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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />In Minnesota, requests by the general public and local <br />government units for highway landscaping continue to <br />increase. Statewide surveys in 1990 and 1993 indicated <br />approximately 50% of Minnesotans want more planting <br />along highways and only 10% want less. <br /> <br />Landscape partnerships expand the network of re- <br />sponsibility, pride and ownership of highway land- <br />scaping while stretching MNfDOT's available fund- <br />ing to cover many more landscape projects and <br />environmental improvements. Local community <br />maintenance and care increases the protection of <br />the landscape investments and the likelihood that <br />the plantings will prosper. <br /> <br />Experience tells us that when local community resi- <br />dents are actively involved in their roadside planting <br />projects, they are more satisfied with the outcomes. <br />The community cohesion and empowerment that can <br />result from active resident involvement often provides <br />the momentum for additional community service and <br />environmental improvement projects. <br /> <br />For more information or guidance in developing <br />landscape partnership projects, contact: <br /> <br />Scott Bradley, State Landscape Programs Coordinator <br />Office of Environmental Services <br />3485 Hadley Avenue North <br />Oakdale, Minnesota 55128 <br />Phone: (612) 779-5076 FAX: (612) 779-5109 <br />