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McLain January 6, 1987 -3- of at least 400 feet above the wetland edge strip/should extend all the way to Highway 31 and contain no-roads. The dedication can specify no buildings or other structures or construction and no intensive use. 3. Management of the entire Schaefer tract can include keeping as much of the land in farming as possible and practicing appropriate methods and choice of product to minimise leakage of soil, stormwater, and fertiliser and chemicals. Pasture, orchard,forestry,and hay crops can be specified for erodible lands. A management agreement can be made with the DCNHF, in keeping with the objectives of the Open Space Plan of the Town ef Dunn. Since part-time small farming is becoming more popular, such a large-lot development with farming objective should be attractive tobuyers and neighbors. Management also includes restriction of lights, noise and pets. 4. Mon4Aiiiff.of the wi l,i�rusources is needed to detect problsms suet) as declines inApopulations or� df the area so remedial management can be instituted where necessary. The purchaser of each lot should be required to keep records of suitable sort, and this should not be difficult since these few resideata next to the resource do not have to travel to make observations. Youth groups from schools, 4H and scouts could usefully be involved too. One resident or the DCNHF should maintain the yearly records and make annual reports and seek advice on problems and recommend and execute management plans, aganin perhaps involving students4.including college level. A public education program can be part of this as well; so residents should arrange for occasional guided visits by selected groupie who in return could help with needed services the way the Friends of the UW Arbor- etum do - both labor and Hinds. A neighborhood organisation, or the DCNHF, could do the coordination. These obligations go with the privilege of living here. 3. Right now, too, 4the other land owners, especially those on the west side of Lower Mud Lake, should be approached by the Town and DCNHF to bsgill similar arrangements to secure the needed buffers and management required by this very sensitive wildlife resource. The time is short before population pressures will en- danger the resource; but if timely steps are taken, tr = • eject can become a model for maintaining choice resources in the midst of high^..pl' -tion density and develop- ment pressures. (The Town of Dunn may well be able to use the same pattern in other areas identified in the Open Space Handbook as choice natural resources. )The coning change proposed can be made conditional on obtaining of similar agreements to the west. of Lower Mld Laken summary, thanks to your willingness to take on these special restrictions --- and obligations, Mike, and thanks to the caring of the Town of Dunn and the new options offered by the DCNHF, this is a golden opportunity to set a new and hopefully more effective way to maintain natural resources while using them wisely, to set an example for others in land use planning, and to accomodate man and nature. The right package should be acceptable to all concerned, once they understand it. Respectfully submitted, James H. Zirman Consulting Ecologist cc: Richard Lehmann William""Oonnor