draft routine wetland determination report

ROUTINE WETLAND ASSESSMENT REPORT

SPORTSMAN’S PARK

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS

August 10, 2011 Prepared for: Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C. Derke Price 27475 Ferry Road Warrenville, Illinois 60555 Prepared by: Shaw Environmental, Inc. 1607 E. Main Street St. Charles, Illinois 60174 Shaw Project No. 141835

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Signature Page .......................................................................................... Page 3 Introduction ................................................................................................ Page 4 Wetland Delineation Methodology ............................................................. Page 4 Wetland Assessment Results and Summary ............................................. Page 5 Federal Wetland Regulations ..................................................................... Page 6 DuPage County Regulations ...................................................................... Page 6 Conclusion ................................................................................................. Page 7

APPENDICES Figures .................................................................................................. Appendix A USGS Topographic Survey ........................................................ Figure 1.0 National Wetlands Inventory ....................................................... Figure 2.0 DuPage County Wetland Inventory Map .................................... Figure 3.0 Soil Survey .................................................................................. Figure 4.0 Flood Insurance Rate Map ......................................................... Figure 5.0 Approximate Wetland Delineation (Aerial) ................................ Figure 6.0 Color Photographs .......................................................... Figures 7.0 to 7.2 Routine Wetland Determination Data Forms ........................................ Appendix B Floristic Quality Assessment ................................................................. Appendix C MDNR Wildlife Quality Data Forms ....................................................... Appendix D Illinois Department of Natural Resources EcoCAT Report ................... Appendix E



Signature Page To the best of my knowledge, the following Wetland Delineation and Assessment report has been completed and prepared in compliance with the current US Army Corps of Engineers methodology. ________________________________________ Kari J. Harris, CPESC Natural Resources Manager ________________________________________ Date



Introduction On July 14 and 15, 2011, Shaw Environmental, Inc. (Shaw) completed a wetland delineation and assessment of Sportsman’s Park in Naperville, Illinois. The study area is approximately 27 acres large and is located southwest of the corner of Oswego Road and West Street in Naperville, Illinois (Figure 1.0). The legal location of the study area is in Section 24 of Township 38 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian. Study area boundaries were based on boundaries of the park property. The study area functions as a recreational shooting range for a gun club. The site is bordered by other parks to the north, south, and east; and a residential subdivision to the west. The site is primarily wooded with a combination of wild black cherry (Prunus serotina), common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), and honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.). One wetland was identified during the site visit. Figure 6.0 illustrates the wetland boundaries on current aerial photography, as delineated during Shaw’s site visit. Wetland Delineation Methodology This wetland delineation and assessment was completed following technical guidelines and methodology outlined in the Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Midwest Region (August 2010), accepted by the DuPage County Department of Economic Development and Planning, Division of Environmental Concerns (DEC); and the wetland provisions of the DuPage County Countywide Stormwater and Flood Plain Ordinance (DCSFPO) (August 2008). Shaw performed an in-house review of existing documentation of the site, including USGS topographic quadrangle maps, National Wetland Inventory (NWI) maps, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service soil surveys, and DuPage County Regulatory Flood Maps. Following the in-house review, site investigations occurred on July 14 and 15, 2011. During the site visit, three criteria were investigated in identifying onsite wetland areas, under normal circumstances: dominant presence of hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soils, and positive wetland hydrology. Data were gathered at points within each wetland to document the three criteria. A description of each of the three criteria and data forms used in the wetland assessment can be found in Appendix A. During the on-site wetland assessment, a floristic quality assessment (FQA) was made of each wetland area according to the methods of Swink and Wilhelm (1994). An FQA is an inventory of plant species observed in each wetland. From each FQA, a floristic quality index (FQI) and a mean C-value were calculated. Floristic quality assessments for each wetland are included in Appendix B. The Modified Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) Methodology is a method for identifying wetlands with potential high quality habitat for wildlife. The evaluation accounts for utilization of the wetland by wildlife, vegetation interspersion, and percent cover of open water by vegetation. A worksheet for each wetland is included in Appendix C. To determine the presence of state-listed threatened or endangered species in the vicinity of the project area, Shaw utilized the online Illinois Department of Natural Resources Ecological Compliance Assessment Tool (EcoCAT). Shaw submitted an



