Evaluation results from the Ministry of Forest’s Forest and Range Evaluation Program (FREP) have shown that riparian management could be improved if wetlands were more accurately identified and mapped.
Wetland Identification and Delineation is a webinar from Forest Professionals British Columbia (FPBC) that introduces the various tools available to identify potential locations of wetlands and the field indicators that can be used to confirm their boundary to support appropriate classification and management. Although the focus is on forestry, the information is relevant to any professional seeking to sharpen their skills at wetland delineation.
Presenter(s):
- Lisa Nordin, MSc, RPBio, PAg;
- Erin Rutherford, MSc, RPBio; and
- Neil Fletcher, MSc.
Nordin is an aquatic ecologist with applied experience conducting effectiveness evaluations and habitat assessments in both the interior and coastal regions of BC. She is currently the riparian value lead for the FREP at the ministry, and uses the data collected from around the province to report out on the functioning condition of aquatic resources.
Rutherford is a biologist with a background in wetland assessment, wetland restoration, wildlife biology, and environmental monitoring. Based on the South Coast of BC, Erin is the ecosystem services manger for Inlailawatash, leading a team of restoration practitioners on a range of wetland, estuary, and stream assessment and restoration projects. Rutherford has completed a MSc on wetland restoration and wildlife use of restored ecosystems and has been working with the FREP program for several years.
Fletcher is director of the Conservation Stewardship Department for the BC Wildlife Federation. Fletcher’s department oversees the Wetlands Education Program that trains individuals how to identify, map, and conserve wetlands. Fletcher is the primary author of the FREP’s protocol for evaluating the health of wetlands and leads a team on the advancement of new conservation tools as well as site level stream and wetland restoration projects.
