Wetland Classification/ident/delineation-2007

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, ' Wetland boundaries were marked at the site by blaze-orange "wetland boundary" flagging ' attached to 4-foot wooden lath or pin flags. Where vegetation was dense, to assist in locating the flagged lath (wetland edge), a second piece of flagging was attached to a nearby tree or shrub branch. The "wetland boundary" is considered to be the topographically highest extent of the ' wetland basin; areas below the staked boundary met the three required wetland criteria while areas above were lacking in one or more of these criteria. � Wetland classification followed methods described by Cowardin et al. (1979) and used in the NWI (e.g. PEMB, PSS1C, etc.), completed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Circular , 39 Classification System (Shaw and Fredine 1956) is also given (e.g., Type 1, Type 2...etc.). The indicator status of plants, as described in Appendix B, was deternuned using the National List of Plant Specces That Occur cn Wetlands—Region 3 (Sabine 1999). ' RESULTS � Background Information-(Office-Based Investigation) The USGS Quadrangle map (Figure 1) outlines, in red, the study parcel and its location within the City of Orono, MN. The approximate wetland boundaries and the boundary of the storm , water retention pond as illustrated in yellow (Figure 4) were developed, in part, using data provided by the National Wetlands Inventory Map(Figure 2). � The Hennepin County Soil Survey Map (Figure 3) indicates the presence of hydric Klossner Muck Series Soil (blue cross hatching) and nonhydric Le Sueur and Lester Series Soils (red stippling) within the parcel(Figure 3). A description for these soil types is given in Appendix C. ' Site Visit ' SER personnel examined the subject property for those areas meeting jurisdicdonal wetland criteria. Boundaries were delineated for those wetlands meeting jurisdictional wetland criteria (Figure 2).The approximate boundary for the parcel is illustrated in red on all figures. Detailed ' soil, vegetation, and hydrology data for the delineated wetland and adjacent upland are provided in Appendix A. ' The wetlands are classified as Type-3 PEMCd Wetlands (Figure 2; U.S. FWS Circular 39 and Cowardin et al., 1979, respectively). T'he wetland boundary for Wetland 2 was marked with approximately 48 pieces of wooden lath with blaze orange wetland flagging attached. The ' boundary for Wetland 1 was marked with approximately 15 pieces of flagged lath. The storm water retention pond was clearly marked with orange pin-flags labeled 2-1 through 2- ' 15. Reed Canary Grass is the dominant vegetation with the pond and there are culverts at either end. The soil was saturated at the surface at the time of the site visit. � Field evaluation and subsequent chazacterization of soil at the site confirm the presence of hydric soils at the wetland sample point (Klossner, Figure 3, Appendix C). These data are summarized within Tables 1-4. The occurrence of dominant wetland vegetation, primary hydrology, and a , positive FAC-Neutral Test support the presence of two jurisdictional wetlands within the study Svoboda Ecological Resources 9 2180 Abingdon Way Project No.2007-056-03 Orono,Minnesota �