EcoCAT Information Request on July 18, 2011. State law requires state agencies and units of local governments to consider the potential adverse effects of proposed actions on Illinois endangered and threatened species and sites listed on the Illinois Natural Areas Inventory; the EcoCAT website facilitates government consultation. The EcoCAT Information Request report is contained in Appendix D. DuPage County designates each wetland under its jurisdiction as either Critical or Regulatory. Critical wetlands are wetlands that have a native FQI of 20 or greater, or a native mean C-value of 3.5 or greater; are known to possess a federal or state listed threatened or endangered species based on the consultation with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources; have an MDNR wildlife quality value of 5.0 or greater; or are designated as Critical on the DuPage County wetland map. Any wetland not designated Critical is considered Regulatory. High Quality Aquatic Resources (HQARs) are areas designated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as areas that are considered to be regionally critical due to their uniqueness, scarcity, and/or value, and other wetlands considered to perform functions important to the public interest. These resources include Advanced Identification (ADID) sites, bogs, ephemeral pools, fens, forested wetlands, sedge meadows, wet meadows, seeps, streams rated Class A or B in the Illinois Biological Stream Characterization study, wet prairies, wetlands supporting federal or Illinois endangered or threatened species, and wetlands with a native FQI of 20 or greater or native mean C-value of 3.5 or greater. Wetland Assessment Results and Summary Wetland 1 occupies the majority of the central portion of the site and extends from the northern boundary to the southern boundary. Wetland 1 is a large wetland complex with several community types, including open water and emergent wetland. A control structure existed at the southwestern edge of the large pond. A culvert transported water under the gravel access road at the south end of the site. At the north end of the circular water feature in the north part of the site, a corrugated steel pipe with a concrete flared end section connects the open water to a wooded area on the adjacent property to the north. The western portion of the wetland is an emergent community dominated by reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) and sandbar willow (Salix interior). The wetland also contained an open water pond connected to a linear open water feature. The native floristic quality index was 18.6 and the native mean C-value was 2.9. Wetland hydrology indicators observed throughout the wetland included hydrogen sulfide odor, geomorphic position, saturated soils, standing water, water-stained leaves, a positive FAC-neutral test, water marks on tree trunks, and sediment deposits on vegetation. Field-investigated soils displayed two hydric soil indicators: depleted matrix below a thick dark surface (federal hydric soil indicator A12), and redoximorphic features within a dark surface (federal hydric soil indicator F6). Wildlife species directly or indirectly observed in the wetland included an American bullfrog, gray catbirds, song sparrows, blue jays, a tree swallow, great blue herons, an Acadian flycatcher, cardinals, a double-crested cormorant, a common grackle, a chipmunk, a coyote, dragonflies, mosquitoes, bumble bees, and a praying mantis. The



MDNR wildlife value was 4.5 because the wetland showed moderate vegetation interspersion and approximately 40 percent cover by vegetation peripheral to open water. Three (3) data points were collected within Wetland 1 and are contained in Appendix A as Data Points 1A, 2A, and 3A. Color photographs are provided as Photographs 1 through 4 in Figures 7.0 to 7.1. Wetland 1 displayed all three indicators necessary to be classified as wetland. Because it has no discernable connection or a significant nexus to a Traditional Navigable Waterway, we believe the wetland will be under the jurisdiction of DuPage County as a Regulatory wetland. Federal Wetland Regulations The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE) administers a regulatory (permit) program that regulates some activities conducted in certain waters and wetlands. The Chicago District is responsible for regulating activities conducted within the limits of its jurisdictional boundaries, including Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties in Illinois, and in Lake, Porter and LaPorte Counties in Indiana. Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) gives the USACOE authority to regulate discharges of dredged or fill material in waters of the United States, including wetlands. Mechanized land clearing, grading, leveling, ditching, and redistribution of material within waters of the United States, including wetlands, are examples of regulated activities. Waters of the United States is broadly defined and includes the navigable waters of the United States and most other lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, bogs, sloughs, wet meadows, ponds, etc. If the USACOE determines any of the identified wetland area to be jurisdictional and regulated under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, those wetlands will be subject to general and special conditions described in the Chicago District’s current Regional Permit Program (RPP). The RPP is a set of Regional Permits for activities with minimal individual and cumulative impacts to jurisdictional waters of the US, including wetlands. However, if any of the wetlands are considered isolated, and not hydrologically connected with a significant nexus to any navigable waterway, the USACOE will have no jurisdictional authority, based on the US Supreme Court Ruling US Army Corps of Engineers vs. SWANCC (January 2001), and US Supreme Court Decision Rapanos v. United States and Carabell v. United States (June 2007). DuPage County Regulations Within the limits of DuPage County, wetlands are considered Special Management Areas and are regulated under the provisions of the DuPage County Countywide Stormwater and Flood Plain Ordinance (DCSFPO). Special Management Areas (SMAs) also include wetland buffers, riparian areas and regulatory flood plain.



