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3.2.1 Wetland A <br />Wetland A is located in the northeast corner of the project site and totals approximately 0.204 acres <br />(Figure 7). It is a groundwater -fed herbaceous emergent seepage wetland. The wetland begins at the <br />side of a hill (6,240 ft. AMSL), at the point of seepage outflow, just south and alongside of an <br />unimproved access road. Water flows downhill at ±15° slope via the roadside ditch, passing through <br />a culvert beneath the road and into long, rather narrow system within a terraced flat area ( ±5 -10° <br />slope) before draining over the side of the hill ( ±65° slope) and ultimately into the Highway 133 <br />roadside ditch (6,180 ft. AMSL). Water depth in the wetland ranges from saturated at the wetland <br />edges and steeply - sloped areas to 3 -4 inches of inundation in flat areas where water pools. At the <br />designated wetland sample point, the wetland was inundated with 0.5 to 2 inches of water. <br />Wetland A supports a diverse herbaceous, emergent vegetative community that would be best <br />described as Palustrine Persistent Emergent, Permanently Flooded (PEM1H) under the Cowardin <br />System, and Type 2, Inland Fresh Meadow, under the Circular 39 System. Vegetation throughout the <br />wetland consists of hydrophytic forbs and grasses, such as common cattail (Typha latifolia), softstem <br />bulrush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani), Torrey's rush (Juncus torreyii), arctic rush (J. arcticus), <br />rabbitfoot grass (Polypodon monspeliensis), shore buttercup (Ranunculus cymbalaria), bluejoint <br />grass (Calamagrostis canadensis), various spikerushes (Eleocharis spp.), foxtail barley (Hordeum <br />jubatum), and water speedwell (Veronica anagallis - aquatica). Species encountered, areal cover, and <br />hydrologic status for both uplands and wetlands were entered into the Wetland Determination Data <br />Form, included in Appendix B. General vegetation in the surrounding uplands include gambel oak <br />(Quercus gambelii), rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosus), roundleaf snowberry (Symphorica <br />rotundifolius), Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis), prickly rose (Rosa acicularis), slender wild <br />rye (Elymus trachycaulus), intermediate wild rye (Thinopyrum intermedium), and Wheeler's <br />bluegrass (Poa nervosa). The locations for both wetland and upland vegetation plots are depicted in <br />Figure 7. <br />Soils encountered were gley in color (2.5/10Y), sandy clay loam in texture, and met the "F6 Redox <br />Dark Surface" hydric soil indicator. Redoximorphic features such as pore linings and redox <br />concentrations were common within the first six inches. The locations of the wetland and <br />corresponding upland soil borings for Wetland A are depicted on Figure 7. <br />9 <br />