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Wetland boundaries were marked at the site by blaze-orange"wetland boundary"flagging attached <br /> to 4-foot wooden lath. Where vegetation was dense, to assist in locating the flagged lath(wetland <br /> edge), a second piece of flagging was attached to a nearby tree or shrub branch. The "wetland <br /> boundary" is considered to be the topographically highest extent of the wetland basin; areas below <br /> . the staked boundary met the three required wetland criteria while areas above were lacking in one or <br /> more of these criteria <br /> Wetland classi�cation followed methods described by Cowardin et al. (1979) and used in the NWI <br /> (e.g. PEMB, PSS1C, etc.), completed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Circular 39 <br /> classification (Shaw and Fredine 1956) is also given (e.g. Type 1, Type 2...etc.). The inclicator <br /> status of plants,as described in Appendix B,was determined using the National List of PlantSpecies <br /> That Occur in Wetlands—Region 3 (Sabine 1999). <br /> RIESiJLTS ANI2 DISCI.TS5ION <br /> Background Information- (O�ce-Based Investigation) <br /> The NWI map (Excelsior Quadrangle) illustrates one wetland basin (Figure 2) within the subject <br /> parcel. The wetland basin is classified as palustrine(P)type wetland exhibiting emergent vegetation <br /> (EM)with a seasonally flooded hydrologic regime(C)partially drained or ditched(d), or a Type 2, <br /> PEMCd wetland on the NWI map. <br /> The Soil Survey of Hennepin County, Figure 3, indicates six soil series present on the subject <br /> property. These soil series are: Glencoe, Hamel, Kilkenny, HIossner, Le Sueur, and Lester (See <br /> Figure 3). The Glencoe,Hamel, and HIossner soil series are classi�ed as hydric soils(SCS Hydric <br /> Soils of the United States), and are illustrated with blue crosshatching on Figure 3. Soil series <br /> descriptions are given iri Appendix C. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, State <br /> Protected Waters Map (Public Water,Inventory), indicates no protected water bodies within the <br /> subject parcel (Figure 4). <br /> Site Visit <br /> SER personnel examined the subject property for areas meeting jurisdictional wetland criteria during <br /> the site visit. One wetland meeting the jurisdictional criteria of a wetland,for which a boundary was <br /> determined and delineated, was staked. Detailed soils, vegetation, and hydrology data for the <br /> - delineated wetland is provided in the data sheets of Appendix A. <br /> �Vetland 1 <br /> Upon completion of the wetland delineation it has been determined that Wetland 1 is a Type 2, <br /> palustrine(P)type wetland exhibiting emergent vegetation(EM)and a seasonally flooded hydrologic <br /> regime(C)partially drained or ditched(d),or a PEMCd wetland. The northeast area of Wetland 1 is <br /> dominated by Type 2/6/1L, palustrine (P) type wetland exhibiting broad-leaved deciduous scrub- <br /> shrub and forested vegetation (SS 1/FO1) and a seasonally flooded hydrologic regime (C) partially <br /> drained or ditched (d), or PEMC/PSS 1/FOlCd wetland. Wetland 1 passes diagonally through the <br /> central portion of the parcel (See Figure 5). <br /> 5 <br /> Svoboda Ecological Resources . Mackinnon Parcel <br /> Project No. 2005-308-03 Gronberg & Associates <br />