Wetlands

In accordance with the DCSFPO, proposed developments must first attempt to avoid and then minimize direct and indirect impacts to onsite and offsite wetland areas. If avoidance of direct or indirect impacts is found impracticable, then the loss of wetland area must be mitigated or replaced. The applicant must document in detail in a Stormwater Permit Submittal package that impacts to a wetland are unavoidable.

If impacts to the wetland area are approved, mitigation is required to replace or restore the lost benefits of the impacted wetland area. The replacement ratio for wetlands identified as Regulatory in the DCSFPO are replaced at 1.5:1; and wetlands identified as Critical in the DCSFPO must be replaced at a 3:1 replacement ratio.

Wetland Buffers and Riparian Environment

Wetland buffers consist of the areas surrounding wetlands that help to protect and support the functional value of the wetland. All wetlands in DuPage County have a regulated buffer of 50 to 100 feet, depending on whether the wetland has been identified as Regulatory or Critical.

Riparian environment is defined in the DCSFPO as the vegetated area within the regulatory floodplain (100-year), bordering a waterway that provides habitat for vegetation and/or wildlife habitat dependent on the proximity to water. If the proposed development must impact a buffer or riparian area, the applicant must mitigate the lost functional value of the vegetation and soils by replacing that functional value in-kind within the project area. Conclusion As discussed in this report, Shaw Environmental, Inc. completed a wetland delineation and assessment of the Sportsman’s Park project area located within Naperville, DuPage, Illinois on July 14 and 15, 2011. One (1) wetland was identified during the site visit. The wetland will likely be subject to the jurisdiction of DuPage County as a Regulatory wetland. The wetland appears to be isolated from any Traditional Navigable Waterway. The jurisdictional status of Wetland 1 is subject to confirmation by the USACOE via a final jurisdictional determination. Upon your approval, Shaw will submit this report to the USACOE, requesting that a jurisdictional determination be completed. References County of DuPage, Illinois. 2008. Countywide Stormwater and Flood Plain Ordinance,

DuPage County Board, Wheaton, Illinois. Environmental Laboratory. 1987. Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual,

Technical Report Y-87-1, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Miss.

Reed, P. B., Jr. 1988. National list of plant species that occur in wetlands: 1988 national

summary. Biological Report 88(24). Washington, DC: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (http://www.usace.army.mil/CECW/Documents/cecwo/reg/-plants/list88.pdf)



Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of

Agriculture. Web Soil Survey. Available online at http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/ accessed 06/06/2011.

Swink, Floyd and Gerould Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago region. 4th ed.

Indianapolis: Indiana Academy of Science. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 2009. Factsheet: Nationwide Permits within the State of

Indiana. Chicago: Chicago District Corps of Engineers. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 2010a. Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers

Wetland Delineation Manual: Midwest Region (Version 2.0), ed. J.S. Wakeley, R.W. Lichvar, and C. V. Noble. ERDC/EL TR-10-16. Vicksburg, MS: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center.

