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3 Friends of the Mississippi River Camp Cozy Park NRMP <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 <br />Background 6 <br />Natural Resources Inventory and Assessment 8 <br />Natural Resource Management Recommendations 9 <br />INTRODUCTION 11 <br />SITE INFORMATION 13 <br />Site Geology and Groundwater 17 <br />Topography and Soils 19 <br />TOPOGRAPHY 19 <br />SOILS 22 <br />Rare Species 25 <br />Existing Wildlife Populations 25 <br />Historical Vegetation 27 <br />Historical and Existing Land Use 33 <br />Water Resources 35 <br />Surface Waters – Rivers 37 <br />Impairments 37 <br />Floodplain 37 <br />Erosion 37 <br />Buffer Areas 37 <br />Stormwater Management Issues 38 <br />Wetlands 38 <br />Adjacent Land Use 40 <br />EXISTING LAND COVER & ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS 40 <br />PLANT COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT 42 <br />Land Cover 42 <br />Site Description & Recommended Plant Communities 44 <br />RESTORATION 56