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Soil profile demonstrating a typical hydric soil
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Mid-Atlantic Wetlands Workgroup
Currently funded through a Wetland Program Development Grant from EPA to the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection. the workgroup is administered by staff from the Penn State University Cooperative Wetland Center. More
In an effort to standardize the study and identification of Hydric Soils, the Mid-Atlantic Hydric Soil Committee was created in March of 1996. The committee is made up of representatives from the Natural Resources Conservation Service; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Maryland Department of the Environment; Wetlands Science Institute; University of Maryland; University of Delaware; Virginia Polytechnic Institute; North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry; and the National Technical Committee for Hydric Soils. Members work together in an effort to pursue and identify important research needs and to establish a collection of information from which to better identify hydric soils in the field. Meetings are held twice a year and last for two days. Ad hoc meetings are also scheduled when needed. At our meetings, in addition to group discussion, we also try to spend a portion of our time in the field discussing the indicators and various sites of concern.
"Field Indicators of Hydric Soils In the Mid-Atlantic United States" is a book that has been created specifically for this purpose. It outlines hydric soil indicators for the Mid-Atlantic region and offers graphic demonstrations of these descriptions. You can see this book on our site by clicking on Downloadable Books in the left-hand blue sidebar.
For more information on hydric soil issues contact:
Ralph Spagnolo (spagnolo.ralph@epa.gov)
U.S. EPA Region 3 (3WP10)
1650 Arch St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-814-2718
or
Jeffrey Lapp (lapp.jeffrey@epa.gov)
U.S. EPA Region 3 (3EA30)
1650 Arch St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-814-2717
or another member of the Mid-Atlantic Hydric Soils Committee.