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• <br /> LONG TERM MANAGEMENT <br /> Once initial restoration tasks are completed, then long-term management ensues. <br /> Long-term management includes tasks that are required periodically to maintain <br /> healthy ecosystems.Table 4 lists these tasks with associated cost estimates. <br /> Table 5. Long-Term Management Schedule and Cost Estimates <br /> Cost/ Cost <br /> Season Units Activity Acres Ac Est. <br /> Burn the prairie units every 3-6 years. Rotate <br /> burn units.To provide refugia,do not burn <br /> adjacent units in consecutive years. Do not burn 16 200 $3,200 <br /> more than 1/2 of the either unit in one year. <br /> Spring or fall All Rotate burns from spring to fall. <br /> Monitor and manage for invasive herbaceous 24 500 $12,000 <br /> Fall All and woody species. <br /> Monitor ash for EAB, bur oaks for Oak Wilt <br /> disease(July-Aug)and for Bur Oak Blight 24 - $500 <br /> July-Aug and (BOB)(July-Aug for leaf necrosis and winter for <br /> Winter All marcescent leaves(those that do not drop). <br /> Fall, <br /> summer, 24 - $1,000 <br /> spring All Evaluation and assessment by ecologist <br /> Yearly breeding bird surveys after restoration <br /> tasks are complete. Establish citizen science All - - <br /> June* All programs(MAPS, eMammal) <br /> Yearly community engagement or volunteer <br /> event. Possible events include invasive species All - - <br /> removal, prairie seed collection, supplemental <br /> Fall* All plantings, etc. <br /> $ 16,700 or more(at intervals) <br /> * Items with an asterisk are lower priority and should be undertaken only if funds and <br /> logistics allow. <br /> Friends of the Mississippi River Bailey Point Nature Preserve NRMP <br /> 64 <br />