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Introduction On August 23, 2010, Arrowhead Environmental Consulting (AEC) performed a wetland delineation for the property located at: 60 Myrtlewood Road, Orono, MN 55391. The legal description of the parcel is: A part of the SW '/ of Section 36, T118N, R23W, Hennepin County, Orono, Minnesota. The parcel is a total of 6.69 acres. Methods AEC utilized the 1987 US Army Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual and Midwest Regional Supplement to perform the wetland delineation. A United States Geological Survey (USGS) Map (Excelsior Quad) (Figure 1), the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR) Public Water Inventory (PWn Map (Figure 2), the Hennepin County Soil Survey Map (Figure 3), and the National Wetland Inventory (NWI) Map (Figure 4) were reviewed prior to the site visit and used in the delineation process. The delineated wetland boundaries (approximate) are indicated on Figure 5 and are overlaid on a 2009 aerial image. AEC used the routine delineation method. Wetland classification followed methods described by the USACOE - St. Paul District; Eggers and Reed "Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of MN and WI". The Circular 39 and Cowardin et al. classifications are given as well. The indicator status of plants was determined using the National List of Plant Species That Occur in Wetlands — Region 3 (Sabine 1999). In accordance with the Midwest Regional Supplement, the + and—have been removed from the vegetation indicator status. Pink flagging was used to delineate the wetlands and was hung from vegetation along the wetland edge. Sample points were taken to document the vegetation, soils, and hydrology indicators within representative upland and wetland locations. Results Office Results Wetland 1 is indicated on the NWI map as a PEMF/PUBF wetland, Wetland 2 is indicated on the NWI map as a PEMB wetland. The Houghton soil series is mapped within the area of Wetlands 1 and 2. The Houghton soil series is classified as a hydric soil (SCS Hydric Soils of the United States). Wetland 1 is indicated on the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Public Water Inventory Map (PWI) as Wetland 831-W (Approximately 4.53 acres in size); Wetland 2 is not indicated on the PWI map. Field Results Wetland 1 Wetland 1 is described as a Shallow Marsh (Type 3, PEMF) wetland. Wetland 1 is primarily dominated by reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea), hummock sedge 1