Richard T. Anderson Conservation Area Oak Savanna

Maintaining our local native landscape, the Forestry and Natural Resources Division of Eden Praire provides maintenance of conservation areas like the Richard T. Anderson. They are responsible for the following:

* Identifying and removing trees with Dutch elm disease or oak wilt.
* Sponsoring the Annual Arbor Day celebration.
* Sponsoring annual Spring Park Cleanup.
* Enforcing the City’s tall grass/weed ordinance
* Enforcing state/county noxious weed requirements.
* Work with City Environmental Coordinator to monitor private native grass/flower plantings
* Investigating, overseeing and resolving city/private boundary interface conflicts.
* Forestry and natural resources related consultations.
* Managing the City’s conservation areas, which includes oak savanna, remnant prairie, remnant “Big Woods” forests and the riparian zones along creek and river watersheds.

The Forestry and Natural Resources Division also is alert to suspicious activities on City parks or open space property such as  tree cutting, vehicles driving off-road, dumping, etc. These types of activities should be reported to the Eden Prairie 911 dispatch operator.

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