When the property is acquired later this spring, the Parks and Recreation Department will use it as a passive recreation site with an emphasis on land protection and natural enhancement, including prairie reconstruction, woodland management and invasive species removal.
The Parks and Recreation Department will collaborate with Open Space Council for the St. Louis Region and the Conservation Stewardship Alliance to restore portions of the property to native habitat. It will receive a $20,000 management and stewardship donation from The Conservation Fund to support the work.
Pre-expansion, Greensfelder Park has 1,582 acres with 32 miles of trails. The added property has oak woodlands, cedar groves and successional woodlands. The pond is 1.4 acres.