5. Outdoor Recreation Grant Program

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NATIVE RESTORATION REQUIREMENTS All restoration activities will require a restoration and management plan to be submitted prior to contract approval and must follow the Board of Soil and Water Resources"Native Vegetation Establishment and Enhancement Guidelines" in order to ensure ecological integrity and pollinator enhancement. When restoration activities are completed using grant funds,the Grantee must conduct evaluations on parcels where activities were implemented both 1) initially after activity completion and 2)three years later as a follow-up. Evaluations should analyze improvements to the parcel and whether goals have been met, identify any problems with the implementation, and identify any findings that can be used to improve implementation of future restoration efforts at the site or elsewhere. Evaluation reports must be submitted to the DNR. The Grantee should consider contracting with the Conservation Corps of Minnesota for restoration activities. REVIEW FOR POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON HISTORICAL/ARCHEOLGICAL RESOURCES If funded,the DNR will initiate the federal Section 106 and/or state review process with the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Officer(SHPO). If during the Section 106 or state review process,the SHPO determines you need to complete a Phase I or Phase II survey,the survey will need to be completed prior to project approval for development projects and prior to the final reimbursement of the grant funds for acquisition projects. For projects that have archeological and or historic properties identified with potential impacts, you will need to re-engage your public review process.You will need to identify consulting parties*.The consulting parties and public need to have an opportunity to review and comment on the park plans in relation to the historic and archeological resources and potential impacts. The views of consulting parties and the public are essential to informed decision making.We encourage you to start consultation as early as possible. * Consulting party: individuals or organizations with demonstrated interest in the project.This interest could be legal or economic or it could be interest in the project's effects on historic properties.The NPS, in concurrence with the SHPO and the appropriate Tribal Historic Preservation Officer(THPO),will evaluate and determine who will become a consulting party to the federal Section 106 process. WATER PERMITS Development or alteration of shoreline adjacent to rivers, streams, lakes,and other public OR November 2021 13