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Park
Natural Resource
Classification
A.B. Sawyer Park
NRA
Beargrass Creek Greenway
NRP
Butchertown Greenway
NRP
Caperton Swamp
NRP
Cherokee Park
NRP
Chickasaw Park
NRP
CID Land
NRP*
Clifton Heights Greenway
NRP
Cox Park
NRA
Fairmount Falls
NRP
Hays Kennedy Park
NRA
Iroquois Park
NRP
Jefferson Memorial Forest
NRP
Kulmer Reserve
NRP
McNeely Lake Park
NRP
Peterson
NRP
Portland Wharf Park
NRA
Riverside, Farnsley-Moremen Landing
NRA
Seneca Park
NRA
Shawnee Park
NRA
Thurman Hutchins Park
NRA
Twin Park
NRA
Waverly Park
NRP
Table 3. List of Natural Resource Parks (NRP) and fragmented Natural Resource Areas (NRA).
* The Community Improvement District (CID) Land is not presently owned and managed by Metro Parks and
Recreation; its addition to Metro Parks and Recreation is being reviewed and was therefore included in this report.
B. Goals for natural resource management
The main goal for the natural resource plan is to develop property specific prescriptions
for each natural resource park and fragmented natural resource area using best management
practices for different environmental and land management concerns. To accomplish this goal,
many environmental and land use management practices are addressed using current scientific
findings and examples from Metro Parks and Recreation. These management practices address
riparian areas, prescribed fire, invasive species, biodiversity, erosion control, conservation
easements, archeological sites, data collection and dissemination, water bodies, environmental
education, and many others. The second goal is to provide recommendations and resources to
implement future natural resource analyses and initiatives. For example, this natural resource
plan recommends developing a Metro Parks-wide methodology to perform ecological
assessments and/or species inventories as well as making sustainability a priority for Metro Parks
and Recreation. Funding sources are identified that would enable Metro Parks and Recreation to
more effectively protect, monitor, and develop natural resources without an added financial
burden. The third and final goal of the natural resource plan is to provide policy
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