5.3 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Barr 8300Norman Center Drive 555 West 27th Street 202 West Superior Street • Minneapolis,MN 55437-1026 Hibbing,MN 55746 Duluth,MN 55802 Phone:(612)832-2600 Phone:(218)262-3465 Phone:(218)727-5218 Engineering Company Fax: (612)832-2601 Fax: (218)262-3460 Fax: (218)727-6450 April 7, 1997 Ms. Laurie Seifert-Kissner Bauerly Bros., Inc. 4787 Shadow Wood Dr., NE Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 Re: Wetland Delineation Dear Ms. Kissner: Enclosed is an aerial photograph showing the limits of the wetland investigation conducted on the proposed mining site located on the SE'/a, SW'/a and NW1/4 of the SE'/a of Section 3 (T33N, R26W) in Elk River. The field investigation of the property was completed on April 4, 1997. The site boundaries and five wetland areas are delineated on the aerial photograph. The site was investigated for wetlands according to the Routine On-Site Determination Method specified in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual (1987 Edition). The wetlands were delineated with the assistance of aerial photography and subsequently verified during the field investigation. Since the delineation was conducted prior to the growing season, the results should be considered preliminary. The field investigation occurred under mild early spring conditions. Most of the area was free of snow cover except for some patches in woodland areas. Several small ponded areas were still frozen and could only be assessed from the characteristics of soil and vegetation noted at the edge of the ponds. Ponded/flooded areas that may meet the criteria of a wetland were delineated as wetland. However, it is questionable whether the soil and/or the vegetative criteria of a wetland would be met in Wetland No. 1. This area was delineated as wetland in the absence of available soil and vegetative information due to flooding. The other areas delineated as wetland (No's 2,3,4 and 5) have a significant presence of hydrophytic (wetland) vegetation which is indicative of wetlands. Cattail, sedge, bulrush and reed canary grass were the dominant forms of vegetation in these wetlands.