Instructor: Brian Nicholson
Date: August 3-4, 2010
Time: 10am – 12pm PST

Recent court decisions and Corps/EPA guidance have created new requirements for wetlands delineation and permitting. As a professional involved in wetlands regulation, you need a good understanding of its basic principles as well as the latest developments and how they apply to your projects.

Webinar Topics: This four-hour webinar will review basic approaches to wetlands delineation, Section 404 permitting requirements, wetlands mitigation, state/local wetlands regulatory programs, and the critical wetlands web sites. This course will specifically address the practical implications of the recent Corps/EPA Rapanos guidance and compensatory mitigation regulations. Armed with this information, you will be well-equipped to tackle the wetlands challenges of today and tomorrow.

Instructor Brian Nicholson is a wetland resources and community participation specialist with over 13 years of domestic and international experience in collaborating with government agencies and community organizations on aquatic habitat assessment, wetlands monitoring, institutional development, natural resource-based tourism, and environmental education.

Who Should Participate? You will benefit from this webinar if you are a federal, state, or local agency staff member; environmental planning and engineering consultant; facility manager; utility project manager; attorney; or landowner or developer.

Upon completion of the webinar, participants will be able to:

• Define wetlands in a regulatory context
• Create a list of common and unique wetlands types in their geographic region
• Define pertinent regulatory language
• Create a Wetlands Regulatory Plan including essential components and associated timeline
• Discuss how CWA compliance interacts with other federal legislation
• Discuss additional state regulations relevant to the CWA

How our online seminars work:

After you have registered for the course with SWCA, you will receive an automated email confirmation. The day before the broadcast, you will receive a reminder email that includes connection instructions and an access code to login to the conference and audio meetings.

*High speed internet connection and telephone line are required.

Save your time and money, and reduce your carbon footprint, by attending SWCA online training courses! Participants will receive the course PowerPoint presentation and online access to the complete course recording.