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lqOUIAUG ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES COMPANY <br />Providing Sound, Balanctd, Compr<htn1ivt Natural Rtsource Solution, <br />Memorandum <br />Date: January 3, 2012 <br />To: Catherine Bach, Minnehaha Creek Watershed District <br />Cc: Bob Molstad, Sathre-Berquist, Inc. <br />From: Melissa Barrett, Kjolhaug Environmental Services Company <br />Re: MNRAM Analysis -Wetland I , Wachman Parcel, Orono, MN <br />According to the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District wetland inventory, Wetland I of the <br />Wachman Parcel is rated as a Prese rve wetland. Wetland present on th e Wachman Parcel is part <br />of a larger PEMAd/PEMCd wetland complex that continues to the southeast and eventually <br />connects (approximately 0.25 miles distance) to the North Arm of Lake Minnetonka shore land <br />system. <br />Previous ly, wetland analyses performed for wetlands abutting s horeland have rated as Preserve <br />due to the s ho reline protection function. However, wetland present on the Wachman parcel does <br />not provide shoreline protection. <br />Wetland I was previously described as a Type 4 (PUBGx/PEMA) excavated, open water and <br />fresh (wet) meadow wetland complex (Wachman Parcel Wetland Delineation Report dated <br />October 22, 2012). At the time of the delineati o n, the PUBGx portion of the wetland was un- <br />vegetated and dry. The center of the basin was an upland knoll dominated by a canopy of <br />boxelder. For the purposes of the delineation it was included within the wetland boundary. <br />Fresh (wet) meadow was dominated by reed ca nary grass with le sser amounts of giant goldenrod <br />and Canada thistle. Other non-dominant vegetation observed included : garlic mu stard, asters, <br />blu e vervain, se d ge, black willow, boxelder, and American elm. In addition to the excavated <br />basin, an excavated ditch connected the bas in to the east property lin e. <br />MNRAM Analysis <br />A MNRAM vers ion 3.4 functional analy sis was completed for Wetland I on the Wachman <br />Parcel to assess appropriate wetland functions and management class based on current, on-site <br />observations. A M NRA M output summary and input data are included in Appendix A , and <br />results are s ummarized in Table 1 below. <br />26105 Wild Rose Lan e, Shorewood , Minnesota 55331 , Ph one : 952-40 1-8757, Fax : 952-40 1-8798