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Anoka Conservation District

Your Outdoor Heritage Fund at Work

Click the photo cards to view highlights of Anoka Conservation District's work, and sites of habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement
supported by the Outdoor Heritage Fund.

View all Anoka Conservation District programs funded with the Outdoor Heritage Fund

A restored Rum Riverbank with rootwads, toe rock, bendway weirs and native vegetation. This site was restored during Phase 1 of our Rum River enhancement projects, funded by OHF grants.

Program Overview: Habitat Enhancement in the Rum River Corridor

Anoka County, Minnesota

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Completed project pictured in summer 2016 showing the hardarmored central portion of the project site with some of the vegetation installed.

Rum River Central Regional Park Riverbank Stabilization

Ramsey, Minnesota

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Completed shoreline restoration on riverbanks on the Rum River.

Rum Central Boat Launch Area Bank Stabilization

Ramsey, Minnesota

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Installed cedar tree revetment at Rum Central Regional Park.

Rum Central Regional Park Cedar Tree Revetment

Ramsey, Minnesota

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Restoration workers examine riverbank stabilization in progress.

Rum Central Regional Park, Riverbank Stabilization

Ramsey, Minnesota

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Restored forested shoreline on protected habitat.

Riparian Enhancement: Stenson-Gamm Conservation Easement

St. Francis, Minnesota

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Photo nine months post-construction showing bendway weir directing flow off the previously eroded bank and native vegetation taking hold above the rock.

Dellwood River Park Rum Riverbank Stabilization

St. Francis, Minnesota

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Prescribed burn undertaken at Beach Conservation easement.

Beach Conservation Easement

St. Francis, Minnesota

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After construction, view of restored riverbanks with fall foliage.

Martz/Hanson/Heath Properties Bank Stabilization

Oak Grove, Minnesota

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After construction, view of restored riverbanks with riprap installed.

Plaisted Property Bank Stabilization

Oak Grove, Minnesota

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Completed project looking downstream with summer foliage growning in.

Critical Area Planting: Hanson/Heath 221st Avenue

Oak Grove, Minnesota

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Completed project showing planted rivershore and reduced erosion.

Brown Riverbank Stabilization

Oak Grove, Minnesota

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Seeding after prescribed burns at Burman WMA.

Robert & Marilyn Burman WMA: Habitat Enhancement

Oak Grove, Minnesota

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Riverbank stabilization completed at Anoka Nature Preserve.

Anoka Nature Preserve Riverbank Stabilization

Anoka, Minnesota

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Aerial view of completed riverbank stabilization at Anoka Riverfront Trail Easement.

Anoka Riverfront Trail Easement Bank Stabilization

Anoka, Minnesota

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View of the Anderson Riverbank Stabilization project.

Anderson Riverbank Stabilization

Andover, Minnesota

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Flowering prairie plants grow along the shore of Cedar Creek.

Cedar Creek Conservation Area Streambank Restoration

Andover, Minnesota

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A controlled burn as part of prairie restoration at Mikkelson WMA.

Mikkelson WMA: Prairie Restoration

East Bethel, Minnesota

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Restoration crews remove buckthorn at Mikkelson WMA in winter.

Buckthorn Removal at Mikkelson WMA

East Bethel, Minnesota

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Map of the Sandhill Crane Natural Area Restoration project area indicating where crews treated buckthorn.

Sandhill Crane Natural Area Restoration

East Bethel, Minnesota

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Polygala cruciata, a prairie flower, blooms on the Blaine Preserve SNA.

Blaine Preserve SNA Enhancement

Circle Pines, Minnesota

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