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CflVOOOCZD PASTURE . , *Iatrodoced Pastwe* moia « »ea dwotod lo ifct proAidk* «rf lofa«c lad cakivatcd k * roCMiOB o< rw crop* or »bm1I or iatcnwkd «kh iatrodaced qjecka at lean o«« Smim^ tho 20 year period prior to the date oC enactmeat ot thk aeL Thcec wcm aM be kvicsted by frazic< at least tao yean durtof the period Jaeaary 1,1981 to January 1, 1991. These areas are coosidered to be ia aftiodtwat crop productioa. lOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT *Local Gc'^ensment U^* (LCU) ir *)oatiidc of the if no i nT] netropolicaa area» a city CCTci or cooaiy board of coaauaaioaers; b) in the sevea-county metropoUtaa area, a dry coaaca. a town board, or a «<itenhed manageneat or^nkatioa aader aectioa 103B J05, subdivisioa 13; and e) in Tbrfff where an activky or repiacement wiB ocair on state land, tte agency with adasiautratiVe ftspomibUily for that land is the LGU. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROJECT . *Publk Traasportatioa ProjecT means any pit^ conducted by a pubBc agency mvolvinf transportanta faahties open to the pnblk. PCBUC WATERS HETLANDS ^ . w ,« ’Public Waters Wetlands* anaas sU types 3, 4, sad 5 wetlands, (greater than 10 acres u rural areas sad greater than 2J acres in municipai areas) that Were iavcaioned by the LNR as pi^Uc waters. REPLACEMENT WETLAND ... j .r a •Replacement Wetland* means s wctlsad restored or seated to repUce public values lost at an impacted weUand. RESTORATION ^ . vj 'R^oratioe* reestabCshaMat of an area that was historically wetlands but whj^ currently provides no or numiaal wetland functions due to alteration such as filling or drainage. WATERSHED •Watershed* the 81 major watershed units delineated by the map, *State of Minnesota W^ershed Boundaries • 1979* ss produced ty the MinnesoU Departmeot of Natural Resources, eL aL WETLANDS, A V%ETIAND, THE wetland , WETLAND AREA a) *Wetlands* «"*»" - lands transiuoiul between terrestrial and aquatic systems where the water table is usually at or near the surface or the land is covered by shallow water. For purposes of this definition, wetlands must have the following three attributes: 1) 2) have a predominance of hydric soils; are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and durstioa suffic^ to support a prevalence of hydrophytic vegetatioa typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions; and nnA^ nftmiai drcumstances support a prevalence of such vegetarinn.