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The Natural Heritage database is maintained by the Natural Heritage and Nongame Research Program, a unit \vithin the Division of Ecological Services, Department of Natural Resources. It is continually updated as ne\v infoDllation becoDles available, and is the most cOlnplete source of data on Minnesota's rare or othenvise significant species, native plant communities, and other natural features. Its I?urpose is to foster better understanding and protection of these features. Because our information is not based on a comprehensive inventory, there may be rare or otherwise significant natural features in the state that are not represented in the database. A connty-by- county survey of rare natural features is no\\' un denvay , and has been completed for Sherburne County. OUf information about native plant communities is, therefore, quite thorough for that county. However, because survey work for rare plants and animals is less exhaustive, and because there has not been an on- site survey of all areas of the county, ecologically significant features for which we have no records may exist on the project area. The enclosed results of the database search are provided in tv/o formats: index and full record. To control the release of Ioeational information, which might result in the damage or destruction of a rare element, both printout formats are copyrighted. The index provides rare feature locations only to the nearest section, and may be reprinted, unaltered, in an Environmental Assessment Worksheet, municipal natural resource plan, or report compiled by your company for the project listed above. If you \vish to reproduce the index for any other purpose, please contact me to request written permission. The full-record printout includes more detailed locational information, and is for your personal use only. If you wish to reprint the full. record printouts for any purpose, please contact me to request written permission. Please be aware that review by the Natural Heritage and Nongame Research Program focuses only on rare natural features. It does not constitute review or approval by the Department of Natural Resources as a whole. If you require further information on the environmental revievl process for other natural resource-related issues, you may contact your Regional Environmental Assessment Ecologist, Mike North~ at (218) 828-2433. An invoice in the amount of $72.33 \vill be mailed to you under separate cover \vithin 1:\vo \veeks of the date of this letter. Yau are being billed for map and database search and staff scientist revie\\'. Thank you for consulting us on this mattec and for your interest in preserving 1\1innesota1s rare natural resources. Sincerely, ~aL ~~~~ Endangered Species Environmental Revievv' Coordinator Sarah D. Hoffmann encl: Database search results Rare Feature Database Print-Outs: i\n Explanation of Fields Fact sheets: Blanding's Turtles