This is a half day (3.5 hour), inside course which will guide students on the identification and documentation of hydric soils for preparation of the Wetland Determination Data Form – Northcentral and Northeast Region, Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual, Northcentral and Northeast Region (Version 2.0).
Students will receive and apply the new user-friendly A Field Companion to Field Indicators for Identifying Hydric Soils in New England, December 2019. Included will be a discussion of Wetland Hydrology Indicators that occur within the soil profiles.
Instructor: James Gove, CWS and CSS.
This course was previously titled "Basics of Identifying & Documenting Hydric Soils"
This course serves as a required workshop for the Certificate Program in Soil Science and the Certificate Program in Wetland Delineation.
Information about these certificates are below.
Soil Science Certificate:
This certificate will provide you with practical skills on how to examine soil profiles, identify how soils develop over time, record test pits, and much more.
The program is offered at Pease in Portsmouth, in Manchester, Durham, and at various off-site locations. The program consists of four required workshops. You are required to complete the program within two years.
4 Required Workshops:
- Hydric Soils of New England
- Soil Genesis & Classification
- Basics of Soil Morphology
- Introduction to Soil Mapping
Please note that this certificate is exclusively a non-credit continuing education certificate issued by UNH Professional Development & Training. This certificate is not intended to replace or substitute any other license, certificate, or accreditation. CEUs will be issued upon completion of each course.
Wetlands Certificate Program:
The Certificate Program in Wetland Delineation will provide you with practical skills on how to use different methods of wetland evaluation, better understand the rules and processes behind evaluation, how to properly classify wetlands throughout New England, and much more.
The program is offered at Pease in Portsmouth, in Manchester, Durham, and at various off-site locations.
To receive the Wetlands Certificate, students must complete a total of 5 workshops in this format:
- Complete 1 Required Workshop
- Complete 4 Elective Workshops
Students are also required to complete the program within two years.
1 Required Workshop:
OR...
- NEW! Basics of Identifying and Documenting Hydric Soils
Choose any four (4) electives:
- Creating Wetland Delineation Maps: An Independent Study
- Wetland Classification
- Winter Plant Identification for Wetland Boundary Determination
- Understanding the Basis and Use of Wetland Evaluation
- Unraveling the Newly Adopted NHDES Wetland Rules
- Wetland Function and Value Assessment
- Wetland Delineation Map Preparation
For More Information About these Certificates:
Call (603) 862-7380
or send an email to professional.development@unh.edu
