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Just east side of the AUAR study area is the proposed Rice Creek North Regional Trail. The 2003 Rice Cree North Regional Trail Master Plan Amendment and 2006 Ramsey Count TCAAP property to be acquired as a wildlife corridor. According Plan Amendment (July 9, 2013 Draft), an additional 60 acres is p (Figure 7.1). This wildlife corridor provides habitat for birds, small mamm osprey nesting platforms. It is also provides a wildlife habitat the open space of Rice Creek. b.D-(,) ESCRIBE RARE FEATURES SUCH AS STATELISTED ENDANGERED THREATENED OR SPECIAL CONCERN ,,MCBSSB SPECIES NATIVE PLANT COMMUNITIES INNESOTA OUNTY IOLOGICAL URVEY ITES OF IODIVERSITY S,. IGNIFICANCE AND OTHER SENSITIVE ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES ON OR WITHIN CLOSE PRO P(LA-____)/(ERDB ROVIDE THE LICENSE AGREEMENT NUMBER ANDOR CORRESPONDENCE NUMBER _20140096)NH FROM WHICH THE DATA WERE OBTAINED AND ATTACH THE ATURAL ERITAGE LETTER FROM THE DNR.I NDICATE IF ANY ADDITIONAL HABITAT OR SPECIES SURVEY WORK HAS BEE . AND DESCRIBE THE RESULTS A DNR database search for the AUAR study area and surrounding ar known to occur near the AUAR study area, and general ecological are no state or federal listed threatened or endangered species the AUAR study area in the DNR NHIS database. State-listed occur area in or near Marsden Lake on the AHATS (Emydoidea blandingii state-listed threatened species); trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator state-listed species of special concern); and a population of the plains pock Perognathes flavescens state- listed species of special concern, between the gravel pit and Ma The preferred habitat for this species includes calm, shallow wetlands (Type 1-3) with vegetation (e.g., cattails, water lilies). Nesting occurs in open (grassy or brushy) sandy uplands, often u a mile from water bodies. The majority of the wetlands within the AU support turtles (ditches), and most of the soils are disturbed uThere is no record of the turtle within the AUAR study area; however, turtles are known to occur the project boundary. A turtle fact sheet that describes the ha with 2 lists of recommendations for avoiding and minimizing impa Appendix A. Trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator), a state-listed species of special concern, have been observed nesting within the AHATS site on Marsden Lake. Nesting habitat includes lakes and ponds with 100 meters of open water for take-off, stable levels of unpolluted water, emergent vegetation and disturbance. The AUAR study area does not contain any suitable The plains pocket mouse (Perognathus flavescens), which is a state-listed species of special concern, has also been documented within the AHATS site. There are no known o AUAR study area; however the northwestern corner of the site was containing suitable habitat for the mouse. Suitable habitat is restricted to open, well-drained areas, typically on sandy soils with sparse, grassy or brushy vegetation. The gra site may be too dense for this species and too far from the grav (Birney, 1999). The DNR Central Region (in partnership with the Metropolitan Cou identified two Regionally Significant Ecological Areas (RSEA) wi April 2014 Draft 18