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Site Visit SER ecologists examined the subject property for are s meeting jurisdictional wetland criteria during the site visit. One area meeting the jurisdiction 1 criteria of a wetland was flagged, and boundaries were determined and delineated. The appr ximate wetland boundary is outlined in yellow (Figure 5). At the request of the client and verb 1 approval of the LGU, only the subject wetland was delineated. Location of the boundary is n eded in order to accommodate a future driveway on the as two separate lots are involved ut which may be under two separate ownerships in the future. The NWI had previously identified the present wetland as PEMC. The wetland is a depressional wet meadow with an open pond area that is semi pe anently inundated on the east side. The open pond area was created by previous excavation and residual evidence of the sidecast spoil is evident on a recent aerial photo (Figure 5). The wetland of interest is located in the northern quarte of the parcel. The wetland vegetation in the seasonally inundated wetland was dominated re d canary grass (Phalaris ari�ndinacea FACW). The transition to upland can be marked vegeta ively, primarily as the reed canary grass disappears and the blue grass (Poa pratensis FAC) begi s on the north side and as the Canadian thistle(Cirsium arvense FACU) becomes prominent to t e south. Sample point SP 1-1 Wet was taken from the north end i the wetland. The soils at sample point SP1-1 Wet consisted of a silt loam at the surface beco ing a clay loam concentration matrix at 32 inches of depth. Hydric indicator Al2 (Thick Dark S rface) and F1 (Loamy Mucky Material) were present. The soils at sample point SP1-1 Upl co sisted of layers of loam, turning more sandy as depth increased.No hydric indicators were pre ent. Sample point SP1-2 Wet was taken from the south by s uth west end of the wetland. The soils at sample point SP1-2 Wet consisted of a silt loam at the s rface becoming a sandy loam depletion matrix at 12 inches of depth. Hydric indicator S7 (Dark urface) was present. The soils at sample point SP1-2 Upl consisted of layers of silt and sandy 1 am, turning to a loamy sandy as depth increased. No hydric indicators were present. Wetland hydrology was present at sample point P1-1 Wet with secondary indicators Geomorphic Position(D2) and FAC-Neutral Test(DS). etland hydrology was present at sample point SP1-1 Upl with secondary indicators Geomorph c Position (D2) and FAC-Neutral Test (DS). At sample point SP 1-2 Wet the secondary indicators D (Geomorphic Position) and DS (FAC- Neutral Test) were present. At sample point SP1-2 pl there was no primary or secondary indicators for wetland hydrology. A third sample point was taken in the center of the etland just to the south of the semi- permanently inundated pond on the east side of the p rcel. It appears that this area had been affected by sidecasting of dredged soil as the ponded a ea looks to be an excavated offshoot of the larger pond area to the east and off of the parcel. The vegetation here was dominated again by reed canarygrass (Phalaris ar-undinacea FACV� as ell as common milkweed (Asclepias Svoboda Ecological Resources 3 4245 Bayside Rd Project Number: 2013-021-03 Orono,MN