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. 2010. Field indicators of hydric soils in

the United States, Version 7.0. ed. L. M. Vasilas, G. W. Hurt, and C. V. Noble. Washington, DC: USDA NRCS in cooperation with the National Technical Committee for Hydric Soils. (http://soils.usda.gov/use/hydric/)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2011. Endangered Species Midwest Region: Endangered

Species Act: Section 7(a)(2) Section 7 Consultation. Retrieved June 10, 2011, (http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/section7/index.html)

APPENDIX A FIGURES 1 – 7

ANCEL, GLINK, DIAMOND, BUSH, DICIANNI &

KRAFTHEFER, PC

SPORTSMAN’S PARK

FIGURE 1.0

USGS TOPOGRAPHIC MAP

APPROVED BY: KJH PROJ. NO.: 141835 DATE: JULY 2011

Figure adapted from USGS Topographic 7.5” Survey, Naperville Quadrangle

STUDY AREA

Figure adapted from US Fish and Wildlife Service Wetlands Mapper


KRAFTHEFER, PC

SPORTSMAN’S PARK

FIGURE 2.0

NATIONAL WETLAND INVENTORY


APPROXIMATE

STUDY AREA

PUBGx

PUBGx

PEMC

PEMC = Palustrine, Emergent, Seasonally FloodedPUBGx = Palustrine, Unconsolidated Bottom,

Intermittently Exposed, Excavated

FIGURE 3.0

DUPAGE COUNTY WETLAND INVENTORY



KRAFTHEFER, PC

SPORTSMAN’S PARK

STUDY AREA

FIGURE 4.0

SOIL SURVEY OF DUPAGE COUNTY


Route 120


KRAFTHEFER, PC

SPORTSMAN’S PARK

Figure adapted from NRCS Web Soil Survey

*

* Hydric Soil

STUDY AREA

FIGURE 5.0

DUPAGE COUNTY REGULATORY FLOOD MAP



KRAFTHEFER, PC

SPORTSMAN’S PARK

STUDY AREA

FIGURE 6.0

APPROXIMATE WETLAND DELINEATION


Figure adapted using Google Earth (Imagery Date June 2010)


KRAFTHEFER, PC

SPORTSMAN’S PARK

STUDY AREA

Wetland 1

1A

1B

2A

3A

3B

Client: Ancel, Glink, et. al.

Location: Sportsman’s Park Project Number: 141835

Figure 7.0

Photographic Documentation

Photograph No. 1 Date: 7/15/2011 Direction: North Photographer: Michele Martzke Description: View of southern open water pond.

Photograph No. 2 Date: 7/15/2011 Direction: east Photographer: Michele Martzke Description: View of emergent portion of Wet-land 1, adjacent to shooting range area.



Figure 7.1


Photograph No. 3 Date: 7/14/2011 Direction: North Photographer: Michele Martzke Description: View of west end of emergent portion of Wetland 1.

Photograph No. 4 Date: 7/14/2011 Direction: South Photographer: Michele Martzke Description: View of north end of linear open water portion of Wetland 1.



Figure 7.2


Photograph No. 5 Date: 7/15/2011 Direction: Northwest Photographer: Michele Martzke Description: View of area covered with broken skeet discs adjacent to wetland

Photograph No. 6 Date: 7/15/2011 Direction: North Photographer: Michele Martzke Description: View of control structure at south end of large pond.

APPENDIX B ROUTINE WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORMS

ROUTINE WETLAND DETERMINATION FORMS

The Corps Manual provides technical guidance and procedures for identifying and delineating wetlands that may be subject to regulatory jurisdiction under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act (33 U.S.C. 403). According to the Corps Manual, identification of wetlands is based on a three-parameter approach involving indicators of hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soil, and wetland hydrology. Following is a description of each of the three parameters. Hydrophytic Vegetation The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Region 3 has designated plants across the north central part of the United States into categories of either Obligate Wetland, Facultative Wetland, Facultative, Facultative Upland or (obligate) Upland (Reed 1988). These categories are defined as the following:

Obligate Wetland (OBL) - Occurs almost always in wetlands under natural conditions (estimated >99% probability).

