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• • • Environmental Assessment Worksheet Nature's Refuge Conservation Development Lino Lakes, Anoka County, Minnesota Draft Document — September 25, 2006 Permits' and approv istance for the " project. nd indirect forms of pi Unit of Government he Anoka County Board of Water and Soil Resources City of Lino Lakes City of Lino Lakes City of Lino Lakes City of Lino Lakes City of Lino Lakes FEMA MN Pollution Control Agency MN Department of Health MN Pollution Control Agency MN Dept of Natural Resources MN Dept of Natural Resources Rice Creek Watershed District Rice Creek Watershed District US Army Corps of Engineers Metropolitan Council Forest Lake School District 831 Page 6 List all known lcical, state and federal pennies, approvals and fmancial od fcations of existing permits, governmental review of plans and all financial assistance bond guarantees, Tax Increment Financing and Type of Application Access Permit ENRV - status approval memo Rezoning Preliminary Plat MUSA Allocation Final Plat Engineering Plan Approval Letter of Map Amendment or Revision Storm Water Permit (NPDES) Watermain Extension Permit Sanitary Sewer Extension Permit Threatened and Endangered Species Temporary Water Appropriations Permit Wetland Conservation Act Permit Land Development Permit Section 404 Wetland Permit Sanitary Sewer Extension Approval Design of Combined Access Describe current and recent past land use and development on the patii ility with adjacent and nearby land uses. Indicate whether any potentz matters. Identify any potential environmental hazards due to past or abandoned storage tanks, or proximity to nearby hazardous liquid or gas pt Status Future Application Future Application Future Application Future Application Future Application Future Application Future Application Future Application Future Application Future Application Future Application Future Application Future Application Future Application Future Application Future Application Future Application Pending Discussions Discuss involve oil The site consists of oak and aspen second - growth forests, planted pines, fallow agricultural fields, and wetlands of varying type and ecological quality. Forest occupies the northern half of the site; treeless prairie /oldfield occupies the south, and wetlands are dispersed throughout. The oak forests are fairly mature, with many large trees, snags, and fallen dead wood. The aspen forest includes many mature trees, and aspen encroachment on wetland edges. Open areas include oldfield/prairie- remnants in the central and southernmost portions, and an adjacent recent clear - cut occupying much of the southwest portion on either side of the main drainage ditch (described below). Much of the eastern/southeastern portion is a complex of contiguous wetland communities grouped as a single wetland according to the wetland delineation prepared for the project. This complex, plus several others of the 28 delineated wetlands, contain rare plant species (see Figure 3 for map of wetland locations and rare species locations; the large complex is "Wetland 7 "). The entire site was a farm many decades ago, as evidenced by historic photographs and several shallow drainage ditches connecting a few of the wetlands to Wetland 7. A deeper drainage ditch in the southwestern part of the site leads from Wetland 7 straight west to the site boundary, where it continues and connects to the ditch system that ultimately leads to Marshan Lake. The duration of agricultural usage is not known, but aerial photographs indicate that the most of the property was treeless and tilled until at least the 1930s. The irregularly- shaped central portion of old - field/prairie, and the southernmost part near Main Street, remain treeless today, indicating probable recent human use such as agriculture and/or homestead. Other recent land use includes clear- cutting in the southwestern comer, so that portion of the site is now a highly disturbed recovering grassland with much bare soil. Also, two buried - pipeline rights -of -way diagonally traverse the northern portion of the property. The site shows signs of unauthorized recreational use, including some fairly well - established ATV trails, plus camping and hiking.