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City of Ramsey February 12, 2007 Functional Assessment of Wetlands WETLAND MANAGEMENT CLASSIFICATION RESULTS To classify a wetland as Preserve, Manage 1, Manage 2, or Manage 3, the wetland needs to only meet one of the listed characteristics in the Wetland Management Classification Process Flowchart for Basic Wetland Protection (Appendix A). Therefore, each wetland was classified as Preserve, Manage 1, Manage 2, or Manage 3 using the highest ranking criteria listed in the “Wetland Functional Assessment Summary” (see Appendix C). A summary of the Wetland Management Classifications results for the field assessed wetlands is shown in Table 4. Table 5 summarizes the Wetland Management Classifications for all 349 wetlands inventoried within the City and Exhibit 16 shows the final Wetland Management Classifications for all wetlands, including both the field verified and non-field verified wetlands. At this scale, small wetlands do not easily appear, but maps “zoomed” into a given section can also be provided at request. The Wetland Management Classifications for 25 wetlands were upgraded from Manage 1 and Manage 2 to Preserve as a result of the field assessment. The classifications for these wetlands were upgraded because they met one of the following listed characteristics in the Wetland Management Classification Process Flowchart for Basic Wetland Protection: The wetland was a Special Resource: it was either a rare natural community or threatened or endangered species were known to occur in the wetland, Rated high for amphibian habitat, Rated high for shoreline protection, Rated exceptional for aesthetics, recreation, education, Rated exceptional for wetland stormwater sensitivity, and Rated high for wetland water quality. A total of nine wetlands are Special Resource based on the DNR Heritage Program data because either: 1) federal or state listed endangered or threatened plant species or species of concern is known to occur in the wetland, or 2) the wetland is a rare natural community. The wetlands that met the Special Resource Criteria are listed below in Table 6. The Wetland Management Classifications for wetlands were also downgraded to the following: Three wetlands were downgraded from Preserve to Manage 1, 37 wetlands were downgraded from Manage 1 to Manage 2, One wetland was downgraded from Manage 1 to Manage 3, and Six wetlands were downgraded from Manage 1 to non-wetland. The classifications for these wetlands were downgraded because they met one of the following listed characteristics in the Wetland Management Classification Process Flowchart for Basic Wetland Protection: 12