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Wetland Functional Assessment

Monitoring Report

Karen Cameron Howell

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
M.S., Plant Science (Entomology), 1982

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
B.S., Soil and Crop Science, 1978

Wetland Specialists, Inc., President
District Conservationist for the Natural Resource Conservation Service
Great Plains Region NRCS representative for the National Wetland Plant List (USACE)
Member of the Wetland Determination cadre at the Fort Worth, TX National Employee Development Center
USDA-NRCS Resource Conservationist for Wetlands
Brookings Conservation District – Rural Clean Water Program (USDA – NRCS)

Wetland Plan ID
NRCS Hydrogeomorphic models, Hydric Soils Identification
Interagency Wetland Identification and Delineation
Water Quality Resource Assessment
University of Minnesota and USACE St. Paul District’s “Secrets to Wetland Delineation Concurrence” course
University of Minnesota and St. Paul District COE’s Aerial Photo Review
Various courses with USDA – NRCS including: Phase 1 and 2 Wetland Delineation,
Wetland Restoration and Enhancement of Potholes

Society of Wetland Scientists
Professional Soil Scientist Association of South Dakota
1996 Water Conservationist of the Year
Certified instructor for Preliminary Data Gathering & Synthesis portion of the COE Region IV Wetland ID and Delineation interagency course

Ann Howell

MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
B.S., Accounting, 2011

Minors in Law Enforcement, Business Law and Business Administration
NEDS – NRCS “Wetland Identification for Food Security Act Purposes. Phase
(Application of Principles) course
NRCS eFOTG Phase 1 of “Wetland Identification for Food Security Act Purposes”
course
University of Minnesota’s Wetland Delineator Certification Program
University of Minnesota and St. Paul USACE District’s Wetland Delineation Field Day
University of Minnesota and USACE St. Paul District’s “Secrets to Wetland Delineation Concurrence” course
University of Minnesota and St. Paul District COE’s Aerial Photo Review

Wayne Bachman

TEXAS A&M
Soils Science Institute, 1986

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
B.S., Soil Science, 1976

Wetland Specialists, Inc., Vice President
Assistant State Soil Scientist in South Dakota
Natural Resource Conservation Services Soil Scientist
Certified Instructor for soils portion of the COE Reg IV Wetland ID and Delineation Course
Certified Instructor for Remote Sensing and Basic Photo Interpretation course
NRCS Wetland Trainer and Mentor
Published author of two soils survey publications in South Dakota
Project leader of multiple South Dakota counties soils mapping projects

USACOE Wetland Delineation Reg IV Course
Advanced Hydric Soils for Soils Scientists course
Wetland Restoration and Enhancement of Potholes course
Water Quality Resource Assessment course
Certified to use the Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) Approach to Assess Wetland Functions and Values in prarie potholes, sloped wetlands, intermittent streams, and riverine wetlands
Soil Quality Assessment and Application course development team

Delineation Projects

Credit Assessment Projects

Mitigation Projects