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<br /> I Jul-II-97 10:40A HKS Associates Inc. <br /> . 612-659-0891 <br /> P.ll <br /> I ( '1?'1> <br /> -- <br /> 1 DATE' ICIly 2, 1997 <br /> 1 ;'-(EMOTO Eric B~rtcls <br /> !{KS As.ociates, Inc. <br /> I FROM Madeleine Lincl< Ju-f. <br /> 1762 Morgan Rd. <br /> Long Lake, MN 55356 <br /> 612/475-0485 <br /> I RE: HKS Oroject # 97030 (Slanding's Turtle Review) <br /> 1 Ijust wamed to let you know thM (made a site \~sit yesterday, July I, 1997,10 the area of <br /> planned development soulh and west of Round Lake. 1 walked Ine are~s around well~nd siles /I I <br /> and 1/2 allhe end of 14th Ave and Ihe 3rd sile offlhe railroad spur. I spent some lime looking 1'.1 <br /> I Ihe existing horse paslure llnd Round Lake shoreline within the USFWS RefUge land. <br /> Allhc lime of my visit, Ihe only species oflurtle 1 observed was the common WeS1cm Painle<! <br /> Ie Tllrt!e. While Round Lake docs nOllook like a typical Blanding's wetland -- shallow canail <br /> marsh with pockets or open waler '-, Ihe turtlc certainly could occunnere. Since 1988,1 have <br /> been capluring, marking and studying a population of Bland ins's Turtles at Ihe Twin Cities Army <br /> Arsenal (TeAAP) under conlract with Ihe Minnesota DNR Nongame ProgTam. This site, as you <br /> I knOW, is \'ery close to Round Lake. However, wilh Highways 96, 10, 1-3SW and 694, the <br /> TCAAP populalion is almosl certainly cut-off from Round Lake. Hthere were a population of <br /> 'Blandins's Tunles in Round Lake. the land southwest of Round Lake would be the only available <br /> I land for nesting habitat. <br /> . <br /> I will be sending you shortly a list of recommendations 10 accommodate the 'B\andins's Turtle if, <br /> 1 indeed, il should occur in the ,,;cinity of the planned development <br /> I . <br /> . <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> .. <br /> I <br /> .. 1":"~rIo"'l""Tft.o. .r:tt <br /> 16' to' LO. <br />