Hydric Soils of New England

Hydric Soils of New England
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6 CEHs for Wetland and Soil Scientists, 1.5 CEUs for Surveyors | 6 CEUs for Foresters
Also approved for 6 NHDES Subsurface Bureau credit hours and approved by NEIWPCC, on behalf of MassDEP, for 6 TCHs for MA Title 5 Soil Evaluator renewal or activation. Auth. # T516-0025

The New England Hydric Soils Technical Committee has updated the 2004 Version 3 of the Field Indicators of Hydric Soils in New England Manual. The new 2019 Version 4 reflects the latest scientific data and advances in our understanding of what constitutes a hydric soil. It also combines the Field Indicators of Hydric Soils in the U.S., Version 8.0, 2016 and indicators in the Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: North Central and Northeast Region, Version 2.0, 2012. Students will receive and apply the new user-friendly: "A Field Companion to Field Indicators for Identifying Hydric Soils in New England," December 2019.

This workshop will cover the step-by-step process for identifying hydric soils by examining several soil profiles in the field. Various pitfalls and difficulties of hydric soil identification will also be discussed.

Dress appropriately for field work.

Wetland Certificate Program
Soil Science Certificate Program

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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:

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: