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Article 46 Definitions <br /> Annual Ice Ridge: a result of a pushing action of an ice sheet that disturbs the natural lakeshore <br /> contour. This occurs within one calendar,year. <br /> Historic Ice Ridge: a result of a pushing action of an ice sheet that disturbs the natural lakeshore <br /> contour. These ice ridges have been formed within more than one year of ice action. These ice <br /> ridges ypically have well established vegetation. <br /> Wetland impact activity: A loss in the quantity, quality, or biological diversity of a wetland <br /> caused by draining or filling of wetlands, wholly or partially, or by excavation in the <br /> permanently and semi-pennanently flooded areas of We 3, 4, or 5 wetlands, and in all wetland <br /> Wes if the excavation results in filling, draining, or conversion to non-wetland. <br /> Wetland,,A suifaee wa4er-featufe elassified as a wetland in the United States Fish and Wildlife <br /> Selviee-Dire tlar Ne 39 1971 L'difi,., .,...7 ., amendments t e«et., <br /> Wetland: A n„t,,,.,,1 .V, r-sh ,,>^e,.e water-stands ne at above the seil suf ee a,,,a„g <br /> sipifiean4 pei4iens ef the year and whieh is eligible for-elassifieatien as an Wand fiesh wate <br /> . Those areas that are inundated <br /> or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that <br /> under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in <br /> saturated soil conditions. Wetlands eg nerally include swamps,marshes,bogs and similar areas. <br />