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1.0 INTRODUCTION This wetland delineation report is prepared by Goss River Consulting, LLC far the Freshwater Foundation property (Property).This report describes site conditions,wetland delineation methodology and wetland delineation results. 1.1 Project Location and Description The Freshwater Foundation property(Property)is located in Section 20,Township 117N,Range 23W,Hennepin County,Minnesota. The property address is 2500 Shadywood Road,Orono,Minnesota(see Figure 1). The property includes two adjoining parcels(Lot 8,Block 1,The Marsh At Layayette,and Tract B,RLS No.1630)that total 7.71 acres. 1.2 Purpose of Wetland Delineation This purpose of this wetland delineation is to identify wetland resources as part of a review of development alternatives for the property. 1.3 Contact Information Wetland Delineator Project A�licant Mr.Anthony DeMars, PWS Mr.Steve Woods Cross River Consulting,LLC Executive Director 390912w Ave.South Freshwater Society Minneapolis,MN 55407 2500 Shadywood Rd. 612-360-0928 Excelsior,MN 55331 Ton�°«,a os�ri��.c<im s��xx�si�,�frc5hti�atcr.urQ 2.0 SITE DESCRIPTION AND FIELD CONDITIONS The wetland delineation field work v��as completed by Anthony DeMars of Cross River Consulting,LLC(CRC)on November 6,2014.Weather conditions were cloudy with daytime temperatures of 45°F. At the time of the survey, many of the herbaceous plants had died back following earlier frosts;however,sedges,grasses,ferns and many of the dried remains of herbaceous plants were visible and identifiable. Topography Topographic contours are shown in Figure 2. Elevations within and immediately adjacent to the property range from 968 feet at the northwest corner of the property to 930 feet within the wetland basin that extends along the north and east boundary of the property. The northern two thirds of the property slopes moderately to the northeast and then levels off within the wetland basin. Hill slopes steepen near the north boundary of the property.Topography on the south one third of the property is gently sloping and includes a drainageway and small wetland basin at the southeast corner. Vegetation and Land Cover The Freshwater Foundation building and parking facilities are located on the north half of the property. To the north and east of the building and parking area,upland areas are dominated by maple-basswood forest and small areas of maintained grass with scattered cottonwood trees. South of the building,upland areas are dominated by a mix of maple-basswood forest and lowland hardwood forest/woodland. Wetland areas are a mixture of emergent marsh,shrub swamp and hardwood swamp wetland communities. Soils Soil map units are shown in Figure 3 and summarized in Table 1.Upland soils are comprised primarily of Lester and Angus loams with slope classes ranging from 18-25%to 2-5%. The north and east boundary of the property extends into Muskego,Blue Earth and Houghton soils,which are organic soils and classified as all hydric. Both upland and Freshwater Foundation Pape 2 Wetland Delineation Report Cross River Consulting, LLC lune 3, 2015