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title: "Minneapolis Natural Areas Plan "
slug: "mprb-natural-areas-plan-ii"
tags: ["minneapolis", "master plan", "restoration", "urban forest management", "planning"]
updated: 2023-01-27T19:14:41Z
published: 2023-01-27T19:14:41Z
canonical: "fic.naturalareasnyc.org/mprb-natural-areas-plan-ii"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Minneapolis Natural Areas Plan - Phase II

The MPRB Natural Areas Plan summarizes the park system’s natural resources at a high level, lays out methods and strategies to manage natural areas, and describes a strategic approach that embraces holistic, system-wide planning and administration to secure and deploy funds, staff, and equipment.

### In a nutshell, this resource offers:

- Principles & concepts for planning conservation and long-term management of park natural areas
- Methods for inventory and assessment of natural areas
- Management recommendations and management briefs for natural areas
- Costs to improve ecological conditions in park natural areas

### How to use this resource:

- As an example of carrying out a holistic assessment of ecological conditions, funding, and staffing of an urban natural areas management program.
- As a format for conducting assessments and creating management briefs to guide short-term implementation actions.
- As an example of a long-term plan for urban natural areas.

**Date published:** June, 2021

**P****oint of contact:** James Shaffer, Natural Resources Supervisor, Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, JShaffer@minneapolisparks.org.

**Citation:**

Resource Environmental Solutions and SRF Consulting Group. 2021. *Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, Natural Areas Plan – Phase II; Assessment and Management Recommendations*. Report for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, Minneapolis, MN.

Resource is available online here.

[PDF document](https://cdn.document360.io/18a9acd7-787d-47fa-9b54-01592bb1d507/Images/Documentation/MPRB-Natural-Areas-Plan_Phase2_FINAL.pdf)

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