Ecobot assists with digitizing federal and state agencies' field work around natural resource identification, reducing labor costs around natural resources regulation, and stretching federal funding and budgets to their fullest extent.
Ecobot assists with digitizing federal and state agencies' field work around natural resource identification, reducing labor costs around natural resources regulation, and stretching federal funding and budgets to their fullest extent.
Topics: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, EPA, Esri, Navigable Water Rule, fastest wetland delineation app, wetland delineation app, environmental permitting, wetland delineation, NRCS, natural resources, swampbuster, USDA, natural resource identification, whitelisted, DOT, USBR, efficiency software
A wetland delineation is fieldwork that establishes the boundaries between wetlands and uplands on a property. A wetland is an area of land that is covered or saturated with water, either seasonally or permanently. Wetlands serve important ecological functions, affecting water quality and biodiversity, and are therefore regulated by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.
Topics: wetlands, Ecobot, US Army Corps of Engineers, WOTUS, Clean Water Act, EPA, USACE, Esri, NWPL, delineation, section 404, fastest wetland delineation app, wetland delineation app, 404, environmental permitting, preconstruction, wetland delineation
The USACE's 2020 changes to the National Wetlands Wetlands Plant List (NWPL) is effective as of November 2, 2021 and should be used in wetland delineations after this date. Changes to wetland indicator status ratings for plant species in select regions and the addition of new plant species to the NWPL.
These changes are now live in Ecobot!
Topics: wetlands, species, USACE, technology, science
On June 22, 2020, the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWR) went into effect purportedly to clarify the US federal government’s permitting jurisdiction of what waters are considered “waters of the United States" (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Army led the review and revision of the definition of WOTUS consistent with an Executive Order signed on February 28, 2017, titled ‘‘Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the ‘Waters of the United States’ Rule.’’
Topics: wetlands, WOTUS, Clean Water Act, EPA, USACE, Navigable Water Rule
USACE finally implemented the pending 2018 changes to the National Wetlands Wetlands Plant List (NWPL) on May 18, 2020, effective immediately. Below you'll find the eight (8) plant species being added to the NWPL and the four (4) species with at least one regional indicator status change.
These changes are now live in Ecobot!
Topics: wetlands, species, USACE, technology, science