Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act Notice of Decision - 2013

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date with current knowledge and practice in the region and not to change wetland boundaries." "...This Regional Supplement is designed for use with the current version of the Corps Manual (Environmental Laboratory 1987) and all subsequent versions. Where differences in the two documents occur, this Regional Supplement takes precedence over the Corps Manual for applications in the Midwest Region." National Wetland Inventory (NWI) maps (Figure 2), Web Soil Survey of Hennepin County map (Figure 3), Minnesota Public Waters Inventory maps (Figure 4), and 2012 aerial photographs were reviewed prior to the site visit to identify areas that may be wetlands. Areas illustrating evidence of wetland conditions were examined in greater detail during the field survey. Vegetarion, soils and hydrolo�y were exainined (as outlined in the 1987 Manual) and used to characterize wetland types and determine wetland boundaries. Sample transects were established in representative wetland-to-upland transition zones in order to characterize the vegetation, soils, and hydrology of the site. Transects consist of a representative upland sample point and representative wetland sample point. Information obtained at the sample points can be found on the field data sheets located in the Technical Documents section. Hydrophytic status of plants was based on the National Wetland Plant List issued on May 15, 2012 and effective June 1, 2012 and as characterized by the plant status on the Excel Midwest Region data sheet provided by the US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District. Wetland boundaries were marked at the site by pink "Wetland Delineation" pin flags. The wetland boundary is considered to be the topographically highest extent of the wetland basin; areas below the staked boundary met the three required wetland criteria while areas above were lacking in one or more of these criteria. Wetlands were classified in accordance with methods described by Cowardin et al. (1979) and used in the NWI (e.g. PEMB, PSS1C, etc.), completed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Circular 39 and Eggers and Reed classification systems are also given. The indicator status of plants, as described in the Technical Documents section, was determined using the National List of Plant Species That Occur in Wetlands — Midwest Region(Lichvar, Robert W and John T. Kartesz 2009). RESULTS The National Wetland Inventory indicates the presence of four wetlands within the study area (Figure 2). The Web Soil Survey of Hennepin County (Figure 3) identifies nine soil map units present on the subject property. They are as follows: Muskego, Blue Earth and Houghton soils, Lester-Kilkenny complex, Cordova loam, Klossner soils, Angus loam, Hamel overwash-Hamel complex, Lester loam, LeSeur loam, Glencoe loam. The Muskego is classified as hydric and the remaining soils are classified as partially hydric. Soil series descriptions are provided in the Technical Documents section. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, State Protected Waters Map (Public Water Inventory) indicates three public waters within the study area (Figure 4). They are all unnamed and have the following lake numbers: 27086000, 27086100, and 27086200. Site Visit Svoboda Ecological Resources 4 1860 Fox Street Project Number:2013-005 Orono MN