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<br />Edward E. Hamm Trustee Property: Conservation Design Plan: Initial Phase <br />Orono, Minnesota <br />Page 4 <br />Wetland Delineation The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)-National Wetland Inventory (NWI) map for the Site area depicts two freshwater, emergent, persistent, temporarily or seasonally flooded wetlands (PEM1A, PEM1C) in the in the northern portion of the northern 15-acre parcel, and one freshwater emergent persistent, seasonally flooded (PEM1A) wetland in the central portion of the northern 15-acre parcel. There are no wetlands located on the southern 5-acre parcel. Pinnacle conducted a Level 2, On-Site, Wetland Delineation of the 20-acre parcel located at 485 Orono Orchard Road South in the summer of 2021. The table below indicates the size and description of the wetlands wholly or partially within the northern 15-acre parcel. No wetlands were located in the southern 5-acre parcel. <br /> <br />Wetlands Table <br />Edward E. Hamm Trustee Property <br />485 Orono Orchard Road South <br />Orono, Minnesota <br />Wetland <br />ID <br />Delineated <br />Wetland Type <br />Wetland Size <br />ac/sf <br />NWI Wetland <br />Type <br />Dominant Wetland <br />Vegetation <br />W-1 PEM1A 0.47 20,473 PEM1A reed canary grass <br />W-2 PEM1C 0.91 39,640 PEM1C reed canary grass, cattails, <br />buckthorn <br />W-3 PEM1A 0.26 11,326 PEM1A reed canary grass, cattails <br /> Wetland 1 is a basin located in the south-central portion of the 15-acre parcel. This wetland consists of a swale that funnels drainage from the surrounding upland area. A Private Drive and underlying culvert appear to slow and constrict the drainage of the wetland to the southwest. Wetland 2 is a large basin located in the northeastern portion of the Northern 15-acre parcel. Culverts enter Wetland 2 at various locations along the southern wetland edge. The wetland is located at the toe of adjacent steep slopes of the Maple-Basswood Forest that surrounds the wetland basin. Wetland 2 is also listed as a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Public Water with identification number of 27085600. Wetland 3 is a basin located in the northwestern portion of the 15-acre parcel. The surrounding upland areas drain into the wetland basin. A swale appears to drain the basin to the southwest during large rainfall events. The wetlands areas and boundaries were verified by the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) in 2021. The Notice of Decision (NOD) was issued on August 2021 and the NOD is valid for 5 years. The NOD can be found in Appendix A. Topography The northern 15-acre parcel lies north of Fox Street, west of Orono Orchard Road South and extends west to a Private Drive. The northern 15-acre parcel steeply slopes, ranging from approximately 1,000 feet above mean sea level (amsl) near the house and outbuildings in the northeast of the northern 15-acre parcel to approximately 942 feet amsl in the southwestern portion of the northern 15-acre parcel near the Private Drive and Fox Street. <br />301