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SVOBODA ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES <br /> Provl&ng the Sbarper Edge in Natural Resources&Environmental Consulting <br /> August 9, 2005 <br /> Mark Gronberg <br /> Gronberg&Associates <br /> Long Lake,MN 55356 <br /> RE: SER Project Name: 531 North Stream Road <br /> SER Project No: 2005-309-03 <br /> Project Location: NE 1/of NE 1/of Section 20,T1 18N,R23W <br /> City of Orono,Hennepin County,Minnesota <br /> Project Description: Wetland Classification,Identification,Delineation, &Staking <br /> Services <br /> Dear Mr. Gronberg, <br /> As requested,Svoboda Ecological Resources(SER)visited the above referenced property on August <br /> 3, 2005 to examine the site for the presence of areas meeting wetland criteria. Criteria for <br /> determining jurisdictional wetlands are as described in the 1987 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers <br /> Wetlands Delineation Manual(1987 Manual)as required by the Minnesota Wetland Conservation <br /> Act. <br /> Wetland Definition <br /> According to the 1987 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers "Wetlands Delineation Manual" (1987 <br /> Manual;the document used by all delineators to define wetlands)a wetland is"Those areas that are <br /> inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, <br /> and that under normal circumstances do support,a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life <br /> in saturated soil conditions" The Minnesota State Wetland Conservation Act Rules,Chapter 8420, <br /> further clarifies that"...wetlands must: (1)have a predominance of hydric soils;(2)be inundated or <br /> saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support a <br /> prevalence of hydrophytic vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions; and(3) <br /> under normal circumstances,support a prevalence of hydrophytic vegetation." The 1987 U.S.Army <br /> Corps of Engineers Manual in Part II,item 24.states that,"The interaction of hydrology,vegetation, <br /> and soil results in the development of characteristics unique to wetlands. Therefore,the following <br /> technical guidelines for wetlands are based on the three parameters,and diagnostic environmental <br /> characteristics used in applying the technical guidelines are represented by various indicators of these <br /> parameters." It is this premise by which SER staff has,in their professional judgment,delineated the <br /> wetlands on the subject parcel described in this report. <br /> 2477 Shadywood Road • Excelsior,INN 55331 <br /> (952)471-1100 • (952)471-0007 (Fax) <br />