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4.4 'Miscellaneous Government Wetiand Requirements <br /> Attempts were made to collect aIl relevant local, county, state, and federal wetland requirements and <br /> water resources agreements that would affect the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. While there <br /> are existing local, state, and federal ordinances, laws, and rules related to wetlands, efforts to compile <br /> all of this information was not possible due to a lack of response. All of the ]aws, statutes, and <br /> ordinances are subject to change, and do frequentIy change, so reciting the current status of aI] of . <br /> those laws here did not seem appropriate. Similarly, requests were made for informarion on local <br /> water resources and wetland maintenance and monitoring agreements,but virtually no information <br /> was provided. <br /> 4.5 Identifying and Mapping Permitted Wetfand Mitigation Sites <br /> All local government units with jurisdiction over the Wetland Conservation Act within the District <br /> were contacted in an attempt to compile permitted wetland mitigation data. During these discussions, <br /> it became clear that tracking wetland mitigation sites is a difficult and imperfect task. The Board of <br /> Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) collects a minimal amount of data regarding administration of the <br /> Wetland Conservation Act from local government units at the end of each year. Typically this <br /> information is not tracked well throughout the year and is only compiled when the BWSR requests it. <br /> It may be helpful for all local government units to have a standardized database of information <br /> (including a Geographic Information System component) that should be collected on each project <br /> which could then be submitted to one central database manager, such as BWSR. This would make the <br /> task of locating wetland mitigation sites more straightforward. � <br /> \\tred\wp�23�27�D06�Reports�Final Report\Wetland memt�lan_dft011503.doc 4-?4 <br />