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Wetland Classification, Identification <br />and Delineation <br />for Spring Hill Golf Club <br />Summary <br />Based upon the boundaries indicated on the site map provided to Schoell and Madson, Inc., <br />we have identified twenty one wetland basins. The wetlands were field identified on October <br />10 through the 21,1996. Review of U.S. Fish and Wildlife National Wetland Inventory maps <br />indicate fourteen wetland basins. There is one DNR Protected Water (837W) on the property. <br />Total recorded rainfall at the Minneapolis International Airport for the preceding month, <br />September 1996, was 1.3 inches. Total recorded rainfall for October 1996 was 3.01 inches. <br />Average rainfall for September and October is 2.99 inches and 1.98 inches respectively. <br />Project Location and Site Description <br />The site is approximately 200 acres. It is located in the Northeast 1/4 and the Southeast 1/4 <br />of Section 26 and the Southwest Vz of Section 25, Township 118 North , Range 23 West. The <br />northern portion of the site is a hilly hardwood forest with wetlands occurring in the low <br />areas. The southern ponion of the property, south of County road 6, contains the Spring Hill <br />Conference Center. The landscape is ciiaracterized by more open grasslands, with some <br />younger wooded areas. There is a natural spring occurring just west of the conference center, <br />which supplies a continuous flow to some wetlands. The entire property eventually drains into <br />Long Lake, which is located Just south of Spring Hill road. <br />Characteristics of Wetland Basins <br />Basin 1 Wetland 1 consists of a Type 2 (Inland Fresh Meadow) as defined in Wetlands <br />of the United States (USFWS Circular 39; Shaw and Fredine 1971). Based on <br />the W’etlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States (FWS Publication <br />79/31; Cowardin et al) basin 1 is classified as a PEMB wetland (Palustrine <br />Emergent Saturated). Basin 1 is approximately 0.5 acres in size. <br />Observed vegetation along the wetland boundary consists of sedge Care.x spp. <br />(facultative wetland), green ash Fraximis pennsyhwiica (facultative wetland), <br />Canada thistle Cirsumi arvense (facultative upland), goldenrod Solidago spp. <br />SCHOEUL Gi MADSOIM, INC. MIIMNETONKA, MINNESOTA 1