2040 Comprehensive Plan: Envision Shakopee

Adopt and implement plans and policies to protect parks and transitional natural areas » » Refine urban forestry plan for street tree planting and management » » Continue to preserve natural resources in areas in or adjacent to parkland » » Continue to strategically acquire natural space and corridors for future parkland » » Review and refine city-wide natural resources corridor system Cultivate opportunities for engagement with the natural world » » Develop passive parks and recreation facilities to draw the community into nature » » Develop low-impact trail systems that balance community connections with wildlife corridor protection

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4 STRENGTHEN BENEFICIAL

CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE NATURAL WORLD AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT

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Goals &

Strategies

ENVISION SHAKOPEE | SECTION V: NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

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