Facultative Wetland (FACW) - Usually occurs in wetlands, but occasionally found in non-wetlands (estimated 67-99% probability).

Facultative (FAC) - Equally likely to occur in wetlands or non-wetlands (estimated 34-66% probability).

Facultative Upland (FACU) - Occasionally occurs in wetlands, but usually occurs in non-wetlands (estimated 1-33% probability).

Upland (UPL) - Occurs almost never in wetlands under natural conditions (estimated <1% probability).

If more than 50% of the dominant plant species across all strata identified within a sample plot are rated OBL, FACW, or FAC, then the investigated area meets the wetland vegetation criterion. Secondary methods used to determine presence of hydrophytic vegetation are the Prevalence Index and observation of morphological adaptations on plants. Hydric Soils A hydric soil is defined as a soil formed under conditions of saturation, flooding, or ponding long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part (US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service; 1995). The US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service developed a series of standardized hydric soil indicators to identify hydric soils (USDA, NRCS 2010). In general, hydric soils are identified through the presence of gleyed soils (gray colors), soils with bright mottles and/or low matrix chroma, iron and manganese concretions, or hydrogen sulfide odor. Wetland Hydrology An area that is periodically inundated or has saturated soils during the growing season indicates the presence of positive wetland hydrology. Indicators may include, but are not limited to; visual observation of inundation, visual observation of saturated soils, visual observation of a high water table, sediment deposits, hydrogen sulfide odor, water stained leaves, drift deposits or water marks. Any one or a combination of these indicators can be evidence of wetland hydrologic characteristics. Indicators are classified as primary or secondary indicators. Wetland hydrology is present if at least one primary indicator and/or at least two secondary indicators are observed.

Sportsman's Park Naperville DuPage 07/14/2011

Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, Dicianni & Krafthefer, PC Illinois 1A

Michele Martzke, Shaw Environmental, Inc. Section 24, Township 38 North, Range 9 East

Level None

0 41.764089° -88.160313° WGS84

Drummer silty clay loam (152A) - Hydric PUBGx

✔

No No No

No No No

✔

✔

✔

✔ ✔

Acer negundo 50

50

None

0

Lemna minor 75Nuphar advena 30Lythrum salicaria 1

106

None

0

50%: 20%:

50%: 20%:

50%: 53 20%: 21.2

50%: 20%:

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

FACW-

OBL

OBL

OBL

3

3

100%

✔

✔

0 0

30 ft radius

15 ft radius

5 ft radius

30 ft radius

1A

✔

✔

Could not extract sample, soil was submerged. Soil assumed hydric because it is inundated and supports aquatic species.

✔

✔

✔ 12

✔

✔ 0 ✔


Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, Dicianni & Krafthefer, PC Illinois 1B


Level None

3 41.764085° -88.160352° WGS84


✔

No No No

No No No

✔

✔

✔

✔ ✔

Crataegus crus-galli 80Acer negundo 10

90

Lonicera mackii 15

15

Viburnum opulus 25Viola sororia 10

35

None

0

50%: 45 20%: 18

50%: 7.5 20%: 3

50%: 17.5 20%: 7

50%: 20%:

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

FAC

FACW-

UPL

FACW

FAC-

3

4

75%

✔

✔

0 0

30 ft radius

15 ft radius

5 ft radius

30 ft radius

1B

0-18 10YR3/1 100 sil

18-24 10YR5/2 90 10YR5/6 10 C M sic

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔ ✔




Level Concave

0 41.764283° -88.159389° WGS84


✔

No No No

No No No

✔

✔

✔

✔ ✔

Populus deltoides 50

50

Rhamnus frangula 25

25

None

0

None

0

50%: 20%:

50%: 20%:

50%: 20%:

50%: 20%:

Yes

Yes

FAC+

FAC+

2

2

100%

✔

✔

0 0

30 ft radius

15 ft radius

5 ft radius

30 ft radius

2A

0-10 10YR3/1 95 2.5Y5/4 5 C M sicl

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔ ✔

Water marks approximately 5 inches high on trunks of trees.




