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i <br /> Wetlands <br /> Wetlands located within the defined PC3 Conveyor project area were delineated, <br /> characterized, and described during July and August 1997 as part of the baseline data <br /> collection for the USFS EA process. Wetland characterization and delineation work <br /> was completed using methods and techniques specified for "routine on-site <br /> delineations" in the publication Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual <br /> (1987). Waters of the U.S., including stream courses and a small portion of one <br /> reservoir border, were not delineated separately but were included as a part of the <br /> wetlands which had developed adjacent to such waters. <br /> Wetlands within the project area exhibit highly variable characteristics. These wetlands <br /> range from small isolated depressions having single wetland vegetation stratum to <br /> broad, wet meadows supporting both herbaceous and shrub strata to limited forested <br /> wetlands having complex vegetation communities and soil moisture regimes. <br /> • Montane uplands dominate the conveyor corridor and access road routes. This upland <br /> area is typified by lodgepole pine and aspen communities, neither of which exhibit <br /> wetland hydrology or hydric soil indicators. Identified wetland types are located <br /> generally toward the north end of the conveyor route. Wetland types include: meadow, <br /> depressional, drainage-way wetlands, forested, and transitional. <br /> Detailed descriptions of each wetland community delineated as well as a wetland map <br /> are found in the USFS EA. <br />