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Introduction <br /> On June 22, 2010, Arrowhead Environmental Consulting (AEC) performed a wetland <br /> delineation for the property located at: <br /> 1190 Lyman Avenue, Orono, MN 55391. The legal description of the parcel is: A part of <br /> the SE % of Section 35, T118N, R23W, Hennepin County, Orono, Minnesota. The <br /> parcel is a total of 5.14 acres. <br /> Methods <br /> AEC utilized the 1987 US Army Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual and <br /> Midwest Regional Supplement to perform the wetland delineation. A United States <br /> Geological Survey (USGS) Map (Excelsior Quad) (Figure 1), the Minnesota Department <br /> of Natural Resources (MN DNR) Public Water Inventory (PWn Map (Figure 2), the <br /> Hennepin County Soil Survey Map (Figure 3), and the National Wetland Inventory <br /> (NWI) Map (Figure 4) were reviewed prior to the site visit and used in the delineation <br /> process. The approximate delineated wetland boundary is indicated on Figure 5 and is <br /> overlaid on a 2009 aerial image. AEC used the routine delineation method. <br /> Wetland classification followed methods described by the USACOE - St. Paul District; <br /> Eggers and Reed "Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of MN and WI". The Circular <br /> 39 and Cowardin et al. classifications are given as well. The indicator status of plants <br /> was determined using the National List of Plant Species That Occur in Wetlands — <br /> Region 3 (Sabine 1999). In accordance with the Midwest Regional Supplement, the + <br /> and—have been removed from the vegetation indicator status. <br /> Pink pinflags were used to delineate the wetlands and were numbered sequentially. <br /> Sample points were taken to document the vegetation, soils, and hydrology indicators <br /> within representative upland and wetland locations. <br /> Results <br /> Office Results <br /> One wetland basin, classified as a PEMC (within the area of Wetland 1) is indicated on <br /> the NWI map. The Houghton soil series is mapped within the area of Wetland 1. The <br /> Houghton soil series is classified as hydric soils (SCS Hydric Soils of the United States). <br /> Wetland 1 is not indicated on the PWI map. <br /> Field Results <br /> Wetland 1 <br /> Wetland 1 is described as a Shallow Marsh (Type 3, PEMC) wetland. Wetland 1 is <br /> primarily dominated by cattail (Typha sp.), lake-bank sedge (Carex lacustris), purple <br /> loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) with willow (Salix sp.) scattered throughout the wetland <br /> area. The adjacent upland area is dominated by common buckthorn (Rhamnus <br /> 1 <br />