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10. Cover Types <br />Instead of the EAW requirements, provide information on the following: <br />10a. Cover type map, at least at the scale of a USGS topographic map, depicting: <br />- wetlands identified by Circular 30 type <br />- watercourses (rivers, streams, creeks, ditches) <br />- lakes (identify protected waters status and shoreland management <br />classification) <br />- woodlands (breakdown by classes where possible) <br />- grasslands (identify native and old field) <br />- cropland <br />- current development <br />10b. An "overlay" map showing anticipated development in relation to the cover <br />types; this map should also depict any `protection areas", existing or proposed, <br />that will preserve sensitive cover types. Separate maps for each major <br />development scenario should generally be provided. <br />Cover types based on the Minnesota Land Cover Classification System (MLCCS) are <br />depicted in Figure 5.6 (Item 5). This MLCCS was completed to a Level 5 for the <br />Highway 10 Corridor (Mn/DOT) and for the 1VINRRA Corridor (National Park Service). <br />Figure 10.1 is the wetland delineation map prepared for this site (full report in Appendix <br />A). Data for this map were collected by North American Wetland Engineering (NAWE) <br />in October 2002, and reviewed by a WCA Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP) on February <br />4, 2003 (see discussion also in Item 12). A revision to the delineation was made on <br />March 14, 2003 and is reflected in the current delineation document. <br />Figure 5.6 presents MLCCS data for all vegetative and non -vegetative land coverage, <br />including artificial surfaces, planted/cultivated cropland, forests, woodlands (none on <br />site), shrublands (none on site), herbaceous vegetation (including wetlands), nonvascular <br />vegetation (none on site), sparse vegetation (none on site) and open water (watercourses, <br />rivers, streams, creeks, ditches, lakes). Table 10.1 summarizes all of the cover types on <br />the site to Level 5. <br />Figure 10.2 shows the MLCCS coverage in Figure 5.6 next to the preferred design shown <br />in Figure 6.1. Creating an overlay, as suggested in the AUAR guidelines, created an <br />image with details that could not be seen. This image replaces the suggested overlay. <br />Table 10.1 provides a summary of existing and proposed cover types with both MLCCS <br />and general cover type categories listed for existing and proposed conditions. <br />10-1 <br />