Exemption Summary:
Wildlife, Forestry and Restoration
Contact your LGU or the Anoka Conservation District (ACD) for a more comprehensive description of the WCA exemptions to determine if your activity will meet all exemption requirement. Wetland replacement is generally not required for impacts to wetlands as follows.
Wetland Restoration
- Wetlands restored for conservation purposes under a contract or easement with the explicit right to subsequently drain the restored wetland.
Wildlife Habitat
- Spoil deposition resulting from excavation within a wetland for wildlife habitat improvement as certified by the ACD with several conditions.
- Duck blinds.
Forestry
- Temporary roads constructed to provide access
to conduct silvicultural activities with several limitations.
- Permanent roads constructed to provide access to conduct silvicultural activities with several limitations.
Incidental Wetlands
- Beaver dam construction, blockage of culverts through roadways maintained as a public or private entity or actions by public or private entities that were taken for a purpose other than creating the wetland. Impoundments or excavations constructed in nonwetlands solely for the purpose of water quality treatment are also exempt.
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