9 Apr 2025

City of Lino Lakes Mitigation Bank Proposal

Expiration date: 5/9/2025

The sponsor states that the proposed project is located in a region of the state that contains less than 50% of pre-statehood wetlands. The site is located within the Mississippi (metro) Watershed (20), which is within the Twin Cities metro area and is located in a high impact area that would benefit from enhanced water quality controls and biological diversity within a highly fragmented system. The sponsor expects that restoration and enhancement of this site will provide exceptional wetland mitigation options for development that is occurring within the City of Lino Lakes and aligns with the goals of the Rice Creek Watershed District Watershed Management Plan, where banked wetland credits are vital to District Projects. The sponsor expects restoration of the site in this location will significantly increase habitat diversity, provide refuge for wildlife amongst a developing city, and improve water quality and overall watershed conditions within the Clear Creek minor watershed.

7 Apr 2025

WETLAND COMPENSATORY MITIGATION BANK PROPOSAL

Expiration date: 5/7/2025

As stated by the sponsor in the prospectus, urban development, infrastructure and agricultural land use all contribute to the demand for compensatory wetland mitigation bank credits. The proposed Minnesota Meadow Restoration Preserve Wetland Bank is located within a broader landscape that contains a large amount of residential and commercial development. This project is needed to maintain natural resources and their functional values amidst cultivation and urban expansion and would do so by providing wetland credits. According to the sponsor, as of March2025there were80state and federally approved wetland credits available within BSA 7 where the recent average yearly demand for credits has been approximately 140 credits. The objective of the project is to restore self-sustaining and high-functioning fresh wet meadow wetlands with mesic prairie upland buffers to generate state and federal approved wetland mitigation bank credits. These objectives would be achieved by discontinuing agricultural (sod production) use; plugging and/or filling open ditches; and seeding and establishing native, noninvasive vegetation.