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Site Visit <br /> SER ecologists examined the subject property for areas meeting jurisdictional wetland criteria <br /> during the site visit. One area meeting the jurisdictional criteria of a wetland was flagged, and the <br /> boundary determined and delineated. The approximate wetland boundaries are outlined in yellow <br /> (Figures 5 and 6). <br /> Accumulated precipitation since 4/01/2014, as recorded at MSP and reported by the USDA <br /> National Agricultural Statistics Service in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of <br /> Agriculture reports that for the week ended October 26, 2014, was 6.25" above normal. <br /> Precipitation for the period 10/20/14 to 10/26/14 was reported to be 0.38" below normal and for <br /> the preceding 4 weeks was 0.43" below normal. The PRISM Climate Group <br /> (http://prism.nacse.or comparisons/drought.php) drought index for the period August 1, 2014 to <br /> October 31, 2014 indicates that the period received 50 to 70 percent average precipitation for the <br /> project area. <br /> Wetland 1 is in part a streetside drainage ditch between Tonkawa Road and the tennis court and <br /> in part a drainage swale blocked at its lower end by an earthen embankment. At wetland sample <br /> 1-1 WET, the wetland is classified as a PFOIA, Type 1, Floodplain Forest. Here the wetland <br /> vegetation was dominated by silver maple (Acer saccharinum FACW) and eastern cottonwood <br /> (Populus deltoides FAC) trees. The transition from wetland to upland can be marked by a <br /> significant topographic break as well as the appearance of vegetation in the herb stratum, and to <br /> a lesser extent, in the sapling/shrub stratum. <br /> The soils at sample point 1-1 WET consisted of silty clay loam at the surface that became silty <br /> clay at a depth of 26 inches. Hydric soil indicator Al2 (Thick Dark Surface) was present. The <br /> soils at sample point 1-1 UP consisted of 30 inches of a silty clay loam with no indications of <br /> hydric soil. <br /> Wetland hydrology was only present at sample point 1-1 WET as evidenced by the primary <br /> hydrology indicator B8 (Sparsely vegetated Concave Surface) as well as secondary hydrology <br /> indicator Geomorphic Position (D2). Sample point 1-1 UP was located at an elevation <br /> approximately 3 feet higher than 1-1 WET. No hydrology indicators were present. <br /> Wetland sample 2-1 WET was taken within the updated NWI area listed as a L2UBH. We would <br /> classify the delineated wetland as a PEM IB, Type 2, Fresh (Wet) Meadow. At this location The <br /> tree stratum was dominated by silver maple (Acer saccharinum FACW), common buckthorn <br /> (Rhamnus cathartica FAC) in the sapling/shrub stratum, water horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile <br /> OBL) in the herbaceous layer, and riverbank grape (Vitis riparia FACW) in the woody vine <br /> stratum. When compared with the upland sample 2-1 UP, this area's herbaceous layer was <br /> dominated entirely by Canada bluegrass (Poa compressa FACU). In addition to the transition in <br /> vegetation, the topographic change was also used in determining the wetland boundary. <br /> Both soils at 2-1 WET and 2-1UP were found to be hydric. Silty clay loam soil was present to a <br /> depth of 8 inches at wetland sample 2-1 WET. At 8 inches, the texture transitioned to silty clay <br /> and was found to be depleted, meeting hydric soil indicator Al 1 (Depleted Below Dark Surface). <br /> Upland sample 2-1 UP trended similarly, transitioning from a silty clay loam to silty clay. <br /> Svoboda Ecological Resources 1080 Tonkawa <br /> Project Number: 2014-039 3 Orono MN <br />