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MODEL DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURE
<br /> _ The Environmental Services Department contracted with ProWest and Associates, Walker,
<br /> MN., to provide GIS technical assistance and programming support. An inter-agency technical
<br /> team was assembled consisting of the following representatives:
<br /> John Sumption, Wetland Act Administrator Cass SWCD
<br /> Bob Wright, Wetland Technician Cass SWCD
<br /> Greg Proper, Principal Partner ProWest & Assoc.
<br /> Rose Erickson, Programmer ProWest & Assoc.
<br /> Dale Krystosek, Board Conservationist BWSR
<br /> Norm Moody, Land Commissioner Cass County Land Department
<br /> Jerry Lamon, Forester Cass County Land Department
<br /> Mike Wadman, Forester Cass County Land Department
<br /> Larry Olson, Biologist Cass County Land Department
<br /> Rob Naplin, Area Wildlife Manager DNR-Section of Wildlife
<br /> Ray Norrgard, Wildlife Lake Specialist DNR-Section of Wildlife
<br /> Harlan Fierstine, Area Fisheries Supervisor DNR- Section of Fisheries
<br /> Norm Haukos, Large Lake Specialist DNR- Section of Fisheries
<br /> Doug Norris, Wetland Specialist DNR-Section of Ecological Services
<br /> Ron Morriem, Area Hydrologist DNR-Division of Waters
<br /> Howard Christman, Area Hydrologist DNR-Division of Waters
<br /> Kirk English, Area Hydrologist DNR-Division of Waters
<br /> Janet Boe, Plant Ecologist Minnesota County Biological Survey
<br /> John Jaschke, Wetland Management Specialist BWSR
<br /> Greg Larson, Water and Land Section Admin. BWSR
<br /> Shirley Nordrum Leech Lake-Div. of Resource Mgmt.
<br /> Dave Kluth Leech Lake-Div. of Resource Mgmt.
<br /> Brian Wiess Leech Lake-Div. of Resource Mgmt.
<br /> Will Pehling, District Technician NRCS
<br /> Leo Grabowski, Area Regulatory Specialist U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
<br /> Mick Weburg, District Regulatory Supervisor U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
<br /> John Alden, President Ten Mile Lake Association
<br /> Ben Bertsch, Hydrogeology Graduate Student University of Minnesota-Duluth
<br /> The technical team's first charge was to determine which essential elements were needed
<br /> to analyze wetland basins. These elements were defined as wetland type, size, location, local
<br /> hydrology, land use, soils, vegetation, adjacent land characteristics, and watershed features.
<br /> Wetland functions regarding the represented disciplines were also identified: fisheries, cultural
<br /> resources, wildlife, surface and groundwater quality, rare and endangered species, recreation,
<br /> shoreland protection, commercial use, and flood attenuation. After considerable discussion, the
<br /> team decided not to include land use values related to recreation or commercial use, but to limit
<br /> the model to functional wetland attributes.
<br /> The team then broke into smaller resource specialist sub-committees and began the
<br /> process of deliberating on what attributes and geophysical data would be valuable in assessing
<br /> individual wetlands. The groups ranked each wetland type for their particular discipline (See
<br /> Appendix 1). A score of 3 represents a high value, 2 a medium value, and 1 a low value. The
<br /> following priority criteria are based on those deliberations:
<br /> Fisheries
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