Recent
AMWS Workshops
AMWS is fully committed to the professional development of our members. As a result, we offer a variety of workshops on wetland science and regulatory updates.
The last few years of AMWS workshops include: Wetland Meadow (8/27/10); Identification of Bog Species (6/25/10); COE Wetland Delineation Manual Regional Supplement (6/25/10 & 5/21/10); Advanced Soil Identification (6/22- 23/10); Coastal Vernal Pools (4/23/10); Coastal Resources (3/26/10); (AMWS Annual Meeting) Wetland Science: Five Big Trends in a Changing Environment -- Climate Change, Stormwater, Wetland Banking, Habitat Protection & a Challenging Economy (11/13/09); The Science of Headwater Streams -- What Wetland Scientists Must Know (10/30/09); Intensive Boots-Wet Bankfull (9/25/09);
Photos of Coastal Vernal Pools Workshop (Castle Neck, Ipswich, Mass.), courtesy of Emily Sullivan (Northeast Mass. Mosquito Control)
Photos of Coastal Resources Workshop (Crane's Beach, Ipswich, Mass.), courtesy of Emily Sullivan (Northeast Mass. Mosquito Control)
Late-Season Sedges & Rushes (8/28/09); Ferns at Wildcat (7/31/09 & 7/24/09); Short Hydroperiod Vernal Pools (6/19/09); Spring Ephemerals (5/08/09); Intro to New NHESP Guidelines for Vernal Pool Certification (4/24/09 & 4/17/09); Rapanos & Mitigation Guidance Regulatory Update (3/20/09); AMWS Annual Meeting/Current Science & Regulatory Responses to River & Coastal Flooding in Massachusetts (11/07/08); Wildlife Habitat Surveys (10/17/08); Classic River Morphology (9/26/08); Ferns of Massachusetts (9/12/08); 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).
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Additionally, AMWS occasionally holds seminars for other organizations dealing with wetlands. Wetlands, Wetland Regulations and the Mass. Contingency Plan was presented to the Mass. Licensed Site Professionals for the fifth time on 6/18/10.
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Recent professional networking opportunities include: 8/05/10 New England Environmental, Amherst; 4/08/10 Vinney T's, Dedham (sponsored by EBI); 8/27/09 Rubin & Rudman, Boston; 5/08/09 Westford Grille, Westford (sponsored by AECOM); 12/04/08 Holiday Inn Express, Westfield (sponsored by TestAmerica); 8/21/08 Rubin & Rudman, Boston; 7/22/08 Corps of Engineers, Concord; 5/21/08 Chateau Restaurant, North Andover (sponsored by Anchor Environmental); 3/19/08 Alpha Analytical, Westborough; and, 2/14/08 Alpha Analytical, Mansfield.
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 Robinson
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). Multiple AMWS workshops have been held every year since 1998.
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 Robinson.
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