ARCHIVE OF PAST FORUMS AND FIELD TRIPS Return to Website RECENT FORUMS, CONFERENCES AND TRIPS: October 10 - Design, Construction, & Management of Native Areas, Panel November 7 - WCA Rule Changes, BWSR Staff January 30 - Conference March 5 - 1987 Manual Regionalization, USACOE April 2 - Floristic Quality Assessment Michael Bourdaghs, Scott Milburn, and Jason Husveth May 30 - Field Trip, Minnesota FQA and Plant Identification Seminar Twelve or more hours of continuing education is required per year for the Professional certification classification. Each forum is worth 2.0 Professional Development Hours (PDH) or 0.2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). The Annual Conference is worth 6.0 PDH or 0.6 CEUs. The Annual Field Trip is worth 6.0 PDH or 0.6 CEUs. FALL 2006/WINTER 2007 FORUM SCHEDULE Cost: Free for Members; $5 for non-members October 4, 2006 – WCA Assessment Status Coordinator – Ben Meyer November 3, 2006 – Seminary Fen Coordinator – Janell Miersch Annual WDA Meeting, State of the WDA Address Coordinator – Ben Meyer WPA President December 6, 2006 – National Environmental Policy Act Review and USFWS Section 7 Consultation Process Coordinator – Ken Powell January 3, 2007 – Landscape Level Functional Assessment Coordinator – Lee Marlowe February 7, 2007 – Addressing Indirect Wetland Impacts and Impact Avoidance Coordinator – Mark Jacobson March 7, 2007 – Interpreting Wetland Plant Indicator Status: Hydrology as One of Many Ecological Factors that Determine Plant Distribution Coordinator – Allyz Kramer April 4, 2007 – Soil Texturing Coordinator – Gen Bolling May, 2007– Annual WDA Field Trip – Seminary Fen and Vegetation Indicator Status Coordinators – Ben Meyer & Allyz Kramer FALL 2005/WINTER 2006 FORUM SCHEDULE October 5, 2005 – Plants, Pop, and Pretzels: Field Plant ID with snacks Coordinator – Andi Moffatt November 2, 2005 – Practical Enforcement Issues Coordinator – Colleen Allen Annual WDA Meeting, State of the WDA Address Coordinator – Scott Thelen WDA President December 7, 2005 – Mitigation Problems – Construction, Management, Contractor Coordination and Oversight Coordinator – Mark Jacobson January 4, 2006 – Current Challenges for Minnesota's Wetland Banking System Coordinator – Lee Marlowe February 1, 2006 – Permitting and COE Guidance, Policy, and Changes Coordinator – Rob Maroney March 1, 2006 – Wetland Soils, Reminiscence of a Redoximorphic Feature Coordinator – Scott Thelen April 5, 2006 – Wetland Hydrology- Delineations in the Anoka Sandplain Coordinator – Ken Powell May, 2006 – Field Trip – Twin Cities Metro Area Geomorphology of Metro Soils Coordinators – Ben Meyer & Allyz Kramer FALL 2004/WINTER 2005 FORUM SCHEDULE October 6, 2004 – Consistency in the Implementation and Interpretation of Wetland Regulations, Are We Being Consistent? Coordinator – Ken Powell November 3, 2004 – No Net Loss, Is It Working? Coordinator – Todd Udvig, WDA President Annual WDA Meeting, State of the WDA Address Coordinator – Colleen Allen December 1, 2004 – The Anoka Sandplain, A Wetland Delineators Conundrum Coordinator – Andi Moffatt January 5, 2005 – Wetland Restoration Successes and Failures from the Botanist’s Perspective Coordinator – Lee Marlowe February 2, 2005 – Minnesota Wetlands, Regional Perspectives and Differences Coordinator – Ben Meyer March 2, 2005 – What’s Going on at the Corps? An Update On Changes and Policy Coordinator – Todd Udvig April 6, 2005 – Wetland Surface Water and Ground Water Interactions, Characteristics, Methods, and Ecological Perspectives Coordinator – Mark Jacobson May, 2005 – Annual WDA Field Trip - Crex Meadows Wildlife Area, Grantsburg, Wisconsin - Managing Wetlands for Wildlife Coordinator – Scott Thelen and Brad Kovach FALL 2003/WINTER 2004 FORUM SCHEDULE October 1, 2003 – Alternative Stormwater Management Methods Coordinator – Colleen Allen November 5, 2003 – Determining the Hydroperiod of Wetlands Coordinator – Todd Udvig Annual WDA Meeting, State of the WDA Address Coordinator – Michael Whitt, WDA President December 3, 2003 – West Nile Virus & Other Fun Afflictions, Mosquito Control & Wetlands in Minnesota Coordinator – Brad Kovach January 7, 2004 – Water Quality of Wetlands (are you thirsty?) Coordinator – Jyneen Thatcher February 4, 2004 – NRCS Crop Slide Reviews, A How To for Wetland Delineators Coordinator – Ben Meyer March 3, 2004 – MNRAM 3.0, The Real Deal & I know What They Did Last Summer Coordinator – Michael Whitt April 7, 2004– Drainage Scope & Effect Determinations, A How To for Minnesota Wetland Delineators Coordinator – Scott Thelen May 2004– Annual WDA Field Trip - Using MnRAM 3.0 Access Database Program in the Field Coordinator – Lee Marlowe and Andi Moffatt FALL 2006/WINTER 2007 FORUM SCHEDULE October 4, 2006 – WCA Assessment Status Coordinator – Ben Meyer November 3, 2006 – Seminary Fen Coordinator – Janell Miersch Annual WDA Meeting, State of the WDA Address Coordinator – Ben Meyer WPA President December 6, 2006 – National Environmental Policy Act Review and USFWS Section 7 Consultation Process Coordinator – Ken Powell January 3, 2007 – Landscape Level Functional Assessment Coordinator – Lee Marlowe February 7, 2007 – Addressing Indirect Wetland Impacts and Impact Avoidance Coordinator – Mark Jacobson March 7, 2007 – Interpreting Wetland Plant Indicator Status: Hydrology as One of Many Ecological Factors that Determine Plant Distribution Coordinator – Allyz Kramer April 4, 2007 – Soil Texturing Coordinator – Gen Bolling May, 2007– Annual WDA Field Trip – Seminary Fen and Vegetation Indicator Status Coordinators – Ben Meyer & Allyz Kramer Return to Website