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Woolan's Park Wetland Bank Part B: Appendix 4 Page 6 of 8 Critical Connections Ecological Services, Inc. January, 17th 2012 of the five years of monitoring, and reference photographs will be provided in the 5th annual monitoring report. Observations regarding changes in soils or topography will be noted in the field and will be included in the 5th 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 5th annual monitoring report. A final 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 fifth growing season. The 5th annual report will present allfield data collected and will summarize the quality and performance of the wetland mitigation site 'over the fifth growing season (see Annual Monitoring Report below). Performance Standards • In order to assure timely credit release, performance standards will be-:implemented for the wetland banking site as goals to be met during the five year monitoring period. MNRAM has been the preferred methodology of BWSR and other municipal, watershed, state, and federal wetland regulatory agencies to assess pre- restoration wetland condition. This methodology will be used to assess and track post- restoration and 'management condition as well as improvements to wetland functions and values. MNRAM assessment criteria and associated vegetative quality thresholds have been recommended for previous wetland banking projects in the Anoka Sand (Plain" by the TEP members as the preferred performance standard(s) for assessing wetland vegetation quality and invasive species cover within each restored plant community, determining, improvements in vegetation quality over time, and evaluating the percent of mitigation credits to be awarded during the 5 year implementation of the proposed Woolan's Park banking plan. In order to meet the proposed credit release schedule, the invasive species percent cover thresholds'will have to meet, or. exceed_ (ie. be of higher quality than) the MNRAM vegetation quality criteria for medium quality plant communities after year three, and high quality plant communities after,year five to receive full wetland banking credit. Referencing the MNRAM 3.4 methodology, the correlated invasive species performance standards would be as follows for most (if not all) communities` included in the MNRAM guidance: High Quality Plant Community: Invasive herbaceous species (such as reed canary grass, purple loosestrife, stinging nettle and /or other invasive species) are absent or cumulatively comprise less than 20 percent cover in the herbaceous stratum; and /or non - native buckthorns absent or comprise less than 10 percent cover within the plant community. • •