Recent
AMWS Workshops
AMWS is fully committed to the professional development of our members for the benefit of the environment. As a result, we offer a variety of workshops on wetland science and regulatory updates.
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AMWS recently held these workshops: Dry Vernal Pools (7/25/08); Spring Ephemerals (5/16/08); DEP Stormwater Regulatory Revisions (3/25/08); Basic Bone, Track & Scat Identification (2/15/08); USCOE Rapanos Guidance (1/30/08); Climate Change in New England: Projections & Policy (Annual Meeting) (11/09/07); Difficult Inland Wetland Delineations (9/21/07); Identifying Herbaceous Species (6/22/07); Spring Ephemerals (5/04/07); and Winter Botany (2/23/07).
Remnants from
Tropical Storm Christobal filled this previously dry vernal pool with 30" of water-- just in time for the 7/25/08
Dry Vernal Pools workshop. Making lemonade from lemons, Instructor John Dick found a couple of late-stage larvae out for
a swim! (Photo courtesy of Matt Varrell)
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AMWS held these workshops in 2006: Delineating & Permitting Coastal Projects (12/08/06); Wildlife Habitat Assessments & The Implementation of the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act (Annual Meeting) (11/17/06); Difficult Inland Wetland Delineations (10/13/06); Negotiation 101:Negotiating Public Business (4/07/06); and Ethics & Conflicts of Interest in Wetland Science (3/23/06) .
Scenes from Difficult Inland Wetland Delineations Photos courtesy of Alicia Raddatz
In
2005, AMWS held Winter Botany (2/11/05), Hydric Soils as Influenced by Landscapes, Landforms & Associated
Wetland Patterns (5/06/05), New PGP & Buffer
Zone Regulations (6/10/05), and Hydrogeology
of Wetlands: Determining Groundwater Elevations for Successful
Replications (10/14/05). We ended the year with
the Annual Meeting, Getting Back in the Flow: River
Restoration Strategies (11/04/05).
Winter Botany (a.m. classroom)
Instructor
Bill Kuriger arranges samples.
Gathering
'round the drilling rig at the 10/14/05 Hydrogeology workshop.
Taking
a break on the banks of the Deerfield River.
Looking
at a split-spoon sample.
Hydrology
workshop photos courtesy of Alicia Raddatz
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