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73 Friends of the Mississippi River Camp Cozy Park NRMP <br />Long Term Management <br /> <br />Once initial phases of restoration are complete, long-term management ensues. The table <br />below includes tasks that are required to be done periodically to maintain a stable native plant <br />community. Table 4 lists these tasks with associated cost estimates. <br /> <br /> <br />Table 4. Long-Term Management Schedule and Cost Estimates <br />Season Units Activity Acres <br />Cost/ <br />Ac Cost Est. <br />Spring or fall Units 1, 2 <br />Burn the prairie units every 4-6 years. Rotate burn units <br />within management units and between management units. <br />To provide refugia, do not burn adjacent units in consecutive <br />years. Do not burn more than 2/3 of the prairie in one year. <br />Rotate burns from spring to fall. <br />15.3 <br />(Units 1 <br />and 2) <br />- $3,600 <br />(per unit) <br />Fall Units 1, 2 <br />Monitor and manage for invasive herbaceous species and <br />encroachment of native woody species. 4 $2,500 $10,000 <br />July-Aug and <br />Winter <br />Units 5, 6, <br />7, 8 <br />Monitor ash for Emerald Ash Borer, bur oaks for Oak Wilt <br />disease (July-Aug) and for Bur Oak Blight (July-Aug for leaf <br />necrosis and winter for marcescent leaves (those that do not <br />drop). <br />All - $1,000 <br />Fall, summer, <br />spring All Evaluation and assessment by ecologist All - $1,200 <br />June <br />Units 1, 2, <br />5, 7 <br />Yearly breeding bird surveys after restoration tasks are <br />complete. Establish citizen science programs (MAPS, <br />eMammal, eBird) <br />- - $1,000 <br />Spring and <br />Fall All <br />Yearly community engagement or volunteer event. Possible <br />events include invasive species removal, prairie seed <br />collection, trash clean-ups. <br />All - $2,000 <br /> TOTAL <br /> <br />$ 18,800 (at intervals) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />