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RESULTS <br /> Jurisdictional Wetlands <br /> Jurisdictional wetlands were identified and mapped in four locations in Section 29 and <br /> one location in Section 28. Jurisdictional wetlands were identified adjacent to the Last <br /> Chance Ditch, which traverses the area from east to northwest. A farm pond contained <br /> jurisdictional wetlands along its edges, both inside and outside the pond embankment. <br /> At the time of the survey, jurisdictional wetlands inside the pond embankment were <br /> inundated by "waters of the United States". Jurisdictional wetlands were also found in <br /> a mosaic throughout the study area, and were expressed as wet meadows, <br /> predominantly associated with relict oxbows and microtopographic swales. <br /> Jurisdictional wetlands were found along the banks of St. Vrain Creek, though this area <br /> was considered outside the potential area of disturbance for the purposes of this <br /> investigation. Within Section 28, the north-south drainage ditch was deduced to be a <br /> jurisdictional wetland by the Corps. Field investigations revealed that areas within the <br /> i ditch met the requirements for designation as jurisdictional wetlands. The enclosed <br /> map illustrates the jurisdictional wetland boundaries, and "waters of the United States". <br /> The total area of jurisdictional wetlands within the property was 9.26 acres. Of this <br /> total, Section 29 jurisdictional wetlands accounted for 8.05 acres, with the wet <br /> meadows accounting for 5.73 acres, the farm pond comprising 0.95 acres, and the Last <br /> Chance Ditch contributing 1 .37 acres. Within Section 29, the drainage ditch contained <br /> 1.21 acres of wetlands. <br /> Waters of Me United Slates <br /> "Waters of the United States" were also identified within the area of interest. The Last <br /> Chance Ditch, while an irrigation ditch, is contained within a natural channel in this <br /> area, and as such comes under the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers. The <br /> farm pond contained standing water which was determined to be "waters of the United <br /> States". St. Vrain Creek and its associated marshes and backwater channels were <br /> identified as "waters of the United States", though the Varra Companies do not plan to <br /> disturb this area. The drainage ditch in Section 28 also contains "waters of the United <br /> States". Acreages of the waters are included in the wetland areas identified above, as <br /> the waters within the property all contain submergent wetlands. <br /> i <br />