Wetland Soils Workshop: A Primer On Their Identification, Description,
And Genesis

Co-Sponsored By The Northcoast Chapter Of The California Native Plant
Society, The Natural Resource Conservation Service And The California
Department Of Fish And Game

This Workshop Will Provide Continuing Education For Botanists, Land
Managers, And Wetland Professionals On Hydric Soil Identification,
Description, Ecology, And Genesis. This Professional-Level Workshop
Emphasizes Hands-On, In-The-Field Learning For Those With Some
Training And Experience With Wetland Delineation. The Morning Session
Will Be A Classroom Refresher On Wetland Soil Characteristics,
Definitions, Types, Genesis And Importance For Wetland Delineation.
The Afternoon Will Be In The Field At Local Wetlands Evaluating And
Describing Various Wetland Soils And Their Characteristics.

Topics Covered Will Include: Hydric Soil Definition, Criteria,
Indicators, And Technical Standards; Pedogenic Processes,
Redoximorphic Features, Genesis, Identification And Description;
Equipment, Acoe Manual, Hydric Soil Lists, Color Charts, And Forms;
And Off-Site Preparation, Including Aerial Photographs, Usgs
Topographic Maps, Nwi Maps, And Fema Flood Hazard Maps.

Instructor: Ricardo Velarde, Soil Scientist With The Natural Resource
Conservation Service. Date And Time: 9am To 5pm, Saturday, August 12,
2006.

Cost: $105 Hsu Natural History Museum Or Cnps Members; $135 For Non-
Members.

Location: Morning Lecture, Humboldt State University, Science D
Building, Room 157. Afternoon Field Sites In The Arcata Area Are To Be
Determined.

Bring: A Sack Lunch, Boots And Field Clothes, And, If You Have Them,
Soil Color Charts. Other Field Equipment And Some Soil Color Charts To
Share Will Be Provided.

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