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Woolan's Park Wetland Bank Part B: Appendix 4 <br />Critical Connections Ecological Services, Inc. <br />January, 17th 2012 <br />Page 4 of 8 <br />Reference photographs will be taken at the fixed photo reference point set during the initial <br />year of monitoring of the mitigation bank site. Fixed photo reference point locations will be <br />relocated with a global positioning system during field monitoring. Reference photographs will <br />be taken in August of each year to provide visual documentation of hydrologic and vegetative <br />conditions. Reference photographs will be re -taken from the same fixed locations during each <br />of the five years of monitoring, and reference photographs will be provided in the 3rd annual <br />monitoring report. <br />Observations regarding changes in soils or topography will be noted in the field and will be <br />included in the 3`d annual monitoring report. <br />Possible easement infractions (such as unauthorized uses, filling, etc.) will be assessed in the <br />field, and will be reported in the 3`d annual monitoring,report: <br />, <br />An annual monitoring report will be prepared by the City of Lino Lakes and project consultants <br />and submitted to the LGU, BWSR, and- USACOE- in-December- following- the -third growing season: <br />The 3rd annual report will present all field data collected and will summarize the quality and <br />performance of the wetland mitigation site over the/third growing season (see Annual <br />Monitoring Report below). <br />Year 4 Monitoring: <br />• <br />Surface hydrology will be measured and`monitored in the field on three dates during the fourth • <br />growing season following,: installation. Hydrologic measurements will be included in the 4th <br />annual monitoring report. <br />Vegetation and natural communities will be monitored and mapped during the fourth growing <br />season following implementation :of. .the Year 4 vegetation restoration and management tasks. <br />Natural,: communities (wetland..and upland) will be .monitored during the growing season, and <br />will be mapped using recent aerial photography. and a global positioning system (GPS). Natural <br />community quality will be,'assessed using Minnesota DNR Natural Heritage Program Element <br />Occurrence\Rankings and MNRAM 3.4-assessment methods. Species lists that include cover, <br />abundance, and frequency estimates for each species will be collected for each natural <br />community mapped. Invasive and /or non - native plant species will be assessed for cover, <br />abundance, and frequency, and will be mapped in the field with a GPS. The location and <br />abundance of state - listed or otherwise rare plant species will be documented in the field. <br />Vegetation data collected in'the field will be processed and summarized in the 4th annual <br />monitoring report. <br />Reference photographs will be taken at the fixed photo reference point set during the initial <br />year of monitoring of the mitigation bank site. Fixed photo reference point locations will be <br />relocated with a global positioning system during field monitoring. Reference photographs will <br />be taken in August of each year to provide visual documentation of hydrologic and vegetative <br />conditions. Reference photographs will be re -taken from the same fixed locations during each <br />• <br />