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'r <br /> i <br /> The Viid�vest Regional Supplement Wetland Delineation Lianual is also being titilized to increase the <br /> accuracy of our�vetland boundaries. This addendum to the original$7[Vfanual was created to address the <br /> many regional difterences that affect wetlands and#he delineation medtods used throughout the country. <br />; The Pollowing eYplanations are passages from that document. <br /> '`This Regional Supplement is part of a nation�vide effort to add3�ss regional ti;�etland <br /> characteristics and i�nprove the accuracy and efticiency of n�ettand-delineation <br /> procedures. Regional differences in climate,geology,soils,hydrology plant and <br /> aninta) commtmities, and other factors are important to the €dentitication and <br /> fimctioning of wetlands.These differences�annot be considered ade�luutel}�in a <br /> isingle national manuaL "I'lie developmcnt of this supplement follo�vs �Fational <br /> �cademy of Sciences recommendations to increase the regional sensitivity of <br /> ���etland-delineation methods(National Research Council 199�)."I'he intent of this <br />� supplement is to bring the Corps�(anual up to date�vith aurrent kno�ti�ledge and <br />� <br />� practice in the region and not to change�vetland b�undarics." "...This Regional <br />� 5upplement is designed for use �rith the current version oF the Corps �lanual <br /> (Environmental Laboratoqr 1987)and all subsequent versions.R%here ditTerences in <br /> i the hvo documents occur,this Regional Supplement talces przcedence over the <br />� Corps�tanual for applications in the�[id��•est Region." <br />� <br /> i <br /> i�tational Wet(ancl Inventory (NWt} maps(Fi�u•e 2), Web Soi! SE��vey of Orono and Hennepin County <br /> � <br /> maps(Figcu�e 3), t�(innesota Arotected Waters maps(�'ig�u•e 4),and 2006 and 2009 aerial pi�otogi�pl3s <br /> were reviewed prior to the site visit to identify areas that rr�y be�vetlands. Areas illustrating evidence of <br /> �vetland conditions wei�e exarnined in greater detail during the tield suivey. Vegetatian,soits And hydrology <br /> ' �vere esamined (as outlined in the 1987 vfanual)and used to characterize wetlaizd types and dete��nine <br /> wetland boimdaries. Three sample h�ansects wece established in a representative wetland-to-up(and <br />` transition zones in order to c�latacterize the vegetation, soils, and hydrology of the site. The transects <br />�. consist of a representative upland sample point and ��epresentative wetland sample pouit. fnformation <br />� obtained fi�om the samp(e points can be found on t(te field data sheets locaEed in the Technical <br />� <br /> i <br /> Documentation Section. <br />� `Vetland boundaries wece �narked at the site by pink"Wetland Delineation" pin fla�s. �l�e �vetland <br />� boundary is considered to be the topographically highest e�ctent of the �vetiand basin; areas below the <br />; staked boundary met the three required�vetland criteria�vhile ac�eas above were lacking in one or more of <br />� these criteria. Wetland classitication fallo�ved methods described by Co�vardin et al.(1979)and used in the <br /> ; NWI(e.g.PEI�B,PSSIC,etc.),completed by tl�e U.S. Fis}1�nd Wildlife Service. TheCircular39and <br />� Eggers and Reed classification systerrn are also given. llie uidicatoc status of plants,as described in The <br />; Technical Documentation Section,�vas determined using the National List of Plant Species That Occur in <br />; Wetlands—Region 3(Sabine l999}. <br />! <br /> i <br /> I <br /> I <br />� Svoboda F.cological Resources 3675 lac.�bs,biilt Rond <br /> Project No.:2Q 14-030-03 2 JetFr\ment <br /> i <br />� <br /> i <br /> 4 <br />� <br />