All the necessary supplies, materials and training to successfully grow the plants will be provided. www.dakotacounty.us, search volunteer
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Think spring with winter seeding Help restore Dakota County prairies by joining the volunteer Seedsters team and growing native plants at home this winter. What you grow will be planted in Dakota County Parks next year.
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Dakota County Parks will hold public events and programs in 2023 to celebrate the bison’s reintroduction. www.dakotacounty.us/parks, search bison.
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INSIDE: + Bison arrival + County elections + Holiday recycling + Park events ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Welcome to the winter 2022 edition of the Dakota County Plus, a mailing to all county households. Combined with the twice-yearly Dakota County Newsletter, we’re giving you more county news, service information and activity updates throughout the year.
Providing services, keeping costs low Dakota County knows how important it is to provide critical services to residents and use your tax dollars wisely. The county’s proposed 2023 budget strikes that balance.
Next year’s budget proposal funds a variety of services, including public health, elections, law enforcement, roads, environmental protection, parks and libraries. The 2023 budget plan totals $437 million — $305 million for operations and $132 million for capital investment.
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The bison — all females — spent the frst few weeks getting to know one another
Bison play an important role in restoring the prairie at Spring Lake Park Reserve. Their grazing habits boost plant diversity by giving fowers the chance to compete with the tall grasses bison eat.
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Eight bison arrived this fall at Spring Lake Park Reserve. The animals were delivered from three participating members of the Minnesota Bison Conservation Herd — Minneopa State Park, Blue Mounds State Park and Olmsted County’s Oxbow Park & Zollman Zoo. Over time, the Spring Lake Park herd will grow to about 15 bison.
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The reintroduction of American plains bison to Dakota County prairieland is underway.
inside an enclosure that encouraged interaction. They will spend much of the winter in a paddock on the prairie’s east end. Over time, the bison will rotate among diferent paddocks. The prairie should provide the bison ample nutrition throughout the winter, and they have access to fresh water. Dakota County-grown prairie hay will be kept on reserve if needed.
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Bison arrive at Spring Lake Park Reserve
Just as inflation has driven up household expenses, the cost to maintain high-quality county services also has increased. Due to those rising costs, the budget includes a proposed property tax levy increase of 1.9 percent over the 2022 levy, to be voted on Dec. 13 by the Dakota County Board of Commissioners. Dakota County is committed to providing residents with essential and popular services next year while maintaining the lowest county tax rate in the metro area and the lowest county tax per capita in the state. Residents appreciate our careful budgeting. In the 2022 Residential Survey, most residents said they get great value from the county for their tax dollar. To learn more, visit www.dakotacounty.us, search budget.