Looks like a Great Workshop offered by Association of Massachusetts Wetland Scientists. Details Below. NO REGISTRATIONS ACCEPTED AFTER THURSDAY, AUG. 15TH. UNIQUE FIELD OPPORTUNITY! Aug. 28, 2013 (Weds.) Best Management Practices for Wetland Design & Construction North Dartmouth, New Bedford & Fairhaven, Mass. 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Wetland replication is a major component of the wetland profession, and wetland scientists are frequently expected to create a plan—or review one. This comprehensive workshop will cover it all. We’ll start with hydrology—the basis for wetland design—and learn how to determine optimum groundwater levels. Sensitivity to the actual site in the design process will also be considered, as well as the pros and cons of attempting to replicate a complicated existing wetland system. Topics include natural and manufactured soil, vegetation and the practical implementation of wetland replication design. We’ll spend the morning in the classroom and the afternoon visiting two large projects--one inland, one coastal—by van. Everything you learn in the classroom should be on display in the field. Site instructors will provide an informative and thorough walking tour. Field site #1 is the New Bedford Regional Airport and its ongoing runway safety improvement project, led by the consulting team of Epsilon Associates, Oxbow Associates and Airport Solutions Group. The Airport is in the process of reconstructing Runway 5-23, including constructing runway safety areas on both ends, shifting Runway 5 south by approximately 200 feet, extending Taxiway A to match the new Runway 5 end, improving the Airport drainage system, addressing vegetative obstructions to navigable airspace and installing wildlife-exclusion fencing. The work is situated in and adjacent to areas of BVW, state-listed rare species habitat, vernal pools, floodplain and other wetland resource areas. In addition, the Airport is located in the vicinity of two major wetland systems: the Apponagansett Swamp and the Acushnet Cedar Swamp State Reservation. Nearly 19 acres of new freshwater wetlands, vernal pool habitat, compensatory flood storage areas and eight acres of Eastern Box Turtle nesting habitat are in the process of being created to mitigate project-related impacts. An additional 800 linear feet of stream channel is being relocated and enhanced to facilitate construction of proposed runway safety areas. In addition, 1,500 native shrub species will be planted along the banks of the Paskamansett River. Less than 7 miles away in Fairhaven is site #2, the Marsh Island Habitat Restoration Project. Marsh Island is a 22-acre peninsula located at the junction of the Acushnet River and New Bedford Harbor. The majority of the island was a salt marsh before it was filled with dredged material from the Harbor in the late 1930s and again in the early 1950s. The New Bedford Harbor Trustee Council, Coalition for Buzzard’s Bay, and the NOAA Restoration Center are working with The Louis Berger Group to restore salt marsh and coastal upland habitat on the parcel through a combination of excavation and disposal of dredged material. The restoration design incorporates tidal creeks, high and low salt marsh, future maintenance access and an interpretive trail system. It also includes the replacement of an extensive underground wire grid array associated with existing radio towers, as well as measures to minimize contamination risk by re-suspended PCBs entering the site and diminish construction impacts to the adjacent neighborhood. Instructors: Successful wetland replication is a team effort, and we have an all-star team of instructors, including Scott Horsley (Horsley Witten Group); Tim Gould (Agresource); MaryAnn DiPinto (MassDEP); Chad Sumner (SumCo Eco-Contracting); Mike Howard (Epsilon Associates, Inc.); and Craig Wood (The Louis Berger Group, Inc.). This workshop is a unique opportunity to see large scale inland and coastal wetland design and construction projects. Logistics limit us to 24 participants, and preference will be given to AMWS members through July 5th. The workshop is expected to sell out fast. If you want to come, sign up now! Please Visit : amws.org/upcoming_workshops.html **No registrations will be accepted after Thursday, August 15th. Absolutely no walk-ins. CEUs available. All participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance. Complementary morning coffee. Bring your own lunch. Initial Location: Aviation Training Center, North Dartmouth (near New Bedford Regional Airport) (Directions and additional information will be emailed.) Cost: $150 AMWS member; $225/non-member Note: We will travel to the field sites by van and return to the parking lot at the end of the day. Construction will be ongoing at the New Bedford Regional Airport. To see it close up, bring your own safety vest and hardhat!
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