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• <br /> 14103 OM <br /> A. Company Background: (Follow the blue links to learn more) <br /> Prairie Restorations, Inc. (PRI) has been dedicated to the restoration and management <br /> of native plant communities for over 35 years. We are fortunate to have worked with <br /> thousands of clients on a wide variety of projects in both the public and private <br /> sectors throughout the Upper Midwest. <br /> The PRI staff currently consists of 45 full-time professionals and about an equal <br /> number of seasonal employees which operate out of six Minnesota locations. Most of <br /> the staff has B.S. degrees in natural resource related fields such as biology, forestry, <br /> horticulture or wildlife. As a full service restoration company, PRI is able to provide <br /> our clients expertise and service in all facets of native landscape restoration. Along <br /> with consulting, design, installation and land management services, we also produce <br /> our own local ecotype seed and plant materials which are used on all of our projects. <br /> The PRI Team is committed to and passionate about protecting and enhancing our <br /> valuable natural resources. It is this dedication that is brought to each and every one <br /> of our projects. We are proud to offer the best expertise, services and products <br /> available in the industry and appreciate the opportunity to provide you with this <br /> proposal. <br /> B. Project Overview: <br /> 1. Establishing a native landscape in this area will provide a long term, ecologically <br /> sound landscape that is adapted to the existing conditions of the site. This native <br /> landscape will not require irrigation, black dirt or other soil amendments. It will add a <br /> distinctive look to the property as well as provide valuable habitat for songbirds and <br /> butterflies. <br /> 2. The project area remains the same as described in the project description from Bolton <br /> and Menk andGraham Environmental Services. The wetland buffer will extend <br /> approximately 330' north to south on the eastern edge of the existing delineated <br /> wetland and extend 16.5' in width easterly from the delineated wetland. Creating a <br /> wetland buffer 5,445 sf in size. <br /> i. Bolton and Menk specified a MNDOT 350 seed mix. With theirs and the cities <br /> approval, we would like to recommend the PRI mixed height grass and flower <br /> seed mix as an approved substitute <br /> 3. To establish this planting, the site will be treated with herbicide to kill existing weeds, <br /> burned, and harrowed to provide a smooth seedbed, seeded with native grasses and <br /> wildflowers, and mulched with straw to protect the seeding and enhance germination. <br /> 2 <br />