Level Concave

0 41.762613° -88.160457° WGS84

Drummer silty clay loam (152A) - Hydric None

✔

No No No

No No No

✔

✔

✔

✔ ✔

None

0

Salix interior 30

30

Equisetum arvense 70Aster novae-angliae 10Carex molesta 20Phalaris arundinacea 10Lycopus americanus 10Verbena hastata 5Dipsacus laciniatus 2Apocynum sibiricum 1

128

None

0

50%: 20%:

50%: 15 20%: 6

50%: 64 20%: 25.6

50%: 20%:

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

OBL

FAC

FACW

FAC+

FACW+

OBL

FACW

UPL

FAC+

2

2

100%

✔

✔

0 0

30 ft radius

15 ft radius

5 ft radius

30 ft radius

3A

0-16 10YR3/1 90 10YR5/6 10 C M sil

16-20 10YR5/1 75 10YR5/6 25 C M sic

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔ ✔


Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, Dicianni & Krafthefer, PC Illinois 3B


Level Convex

0 41.762610° -88.160359° WGS84

Drummer silty clay loam (152A) - Hydric None

✔

No No No

No No No

✔

✔

✔

✔ ✔

Crataegus crus-galli 50

50

Cornus racemosa 30

30

Geum canadense 5

5

None

0

50%: 20%:

50%: 20%:

50%: 20%:

50%: 20%:

Yes

Yes

Yes

FAC

FACW-

FAC

3

3

100%

✔

✔

0 0

30 ft radius

15 ft radius

5 ft radius

30 ft radius

3B

0-4 10YR2/2 100 sil

4-18 10YR3/1 100 sicl

18-24+ 10YR5/1 75 10YR5/6 25 C M sic

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔ ✔

No signs of wetland hydrology

APPENDIX C FLORISTIC QUALITY ASSESSMENTS

FLORISTIC QUALITY ASSESSMENTS A Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA) (Swink & Wilhelm, 1994) assesses the overall quality of a wetland plant community. The FQA enables a person to index the presence of conservative plants and to distinguish plant communities with differing levels of floristic integrity, and is based on a fundamental character of the Chicago region flora. Each native species in a plant checklist is given a coefficient of conservatism (C-value), ranging from 0 to 10. From the list of identified plants within a certain area, a mean C-value is calculated. The mean C-value is generally lower as conservative plants are lost and replaced by either non-conservative plant species, or by weedy plants. The floristic quality index (FQI) is derived from a mathematical equation using the calculated mean C-value. The FQI can provide information regarding the natural quality of the investigated area. In general, if the native mean C-value for the investigated area is 3.5 or higher or has a native FQI value of 35 or greater, one can be somewhat certain that the area has adequate floristic quality to be at least of marginal natural quality.

Site: Sportsman's ParkLocale: Wetland 1By: Michele Martzke (Shaw Environmental, Inc.)File: t:\Projects\2011\141835 - Ancel Glink\Wetlands\Wetland Report\fqi\Wetland 1 FQA.invNotes: Sampling Dates: 7/14/2011 & 7/15/2011

FLORISTIC QUALITY DATA Native 41 77.4% Adventive 12 22.6% 41 NATIVE SPECIES Tree 8 15.1% Tree 1 1.9% 53 Total Species Shrub 5 9.4% Shrub 5 9.4% 2.9 NATIVE MEAN C W-Vine 2 3.8% W-Vine 1 1.9% 2.2 W/Adventives H-Vine 1 1.9% H-Vine 0 0.0% 18.6 NATIVE FQI P-Forb 15 28.3% P-Forb 1 1.9% 16.3 W/Adventives B-Forb 1 1.9% B-Forb 1 1.9% -2.4 NATIVE MEAN W A-Forb 1 1.9% A-Forb 0 0.0% -1.7 W/Adventives P-Grass 2 3.8% P-Grass 3 5.7% AVG: Fac. Wetland (-) A-Grass 0 0.0% A-Grass 0 0.0% P-Sedge 5 9.4% P-Sedge 0 0.0% A-Sedge 0 0.0% A-Sedge 0 0.0% Cryptogam 1 1.9%

