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The Wetland Has to Touch the Covered Water (opens the original)
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Today we are talking about one of the most important field questions in wetland jurisdictional work right now: Continuous Surface Connection. Or, as we are calling it in the field: Does the wetland actually touch the covered water? That sounds simple. But anyone who has spent time in the field knows it can get complicated quickly. You may have a wetland, a swale, a ditch, a culvert, a berm, a pipe, a roadbed, and a stream somewhere nearby. Then someone asks the field crew: “So, does this wetland
When Is an Intermittent Stream Non-Jurisdictional? (opens the original)
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Can an intermittent stream be determined to be non-jurisdictional because a larger portion of that same channel is ephemeral? The short answer is: yes, we are seeing examples of this. But there is an important distinction in how the Corps appears to be making that determination. I have not found a nationwide Corps rule that says, "If more than 50 percent of a stream is ephemeral, the entire stream is automatically non-jurisdictional." Instead, what appears to be happening goes back to the Rapano
When Is an Intermittent Stream Non-Jurisdictional? (opens the original)
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When Is an Intermittent Stream Non-Jurisdictional? Welcome to the Swamp School podcast. Today, I want to talk about an interesting jurisdictional issue that has started showing up in some Corps-approved jurisdictional determinations. The question is this: Can an intermittent stream be determined to be non-jurisdictional because a larger portion of that same channel is ephemeral? The short answer is: yes, we are seeing examples of this. But there is an important distinction in how the Corps appea
2026 Wetland Soil Auger Buyer's Guide (opens the original)
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One of the most frequently asked questions by our wetland delineation students is, "what type of soil auger should I buy?" A quick browse through any of the forestry supply companies' catalogs and you are quickly overwhelmed. Who would have thought that there we so many different types of soil augers? Some of them are quite expensive. Many are modular and you end up buying part of an auger and have to order more parts. You do not want to drop a grand on an auger only to find out it is not what y
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