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• • • WooIan's Park Wetland Bank Part B: Appendix 4 Page 5 of 8 Critical Connections Ecological Services, Inc. January, 17th 2012 of the five years of monitoring, and reference photographs will be provided in the 4th annual monitoring report. Observations regarding changes in soils or topography will be noted in the field and will be included in the 4th annual monitoring report. Possible conservation easement infractions and /or violations (such as unauthorized uses, filling, etc.) will be assessed in the field, and will be reported in the 4th annual monitoring report. An annual monitoring report will be prepared by the City of Lino Lakes and project consultants and submitted to the LGU, BWSR, and USACOE in December following the fourth growing season. The 4th annual report will present all field data collected and will summarize the quality and performance of the wetland mitigation site over the fouth growing season (see Annual Monitoring Report below). Year 5 Monitoring: Surface hydrology will be measured and monitored in the field on three dates during the fifth growing season following installation. Hydrologic measurements will be included in the 5th annual monitoring report. In Year 5 a final delineation of the wetland boundaries will be recorded with GPS, based on the wetland delineation methods consistent, with the US Army' Corps of Engineers and the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act. Changes in wetland boundaries following restoration of hydrology and /or vegetation will be noted in this final monitoring report. Vegetation and natural communities will be monitored and mapped during the fifth growing season following implementation of the Year 5 vegetation restoration and management tasks. Natural communities (wetland and upland) will be . monitored during the growing season, and will be mapped using recent aerial photography and a global positioning system. Natural community quality will be assessed using Minnesota DNR Natural Heritage Program Element Occurrence Rankings and MNRAM 3.4 assessment methods. Species lists that include cover, abundance, and frequency estimates for each species will be collected for each natural community mapped. Invasive and /or non - native plant species will be assessed for cover, abundance, and frequency, and will be mapped in the field with a GPS. The location and abundance of state - listed or otherwise rare plant species will be documented in the field. Vegetation data collected in the field will be processed and summarized in the 5th annual monitoring report. Reference photographs will be taken at the fixed photo reference point set during the initial year of monitoring of the mitigation bank site. Fixed photo reference point locations will be relocated with a global positioning system during field monitoring. Reference photographs will be taken in August of each year to provide visual documentation of hydrologic and vegetative conditions. Reference photographs will be re -taken from the same fixed locations during each