Wetland Delineation Map Preparation
This is a two day course with independent study between the two course days. To enroll in individual sections, please click on each drop down box. Students should have prior knowledge and/or experience with the following:
US Army Corp Wetland Delineation Methods, Soil Hydrology, Wetland Plant Identification, and Wetland Delineation.
On the first day you (the student) will meet with the certified wetland scientist at the delineation site from 9:00am-12:30pm. You will meet as a group of 3-6 students. The wetland scientist will walk over the site with you, discussing the delineation, and the boundary limits of the site. The wetland scientist will then leave you to work independently, and not as a group, on the site.
You will independently delineate the wetlands on the site, using a tape measure to locate the wetland boundary points in the field. This may take more than one day, and you are allowed to work on the site for the next 10 days. At the end of the 10 day period, you are to upload the wetland boundary points to your instructor at UNH, who will overlay the points on the certified wetland delineation.
On the 14th day, you will meet with the wetland scientist onsite, as a group, from 9:00am-3:30pm. The wetland scientist will review the delineations and discuss areas of disagreement with the certified delineation. A final wetland delineation map will be provided to you. If the wetland scientist believes you have completed the delineation correctly, the delineation map will include the stamp of the certified wetland scientist.
This is an opportunity for the student to obtain up to 7 wetland delineation maps that have been reviewed and certified by a wetland scientist to ensure the wetland delineations meet the plan requirements for the Board of Natural Scientists. The course will be held in 7 sections, one for each map. Each two day section = one map. Students may enroll in individual sections to acquire up to 7 total maps.
All students will have the opportunity to work with multiple wetland scientists and see the different approaches each has to the site.
Supplies needed: soil auger, soil color book, survey flagging tape, markers for labelling the flagging tape, orange field vest, field clothes and boots, tape measure, notebook for field notes, compass, bug spray, sun screen, copy of Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Northcentral and Northeast Region, Version 2.0, January 2012, US Army Corps of Engineers AND copy of Field Indicators for Identifying Hydric Soils in New England, Version 4, May 2017, New England Hydric Soil Technical Committee.
Please note, this course does not include lunch. Please bring your own lunch, snacks, water, etc.
