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58 Friends of the Mississippi River Camp Cozy Park NRMP <br />Table 2. Restoration Target Plant Communities for Existing Landcover MLCCS Unit Acres Dominant Soil Types Target Community <br />Dry oak <br />savanna <br />barrens 4.2 <br />Hubbard (D67B), Elkriver <br />(771), Elkriver-Mosford (1257) <br />MHs38b Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green <br />Ash) Forest <br />Dry prairie <br />barrens- <br />north 8.8 Elkriver (1255), Elkriver (771) <br />UPs13b Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie <br />(Southern) <br />Oak forest <br />dry 20.6 Elkriver (1255) <br />MHs38b Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green <br />Ash) Forest. <br />Dry prairie <br />barrens- <br />south 7.0 Elkriver (771), Elkriver (1255) <br />UPs13b Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie <br />(Southern) <br />Lowland <br />hardwood <br />forest-east 3.4 Elkriver (771), Elkriver (1255) FFs68 Southern Floodplain Forest. <br />Lowland <br />hardwood <br />forest- <br />south 0.8 Elkriver (771), Elkriver (1255) FFs68 Southern Floodplain Forest. <br />Mesic <br />prairie- <br />north and <br />south 1.3 Udorthents, Pits/gravel (1028) UPs23 Southern Mesic Prairie. <br />TOTAL <br />46.1 <br />acres* <br /> <br />*The entire Camp Cozy property encompasses 48 acres. The MLCCS land cover acreage shown here does <br />not account for 2 acres of open water on the Elk River, which is considered part of the property <br />boundary. <br /> <br />Restoration Process <br /> <br />Restoration is a process which takes time. Returning ecosystems to functionality and diversity is <br />complicated and costly, and ideal outcomes are not always attainable. Sometimes original plant <br />communities can only be approximated, but habitat integrity can be restored with dedicated <br />efforts. Many steps are typically involved in a successful restoration; even deciding when a <br />restoration is complete or successful can be very difficult. Restoration should be viewed as a <br />process, not a state of being. The primary goal is to achieve and maintain a diverse natural <br />community at the site, though this does not always proceed in a linear fashion. Using the