Engineers Wetland Delineation and Regional Supplement Training
This training covers the protocol of the Regional Supplements in concert with the mandated 1987 Wetland Delineation Manual to identify the presence and boundaries of Waters of the United States. This training incorporates the rulings of the SWANCC and Rapanos Supreme Court decisions and the May 2015 EPA / Army Corps of Engineers ruling.
This 38-Hour Course
- Covers, in detail, the knowledges necessary for one to delineate wetlands per the accepted protocols of the Army Corps of Engineers and many state and local agencies,
- Covers in detail the applicable Regional Supplemental Methodology,
- Covers the protocol of the May 27, 2015 EPA / ACOE directive clarifying the definition and practice of determining Waters of the United States,
- Covers current events including the January 10, 2001, Supreme Court decision, SWANCC vs. US,
- Covers the protocols established by the 2006 Rapanos Supreme Court decision,
- Provides training in completing the recent 7-page waters of the US questionnaire,
- Satisfies the training requirements of the state Departments of Transportation that require their contractors who perform wetland delineation services to have completed a Wetland Delinator Certification Program or Regulatory IV Interagency Wetland Delineation Training Course,
- Provides approximately 2.6 semester hours toward the specialized wetland training required to become a Professional Wetland Scientist from the Society of Wetland Scientists,
- Richard Chinn Environmental Training covers all the materials designated in the Army Corps of Engineers' Wetland Delineator Certification Program plus additional wetland management topics of interest to environmental consultants, engineers, land developers, land managers and regulatory staff,
- Satisfies the training requirement to become a Certified Wetland Delineator, upon implementation of the Wetland Delineator Certification Program,
- Satisfies the training requirements or recommendations to be listed by the Corps of Engineers districts as a competent wetland delineator and/or consultant on their mailing list and/or web page,
- Is designed for the novice, the wetland manager with limited experience and the seasoned wetland manager seeking refresher re-training,
- Is 50% (2 days) Classroom material and 50% (2 days) Field training,
Skills & Knowledges you will Gain
Upon completion of this course, you will:
- Be able to determine if a site satisfies the hydrophytic vegetation requirements, once the dominant plants have been identified
- Be able to determine if a site satisfies the hydrology requirement based on in-situ field indicators of hydrology
- Be able to determine if a site has hydric soils, based on in-situ field indicators
- Be able to understand the biological, chemical, and physical features at work in wetlands
- Be able to apply your knowledge of wetlands to other parts of the country / world
- Be able to determine if a site is within a wetland
- Be able to determine the boundaries of a wetland
- Be able to discuss the implications of the Supreme Court ruling, SWANCC vs. US
- Be able to discuss the implications of the recent Rapanos Supreme Court ruling
- Be able to determine
Topics
- Introduction to the 1987 Manual
- Recent wetland events, including SWANCC vs. US decision
- History of wetland regulations in the US
- History of the ACOE's Wetland Delineation Manuals (1987, 1989 and proposed 1991)
- Section 404 authorization
- Definitions of Waters of the US (and how it has changed over time)
- Effects of the Rapanos Decision on jurisdiction
- Introduction to the Cowardin System
- Introduction to wetland hydrology
- Definition of prior converted croplands
- Definition of farmed wetlands
- Growing season determination
- Primary field wetland hydrology indicators
- Secondary field wetland hydrology indicators
- Introduction to hydrophytic vegetation
- Morphological, physiological, & reproductive adaptations to hydrology
- Vegetation strata
- Measuring and comparing species within strata
- National Wetlands Inventory classifications
- Selection of dominant species
- 50 / 20 test
- Determination of prevalent vegetation
- Prevalence index
- Rapid test for vegetation
- Introduction to hydric soils
- Development of hydric soils
- Anaerobic and aerobic microbes
- Hydric soil lists
- Utilizing your Soil Survey and Websoil
- Soil taxonomy
- Soil hydrogeochemistry processes
- Oxidation / Reduction processes
- Redox depletions, redox concentrations, reduced matrix, coated sand grains
- Detailed application, criteria and use of each of the A, S, and F hydric soil indicators
- Determination of faint, distinct and prominent redox concentrations
- Soil colors
- Off-site applications
- Routine Small Area application
- Comprehensive applications
- Atypical situations
- Problem areas and Problemmatic areas
- Field delineation using 1987 Manual Routine Small Area application
- Field delineation using the Regional Supplement
- Field delineation of Atypical situation (if available locally)
- Overview of Mitigation (i.e., Creation, Restoration, Enhancement, Preservation, Mitigation Banks): as time permits
- Overview of the Nationwide Permit system, Nationwide Permits and Regional General Permits, their conditions and their criteria: as time permits.
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