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Identifying Inland Wetland Soils
Thu, May 31, 2012
9:00am - 3:30pm
French Hall, UMass Amherst


Participants will be introduced to some of the fundamental characteristics of soils that are used to identify hydric (wetland) soils in the field — including soil texture, color, horizon type and redoximorphic features. The afternoon will include a field trip to a local wetland where participants will examine plants and soils along a wetland/nonwetland gradient. Plant communities will be used to locate transitional wetland-upland areas in the landscape for further investigation of their soil characteristics. Participants should have taken Part 1 of this series or be able to identify wetland vegetation (by permission of instructor).

Registration

The cost for this workshop is $100.

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This workshop is Part 2 of 2 of the 2012 Identifying Freshwater Wetlands in the Landscape series. Part 1, Inland Wetland Plant Identification, will be held on May 24, 2012. This workshop series is useful to land surveyors, foresters, landscapers, arborists, and anyone who needs to be able to identify the presence of freshwater wetlands in the landscape. Pre-registration is required, as space is limited. The cost is $100 per session taken individually or $190 if registering for both.

To do a combo registration for both sessions, use one of the options below:

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Questions?

Contact Ellen Weeks at 413-545-2685; eweeks@umext.umass.edu

230 Stockbridge Road
Amherst, MA