continued with follow-up <br />treatments conducted in successive years. <br />Flora and Fauna Management & Harvesting <br />Efforts will continue to be made by the City of Elk River Parks Department <br />to annually track a maintainable population and harvest fauna, especially <br />deer. This will be done through controlled hunting events in the park and the <br />surrounding public land. <br />As much as possible, harvested wood and other flora species in the park will <br />be reused for other purposes. <br />DRAFT JULY 7. "016 <br />�.' f 11 '!' ,,t I. <br />OZ <br />