ACRONYM C SCIENTIFIC NAME W WETNESS PHYSIOGNOMY COMMON NAME ACENEG 0 Acer negundo -2 FACW- Nt Tree BOX ELDER ACESAI 0 Acer saccharinum -3 FACW Nt Tree SILVER MAPLE AGRALA 0 AGROSTIS ALBA -3 FACW Ad P-Grass REDTOP ALISUB 4 Alisma subcordatum -5 OBL Nt P-Forb COMMON WATER PLANTAIN APOSIB 2 Apocynum sibiricum -1 FAC+ Nt P-Forb PRAIRIE INDIAN HEMP ASCINC 4 Asclepias incarnata -5 OBL Nt P-Forb SWAMP MILKWEED ASTNOV 4 Aster novae-angliae -3 FACW Nt P-Forb NEW ENGLAND ASTER BOECYC 2 Boehmeria cylindrica -5 OBL Nt P-Forb FALSE NETTLE CXMOLE 2 Carex molesta -1 FAC+ Nt P-Sedge FIELD OVAL SEDGE CXPELL 4 Carex pellita -5 OBL Nt P-Sedge BROAD-LEAVED WOOLLY SEDGE CXVULP 2 Carex vulpinoidea -5 OBL Nt P-Sedge BROWN FOX SEDGE CIRLUC 1 Circaea lutetiana canadensis 3 FACU Nt P-Forb ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE CORRAC 1 Cornus racemosa -2 FACW- Nt Shrub GRAY DOGWOOD CORSTO 6 Cornus stolonifera -3 FACW Nt Shrub RED-OSIER DOGWOOD CRAMOL 2 Crataegus mollis 4 FACU- Nt Tree DOWNY HAWTHORN DIPLAC 0 DIPSACUS LACINIATUS 5 UPL Ad B-Forb CUT-LEAVED TEASEL ECHLOB 5 Echinocystis lobata -2 FACW- Nt H-Vine WILD CUCUMBER ELEERY 2 Eleocharis erythropoda -5 OBL Nt P-Sedge RED-ROOTED SPIKE RUSH EQUARV 0 Equisetum arvense 0 FAC Cryptogam HORSETAIL ERIANS 0 Erigeron annuus 1 FAC- Nt B-Forb ANNUAL FLEABANE FRAVIR 1 Fragaria virginiana 1 FAC- Nt P-Forb WILD STRAWBERRY FRAPES 1 Fraxinus pennsylvanica subintegerrima 0 FAC Nt Tree GREEN ASH GEULAT 2 Geum laciniatum trichocarpum -3 FACW Nt P-Forb ROUGH AVENS GLYSTR 4 Glyceria striata -3 [FACW] Nt P-Grass FOWL MANNA GRASS JUNDUD 4 Juncus dudleyi 0 [FAC] Nt P-Forb DUDLEY'S RUSH LEEORY 4 Leersia oryzoides -5 OBL Nt P-Grass RICE CUT GRASS LEMMIO 5 Lemna minor -5 OBL Nt A-Forb SMALL DUCKWEED LONMAA 0 LONICERA MAACKII 5 UPL Ad Shrub AMUR HONEYSUCKLE LYCAME 5 Lycopus americanus -5 OBL Nt P-Forb COMMON WATER HOREHOUND LYTSAL 0 LYTHRUM SALICARIA -5 OBL Ad P-Forb PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE MIMRIN 6 Mimulus ringens -5 OBL Nt P-Forb MONKEY FLOWER NUPADV 7 Nuphar advena -5 OBL Nt P-Forb YELLOW POND LILY PARQUI 2 Parthenocissus quinquefolia 1 FAC- Nt W-Vine VIRGINIA CREEPER PHAARU 0 PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA -4 FACW+ Ad P-Grass REED CANARY GRASS POAPRA 0 POA PRATENSIS 1 FAC- Ad P-Grass KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS POPALB 0 POPULUS ALBA 5 UPL Ad Tree WHITE POPLAR POPDEL 2 Populus deltoides -1 FAC+ Nt Tree EASTERN COTTONWOOD RHACAT 0 RHAMNUS CATHARTICA 3 FACU Ad Shrub COMMON BUCKTHORN RHAFRA 0 RHAMNUS FRANGULA -1 FAC+ Ad Shrub GLOSSY BUCKTHORN RHUTYP 1 Rhus typhina 5 UPL Nt Tree STAGHORN SUMAC RIBAME 7 Ribes americanum -3 FACW Nt Shrub WILD BLACK CURRANT ROSMUL 0 ROSA MULTIFLORA 3 FACU Ad Shrub MULTIFLORA ROSE SALINT 1 Salix interior -5 OBL Nt Shrub SANDBAR WILLOW SALNIG 4 Salix nigra -5 OBL Nt Tree BLACK WILLOW SAMCAN 1 Sambucus canadensis -2 FACW- Nt Shrub ELDERBERRY SCIPEN 4 Scirpus pendulus -5 OBL Nt P-Sedge RED BULRUSH SOLDUL 0 SOLANUM DULCAMARA 0 FAC Ad W-Vine BITTERSWEET NIGHTSHADE TEUCAN 3 Teucrium canadense -3 FACW Nt P-Forb GERMANDER ULMAME 3 Ulmus americana -2 FACW- Nt Tree AMERICAN ELM VERHAS 4 Verbena hastata -4 FACW+ Nt P-Forb BLUE VERVAIN VERFAS 5 Vernonia fasciculata -3 FACW Nt P-Forb COMMON IRONWEED VIBREC 0 VIBURNUM RECOGNITUM -2 FACW- Ad Shrub SMOOTH ARROW-WOOD VITRIP 2 Vitis riparia -2 FACW- Nt W-Vine RIVERBANK GRAPE

