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, � <br /> ABSTRACT <br /> Svoboda Ecological Resources (SER) visited the above referenced property on April 23 and 27, <br /> 201 S to examine the site for the presence of areas meeting wetlartd criteria. Transect data was <br /> collected on Aprid 27, 201 S. The st�udy parcel is located in the city of Orono, MN in Hemtepin <br /> County (Figune 1). Five wetland bo�er�daries were delineated at this site. Orre sample transect <br /> was established along the boundmy of each wetland area in or�der to characterize the soil, <br /> vegetatton, and existing hydmlogy within the wetland-to-upland transition zone. <br /> INTRODUCTION <br /> The subject parcel is approximately 3234 acres and is dominated by mesic and upland <br /> vc�oodlands in the northern half and a palustrine marsh area in the southern half. Five wetlands <br /> present on and near the pmperty were delineated. The topogaphy of the site is rolling with a <br /> small group of houses and shuctures present on the top of the hill. The surrounding land use is <br /> moderately spaced single fatnily homes as well as a Tanager Lake to the east and Lake <br /> Minnetonka to the south. The identified wetlands were classified according to the Cowardin et <br /> aL, the Circular 39 anc3 the Eggers and Reed classiflcation systems and marked with pink <br /> "Wetland Delineatioa" pin flags and orange flagging tape. The Technical Documents section of <br /> this report contains field data sheets, plant indicator status information, soil survey information, <br /> and wetland definition information. <br /> METHODS <br /> The metfiods used to delineate the sub,�ect parcel are as described in the 1987 US Army Corps of <br /> Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual and the 2010 Midwest Regional Supplement Manual. In <br /> the 1987 Manual, the methods used were described under the "routine" methads for sites less <br /> than 5 acres. This methodology is fol�owed in order to assess whether the three parameters of a <br /> wetland are met for areas on the subject parcel. The three parameters required uttder normal <br /> circumstances in order to delineate a wetla.nd are described in the Technical Documents section. <br /> The Midwest Regional Supplement Wetland Delineation Manual is also being utilized to <br /> increase the accuracy of our wetland boundaries. This addendum to the original 87 Manual was <br /> created to address the many r�egional differences that affect wetlands and the c�elineation methods <br /> used throughout t#ie country. The foIlowing exptanations are passages from that document. <br /> `"I'his Regional Supplcmeirt is pert of a nationwide efFort to address regional <br /> wetland chatacterisfscs and improve the accuracy and ei�iciency of wetland- <br /> delineation procedwes. Regional differences in ctimate, geology, soils, <br /> hydrology plarn and animal communities,and other factois are important to the <br /> idemtifcation and functioning af wetlands. These differences cannot be <br /> oonsidered adequately in a singlo national manual. The development of this <br /> supplement follows National Acadetny of Sciences recommendations to increase <br /> the regional sensitivity of wetland-deliaeation met3�ods (Nationsl Researc5 <br /> Council 1995).The inbeat of this supplement is to bring the Corps Manual up to <br /> date with cu�rent knawledge aad practice in the regioo and not to change <br /> Svoboda EcologiceS Reso�area 1 170Q Shoreline Dr <br /> Pmject Niunber. 2015-004-03 Orono,MN <br />