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SVOBODA ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES <br />~------------------------------------ <br />Providing the Sharper Edge in Natura) Resources & Environmental Consulting <br />September 14. 2004 <br />Don Henderson <br />5018 Normandale Court <br />Edina, MN 55436 <br />RE: SER Project Name: 560 Big Island -Orono <br />SER Project No: 2004-312-03 <br />Project Location: Lots 5 & 6, Section 22, <br />T 117N. R23 W, City of Orono, Hennepin County, Minnesota <br />Project Description: Wetland Classification, Identification, Delineation, & Staking <br />· Services; GPS Services <br />Dear Mr. Henderson, <br />As requested, Svoboda Ecological Resources (SER) visited the above referenced property on <br />September 14, 2004 to examine the site for the presence of areas meeting wetland criteria. Criteria · <br />for determining jurisdictional wetlands are as described in the 1987 US. Army Corps of Engineers <br />· Wetlands Delineation Manual ( 198_7 Manual) as required by the Minnesota Wetland -Conservation <br />Act. <br />SITE DESCRIPTION <br />The subject parcel is approximately 1.5 acres consisting of a wooded upland area and a depressional <br />marsh area. The topography of the site varies significantly; perpendicular to the lakeshore and marsh <br />area the property abruptly rises in elevation to the l!Orthwest at roughly a 1 :4 slope. The northwest <br />portion of the property consists of a forested lot while the eastern portion of the property is <br />dominated by »7etland. Lake Minnetonka borders the property to the south (See Figure 1 ). The <br />surrounding area land use consists of singfe-family housing and forested lots. <br />METHODS <br />National Wetland Inventory (NWI) maps (Figure 2), Soil Survey of Hennepin County maps (Figure , <br />3); Minnesota Protected Waters maps, and 2003 aerial photographs were reviewed prior to the site <br />visit to identify areas that may be wetlands. Areas illustrating evidence of wetland conditions were ' <br />examined in greater detail during the field survey. Vegetation, soils and hydrology were examined <br />( as outlined in the 1987 Manual) and used to characterize wetland types and determine wetland <br />boundaries. Sample transects were established in representative wetland-to-upland transition zones <br />in order to characterize the vegetation, soils, and hydrology of the site. Transects consisted ·of <br />representative upland sample point(s) and representative wetland sample point(s). Information <br />obtained from the sample points can be found on the field data sheets located in Appendix A. C . . <br />·, . <br />t) <br />"""·" ' ________________________________ __,; ___ ~-r,;:-:'·:· ·+~ l"t, <br />\ 24 77 Shadywood Road • Excelsior, MN 55331 <br />(952) 471-1100 (Office) • (952) 471-0007 (Fax)