APPENDIX D MDNR WILDLIFE QUALITY DATA SHEETS

Observer: Michele Martzke (Shaw Environmental, Inc.)

Date: 7/14/2011

Location: Wetland 1, Sportsman’s Park, Naperville, IL

WILDLIFE HABITAT/USE EVALUATION SCORE SHEET

To assess the existing and/or potential wildlife habitat use of the subject wetland, the applicant must first complete this score sheet. The attached documentation provides examples of each scoring parameter.

A separate sheet must be completed for each wetland being considered.

Applicants must document their basis for scoring decisions with field surveys followed by current photographs, aerial photographs, and other appropriate information.

A. Utilization of Wildlife

Wildlife Use Score Significant 3 Evident 2 Low 1 Occasional 0.5 Non‐Existent 0 SUB‐TOTAL SCORE = 0.5 B. Interspersion of Vegetative Cover Interspersion Score High 3 Medium 2 Low 1 SUB‐TOTAL SCORE = 2.0 C. Vegetative Cover to Open Water Cover Score >95% Cover 0.5 76%‐95% Cover, Peripheral 1.5 76%‐95% Cover, Various 2.5 26%‐75% Cover, Peripheral 2.0 26%‐75% Cover, Patches 3.0 5%‐25% Cover, Peripheral 1.0 <5% Cover 0.5 SUB‐TOTAL SCORE = 2.0 TOTAL SCORE (A+B+C) = 4.5 Total score > 5.00 wetland receives critical status Total score < 5.00 wetland receives regulatory status

APPENDIX E ILLIONIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ECOCAT

Shaw Environmental, Inc. IDNR Project #: 1200573Applicant:

Contact: Michele Martzke Alternate #: 141835

1607 E. Main St.

St. Charles, IL 60174

Address: Date: 07/18/2011

Project:

Address:

Sportsman's Park

SW corner of Oswego Rd. and West St, Naperville

Description: Wetland Delineation

Natural Resource Review Results

This project was submitted for information only. It is not a consultation under Part 1075.

The Illinois Natural Heritage Database shows the following protected resources may be in the vicinity of the project

location:

Springbrook Prairie INAI Site

Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)

Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

County: DuPage

Township, Range, Section:

38N, 9E, 24

Location

The applicant is responsible for the

accuracy of the location submitted

for the project.

217-785-5500

Division of Ecosystems & Environment

Impact Assessment Section

IL Department of Natural Resources Contact

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IDNR Project Number: 1200573

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