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r <br /> CMP Part 3A. Environmental Protection Plan <br /> On-the-ground ve�etation surveys were accomplished using a svstem adapted <br /> from classification and qualitative assessment methods developed b,y the <br /> MnDNR Natural herita�e Program. Field work for this inventory was conducted <br /> from October 2004 throu�h Ma. 2��005._ <br /> Methodolo�y. The Inventorv included assembly and analvsis of available natural <br /> resources information, including records of presettlement ve�etation; the <br /> National Wetlands Inventory; Hennepin Countv Soil Survey; and the Minnesota <br /> County BioloQical Survev. Land cover classification to describe natural and <br /> cultural land cover tYpes was completed usin� the MLCCS methodolo�y, and <br /> further evaluated using 2003 aerial photo information as well as actual field <br /> evaluation. Natural communitv quality assessment was completed using <br /> standardized methods developed by the MnDNR Natural Heritage Pro ram. <br /> Land Cover Summarv. The land cover classification encompassed the entire <br /> incorporated area of the Cit ��(approximately 1�.400 acres� of which fullv 1/3 is <br /> open water. Artificial surfaces, which include residential areas, farmsteads, <br /> commercial lands and other areas with greater than four percent impervious <br /> surfaces, accounted for an additional 20% of Orono's total area. Forest and <br /> woodland cover combined accounted for an additional 20% of Orono, with <br /> herbaceous vecetation tvpes �wet meadows, cattail marshes, etc.) and planted , <br /> maintained or cultivated veQetation types (agricultural crops, hayfields, pastures) <br /> each comprisin' 13% of the City. The chart below illustrates Orono's MLCCS <br /> Level One Land Cover. <br /> Herbaczuus <br /> �'z�etauon <br /> S 1i�e <br /> l�°� �` <br /> ShniUla�nd � -�e_etatiou <br /> 1°'o �°'° <br /> i <br /> �t'uodlan�i <br /> =�o _Open ��'ater <br /> � � � � � 33°0 <br /> Forescs <br /> 1S°� <br /> � <br /> {�;,,' <br /> PL�ured '� �� <br /> �faintauied ?,iYiticial <br /> or Culti�-ated - Sui�face <br /> �'ery?tation �il°o <br /> 1�°o <br /> Map 3A-4 on the following page depicts Orono's land cover at the most general <br /> level (MLCCS Level 1). ���seRr��.aP Feo�<<�vEVTOR� o��ExT e.acE> <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 3A-10 <br />