Ecobite Episode 2: The keys to impactful environmental decision-making, with EPIC's Jessie Mahr

Posted by Ecobot on May 3, 2023 9:00:00 AM

Jessie Mahr, Director of Technology at Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC), has dedicated her career to all things wetland. She believes better technology and better data are the keys to impactful environmental decision-making. 

 

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Topics: wetlands, monitoring, ecosystem, conservation, technology, mapping, drone, environmental permitting, wetland delineation, natural resources, natural resource identification, efficiency software, wetland mitigation, policy

USACE's Antecedent Precipitation Tool (APT)

Posted by Ecobot on Aug 1, 2022 9:20:00 AM

Have you used USACE’s Antecedent Precipitation Tool (APT)? With many USACE districts now recommending or requiring ATP data alongside jurisdictional reports, the Tool has an important place in the wetland delineation and monitoring process. 

This topic was covered in the 24th episode of Ecobot's webinar series, Convergence of Wetland Science and Technology. View recorded episodes here. 

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Topics: wetlands, climate, monitoring, US Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, technology, section 404, environmental permitting, wetland delineation, efficiency software, apt, Antecedent Precipitation Tool

Pitfalls of Ping Pong WOTUS Policy

Posted by Ecobot on Apr 1, 2022 12:23:00 PM

Ever-changing Waters of the United States (WOTUS) policy impacts both the regulatory and consulting spaces, as well as environment and infrastructure.

 

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Topics: wetlands, monitoring, change, Ecobot, conservation, WOTUS, Clean Water Act, science, Navigable Water Rule, delineation, section 404, 404, environmental permitting, natural resource identification

Future of Wetland Mitigation Banking

Posted by Ecobot on Feb 1, 2022 12:04:00 PM

Explore the current state of affairs around wetland mitigation banking and respective policy with bankers, consultants, and policy-makers.

This topic was covered in the 10th episode of Ecobot's webinar series, Convergence of Wetland Science and Technology. View recorded episodes here. 

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Topics: wetlands, monitoring, WOTUS, technology, mapping, delineation, environmental permitting, wetland delineation, natural resources, mitigation banking, wetland mitigation

Monitoring Climate Change in the Arctic

Posted by Jeremy Schewe, PWS on Aug 1, 2019 11:07:00 AM

I have just returned with my team from conducting wetlands monitoring in the field in Scandinavia. Since 2005, I have been part of a team of scientists and citizens monitoring changes in population demographics of vascular species in Lapland. Lapland is the home of the Sámi people, the indigenous reindeer herders of northern Scandinavia and Russia in the Arctic Circle, and is also considered to be the cleanest environment on Earth. Our monitoring project has been based in Rovaniemi, Finland, and spans into Norway and Sweden.

 

"Intent reveals desire; action reveals commitment."
~
Steve Maraboli

 

 

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Topics: wetlands, climate, monitoring, Arctic, Europe, change, species, keystone, dieback, blanket bogs, fens, resilience, Lapland, conservation