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Introduction <br /> The wetland delineation was performed at the 1910 Shoreline Drive property in Orono, <br /> MN. The legal description of the project location is: A part of the SE '/4 of Section 10, <br /> T117N, R23W, Hennepin County, Orono, Minnesota. The parcel is a total of 1.75 acres <br /> (according to the Hennepin County Website). <br /> Methods <br /> AEC utilized the 1987 US Army Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual and <br /> Midwest Regional Supplement to perform the wetland delineation. A United States <br /> Geological Survey (USGS) Map (Excelsior Quad) (Figure 1), the Minnesota Department <br /> of Natural Resources (MN DNR) Public Water Inventory (PWI) Map (Figure 2), the <br /> Hennepin County Soil Survey Map (Figure 3), and the National Wetland Inventory <br /> (NWI) Map (Figure 4) were reviewed prior to the site visit and used in the delineation <br /> process. The delineated wetland boundary(Survey Located) is indicated on Figure 5 and <br /> is overlaid on a 2010 aerial image. Figure 6 shows the Functional Wetland Assessment <br /> classification provided by the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. AEC used the <br /> routine delineation method. <br /> Wetland classification followed methods described by the USACOE - St. Paul District; <br /> Eggers and Reed "Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of MN and WI". The Circular <br /> 39 and Cowardin et al. classifications are given as well. The indicator status of plants <br /> was determined using the National List of Plant Species That Occur in Wetlands — <br /> Region 3 (Sabine 1999). In accordance with the Midwest Regional Supplement, the + <br /> and—have been removed from the vegetation indicator status. <br /> Pink pinflags were used to delineate the wetlands and were numbered sequentially; <br /> flagging was hung from adjacent vegetation to aid in location of the pinflags. Sample <br /> points were taken to document the vegetation, soils, and hydrology indicators within <br /> representative upland and wetland locations. <br /> Results <br /> Office Results <br /> Wetland 1 is indicated on the NWI map as a PEMC wetland. Wetland 1 is mapped in the <br /> Houghton hydric soil series and the Tomall non-hydric soil series. The Houghton soil <br /> series is classified as a hydric soil (SCS Hydric Soils of the United States). Wetland 1 is <br /> not indicated on the Minnesota Departrnent of Natural Resources Public Water Inventory <br /> Map (PWI). According to the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District Functional Wetland <br /> Assessment classification, Wetland 1 is a Preserve wetland. <br /> 1 <br />