Anne Marie - So too should be a reference to Environmental Concern Inc. (www.wetland.org) located in St. Michaels, MD. Each year, EC offers many wetland trainings including basic delineation and advanced delineation. Bronwyn -- Bronwyn Mitchell Education Director Environmental Concern Inc. www.wetland.org ph. (410) 745-9620
On 2006-11-08 at 19:33, Dave Thomson wrote: > Annemarie, > > Sorry I didn't catch your post sooner, but this course should be in > your summary. You might want to look at the course offered thru The > Olentangy River Wetland Research Park at Ohio State University: > > http://swamp.osu.edu/ShortCourse.html#course2 > > This is the research center of (none other than) William Mitsch, who > takes part in the course. The chief instructor is Ralph Tiner, who was > the principal author on the 1989 wetlands delineation manual. You can > read more about him and the other instructors at that link, or search > for his books on the subject at Amazon.com. > > I took the WTI course, and it was a fine introduction to the topic. I > would have liked to take the OSU course, but I couldn't impress upon > the folks here the importance of who is teaching. Anyways, some > information and a few links for you: > > Here is the 1987 manual that is currently used: > http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/permit/documents/87manual.pdf > > I am sorry to say that I can no longer find a download link for the > 1989 manual: "Federal Manual for Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands. > An Interagency Cooperative Publication" - I have an electronic copy if > anyone is interested. > > And here is a summary of why the 1989 manual is not in use: > http://www.water.ncsu.edu/watershedss/info/wetlands/contro3.html > > Here was a new one for me: a draft of the Arid West's Delineation > Manual: http://www.usace.army.mil/cw/cecwo/reg/Arid%20West%20draft.pdf > > Plenty more relevant documents available on the web... you should read > as much as possible. Wetlands regulation is a complex subject, and > there are many folks out there (on both sides of the fence) who would > like to "interpret" the fray for you. One of the best resources on > some current issues is a special issue of the journal Wetlands on > SWANCC issues: > > http://www.sws.org/wetlands/toc/TOCV23n3.html > > But now there are new issues from the recent Rapanos/Carabell Supreme > Court Case (delineation verifications are currently on hold if they > involve vegetated wetlands - as opposed to Section 10 or Other Waters > only). A friend's response was "One step forward, and two steps back." > > > I should also point out that MOU between USACE and NRCS (USDA) was > rescinded. I do not know the details of the split, but if you are > interested in performing delineations with or for them (i.e. Farm Bill > issues) you may need training on their methods. > > Best of luck, David > > -----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, > jobs, news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Annemarie > Smith Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 6:07 PM To: > [email protected] Subject: Wetland Delineation Training > > More than a few people emailed me to ask if I would share the responses > to my inquiry on Wetland Delineation training. Here are all the > responses I received. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Annemarie > Smith > > I and several of my staff have gone through the Wetland Training > Institute Course. The course gives you an adequate start and the > instructors are knowledgeable and entertaining. The course is only a > start though and the rest requires experience with wetland conditions > in you area and in working with ACE employees to know what they expect > you to do in the field (number of pits, etc) and the documentation they > require in your reports. If you have taken college courses in wetlands > and soils and have an ability to identify plant species the course will > seem a little symplistic. In reality, all you need to learn is to apply > basic science to regulations. Hydrology, GIS and GPS experience will > greatly help when you start doing delineations and good project > mangement skills are needed to budget projects. John > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I have taken a series of courses through the continuing education > program at Rutgers. I have also attended a course at Ohio State taught > by Bill Mitsch and some of his colleagues. I highly recommend either or > both of these. It seems to me that courses offered by commercial > organizations are considerably more expensive than those at academic > institutions. I wonder if the commercial programs are worth the expense. > > Ken Kerrick > > As a newly full-time wetland ecologist in the natural resources > consulting arena, I participated in the "Wetland Delineation (Emphasis > on Soils and Hydrology)" course by Wetland Training Institute > (http://www.wetlandtraining.com) in 1995. My instructors (Bob Pierce, > Charlie Newling, and Blake Parker; see "Bios" on WTI's webpage) were > very professional, have been in the business of wetland ecology and > regulation a long time, and were very good instructors. I see that all > three remain on staff, and I would again take a wetland regulatory > course with these instructors. > > Good luck, Jason S. Kilgore [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I've used Wetland Training Institute, PO Box 31, Glenwood, NM 88039 > 1-877-792-6482, www.wetlandtraining.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It's a little expensive, but the instructors have a wealth of knowledge. > > Good luck! Caroline C. Hinkelman > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Caroline C. Hinkelman Wildlife > Biologist/Environmental Specialist Advanced Project Development Office > Lubbock District 135 Slaton Road Lubbock, TX 79404-5201 Office: > 806-748-4410 Fax: 806-748-4312 > > I took the wetland delineation course through the wetland training > institute (www.wetlandtraining.com) this past spring and was happy with > it. the wetland training institute has a really good reputation. it was > a week-long course in sacramento (but they offer courses all over the > country). in contrast to that, I've heard that the richard chinn course > is terrible so that may be one to avoid. > > hope that helps! amy langston > > I recently attended the Basic Wetland Delineator Training course > offered by the Institute for Wetland & Environmental Education & > Research. I had no prior knowledge of the subject, other than a > reasonable familiarity of the hydrophytic vegetation. I found the > course very educational, well presented and involved a good mix of > classroom and field exercises. The Institute requires that you pass a > take home exam in order to receive a certificate of training. This was > a challenging exercise, but it does make you learn the material. I was > very satisfied with this course and the cost is less than others that I > found on the internet. I am in Florida and the instructors were > knowledgeable of Piedmont and Coastal Plains areas of the Southeast. > Depending on where you live, you may have different instructors, but > the course syllabus is set by the Institute. I would recommend that > you go to their webpage and check it out. www.wetlanded.com > > Good luck Rick Walker Rick Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
