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1 , • Cullum Site , Orono, Minnesota � 2007 Annual Mooitoring Report ' I. INTRODUCTION ' Wetland Replacement monitoring is re uired for u to five 5 ears followin the com letion q P � �Y g P of a wetland replacement project to determine if the replacement wetland achieves the goal of ' mitigating functions and values lost due to project impacts. The replacement wetland should meet both the general and specific requirements as outlined in Section 8420.0550 Subpart l. of the 2002 Wetland Conservation Act Rules(Appendig A). This report presents observation , for the 2007-monitoring year for the Cullum site in Orono,Minnesota. ' The Cullum Property was in the N 1/2 of the NE %4 of Section 36, Township 118 North, Range 23 West, City of Orono,Hennepin County Minnesota. The site address is 785 Ferndale Road(Figure 1). The Minnehaha Creek Watershed Distnct(Wetland Conservation ' Act administrator)granted appmval for a Minnehaha Creek Watershed District(MCWD) Rule D: Wetland Protection permit on December 18,2003 and construction of the replacement wetlands was completed the following year. � The 2007 monitoring site visit took place on August 14,2007 and at that time vegetation was actively growing,temperatures were in the 80's,and hydrology was assumed to be dryer than ' normal due to below average precipitation in the manths prior to the site visit(Appendiz B), however a large precipitation event occurred the day before the site visit. I II. PROJECT SUMMARY ' A total of 2,135 square feet(s�of created wetland and the establishment of a 20-foot wide native buffer was created on site to replace impacts associated with the placement of fill to ' create a low berm within existing wetland along the west side of the property(Figure 2). At the time a WCA No Loss application was submitted because the project partially restored the excavated wetland. Even though the proposed work was considered a no loss ' situation, the placement of 2,135 sf of fill material for the construction of the berm was mitigated through the creation of 2,153 sf of new wetland adjacent to the existing wetland. Buffer areas and the constructed berm were to be seeded with a native upland and wetland ' seed mix, respectively. The annual wetland monitoring report is to satisfy the MCWD monitoring requirement since the created/restored wetland was not replacement to satisfy the Wetland Conservation Act(WCA). � '