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3 Plants were identified using standard regional plant keys. Taxonomy and indicator status of plant species was taken from the 2014 National Wetland Plant List (Lichvar, R.W. and Kartesz, J.T. 2009. North American Digital Flora: National Wetland Plant List, version 2.4.0 (https://wetland_plants.usace.army.mil). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH, and BONAP, Chapel Hill, NC.) III. RESULTS Review of NWI, Soils, and DNR Information The National Wetland Inventory Map (NWI) (Excelsior/Hamel Quadrangles, MN DNR 2013) showed one PEM1Bd wetland within the property (Figure 3). The Soil Survey of Hennepin County, Minnesota (http://soils.usda.gov/survey/geography/ssurgo/) showed Cordova and Hamel as the hydric soil types present within the review area. A soils map indicating the soil types present within the parcel is included on Figure 4 The DNR Public Waters Map, Hennepin County (http://deli.dnr.state.mn.us/) showed no DNR Public Waters within 1000’ of the property (Figure 5). Wetland Determinations and Delineations Potential wetlands were evaluated in greater detail during field observations on April 18, 2015. One (1) wetland was identified adjacent to the subject site (Figure 2). Corresponding data forms are included in Appendix A. The following description of the wetland and its adjacent upland reflects conditions observed at the time of the field visit. At that time precipitation conditions were normal based on available 30-day rolling precipitation data and dry based on the three- month antecedent conditions (January, February, March) (Appendix B). A survey of the wetland boundary by Sathre-Bergquist is included in Appendix C. Wetland 1 was a Type 2 (PEM1Bd) wet meadow. The wetland was dominated by a fringe of reed canary grass with cattail present north of the wetland fringe. Saturation was observed near the surface at the sample point location with free water observed 16” below the soil surface. Adjacent upland at the sample location was dominated by box elder trees, common buckthorn shrubs, and reed canary grass and common burdock. The delineated boundary followed an abrupt change in topography and was placed along the transition zone from wetland to upland plant communities, where hydrology indicators were no longer present, and the transition from hydric to non-hydric soils. Wetland 1 was indicated on the NWI map as a PEM1Bd wetland and was located in an area of mapped Hamel (hydric) on the soil survey. According to the survey provided by Sathre-Bergquist, the delineated wetland lies outside the property boundary.