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| May 14, 2008 | Security Best Practices Awareness "Train-the-Trainer Workshop" - Hightstown, NJ |
| This train-the-trainer workshop is designed to prepare water system personnel to provide Best Security Practices Awareness instruction to personnel at their place of work. Each water system will be required to ensure (within approximately one year) that essentially all system staffers have received Best Security Awareness Practices training. Course materials and instruction provided at these workshops will ensure that participants are properly prepared to deliver the training. | |
| May 14-17, 2008 | Methodology for Delineating Wetlands - Basking Ridge, NJ |
| Learn the methods of the experts! This four-day course will introduce you to delineating wetlands using the methods in the 1987 Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual and the Federal Interagency Manual. Two highly-respected wetland experts will show you how to perform delineations according to the routine and intermediate methods outlined in these manuals while integrating trade secrets and state laws. If a site has been disturbed or the vegetation is not clear, you must use the soil layers to determine the wetland line. You will also cover the practical skills, regulatory criteria and field techniques needed to determine if a soil meets specific hydric soil indicators. Working in teams for the field exercises, you immediately apply what you learned in the classroom. All of our wetland courses require field work, so please dress accordingly. | |
| May 15, 2008 | WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands Workshop - Flemington, NJ |
| For educators of grades K-12. WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands features 70 pages of background material followed by more than 40 cross-referenced lessons. Lessons focus on wetlands definitions, wetlands plants and animals, water quality and supply issues, soils, and people. | |
| May 15, 2008 | Introduction to Wetland Identification - Basking Ridge, NJ |
When you delineate wetlands without the proper training or experience, you run the risk of regulatory and career repercussions. Wetlands training can be difficult to grasp if you start your education in an advanced course. Don’t make the mistake of jumping into the Methodology for Delineating Wetlands course without first being exposed to the basic principles of wetland identification in this course. This one-day combination classroom and field course will teach you the basics of wetland identification and introduce you to the practice of wetland delineation. It will also provide the essential background material needed for further study in the field of wetland delineation. A wetlands expert will review the skills you need to begin to identify freshwater wetlands and their boundaries. |
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| May 18-22, 2008 | 2008 National Monitoring Conference - Atlantic City, NJ |
The National Water Quality Monitoring Council (NWQMC) is hosting its 6th conference, Monitoring: Key to Understanding Our Waters. The conference will feature recent theme-related successes from a broad array of river basins and coastal waters, including overviews of the three pilot studies selected for the National Water Quality Monitoring Network for U.S. Coastal Water and their Tributaries, and plans for the Network’s future.
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| May 21, 2008 | Ethics for Utilities: Am I Doing the Right Thing? - Wharton, NJ |
Almost on a daily basis, we all encounter decisions that require us to make a judgment call. In that moment, we have to decide whether we are doing the right thing for the community, customer and our own integrity. We will discuss the reasons to have a code of ethics. Most Operators are loyal to their profession rather than their current job. Is this right or wrong? This workshop is designed to make you think. This course will be offered again on May 29 in Egg Harbor City, NJ. |
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| May 28, 2008 | Keying Out Wetland Plants Using "Field Guide to Nontidal Wetland Identification" - Basking Ridge, NJ |
| You cannot delineate a wetland without experience identifying wetland plants. This one-day course provides an introduction to diagnostic plant characteristics and their use in dichotomous keys for wetland plant identification. You will use keys in the Field Guide to Nontidal Wetland Identification to identify common wetland plants in central New Jersey. This field guide includes over 250 wetland plants – the most common aquatic bed plants, emergents, shrubs, trees, and vines in Mid-Atlantics wetlands. This course focuses on wetland plants and will not address upland plants. | |
| May 29-30, 2008 | Rain Garden/Bioretention Research and Extension Symposium - New Brunswick, NJ |
| The purpose of the symposium is to cover a wide range of related topics through
presentations from the experts in the area of bioretention systems/rain gardens and
related stormwater management topics. Researchers will share their latest research
findings. Background information about the beginnings of bioretention will be presented along with case studies of implementation and education projects. Panel discussions will explore future research needs and how to bridge the information gaps between researchers, educators and activists. |
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| May 29-30, 2008 | Advanced Wetland Delineation - Basking Ridge, NJ |
| This two-day combination classroom and field course is designed for environmental professionals who have completed a basic wetland methodology course and want up-to-date information on current wetland delineation practices, the use of additional indicators, and problem situations. This is an excellent refresher for those who have taken the basic wetland delineation course! | |
| June 3, 2008 | Regulatory Training in Underground Storage Tanks - New Brunswick, NJ |
| The NJDEP regulates USTs and requires the professionals who work on them to be trained, certified and recertified every 3 years. Additionally, the State has now implemented an aggressive inspection program to identify and enforce UST violations, including the imposition of significant monetary penalties. If you work on USTs, you need this course! Whether you're becoming certified for the first time or just need to recertify, you'll get the regulatory information you need to stay current with New Jersey's UST requirements and help your clients or employer avoid potential penalty liability. | |
| June 3, 2008 | Security Best Practices Awareness - Wharton Boro, NJ |
| This train-the-trainer workshop is designed to prepare water system personnel to provide Security Best Practices Awareness instruction to personnel at their place of work. Each water system will be required to ensure (within approximately one year) that essentially all system staffers have received Security Best Practices Awareness training. Course materials and instruction provided at these workshops will ensure that participants are properly prepared to deliver the training. | |
| June 4, 2008 | Watershed Management and the University - Part II- New Brunswick, NJ |
| "Watershed Management and the University - Part II" is a working conference for higher education and watershed stakeholder groups. For more information, please visit the link above. | |
| June 4, 2008 | Practical Methods in Drinking Water and Wastewater Analysis I - New Brunswick, NJ |
This workshop is designed as an introduction to the analytical techniques and systems available for water quality measurements in applications including drinking water, wastewater, environmental water, and industrial water. Course material includes techniques for sampling and colorimetric and turbidity measurements. The course will present the technical background of the methodologies and will incorporate practical applications of sampling and analytical testing. Through "hands-on" exercises, each parameter will be tested for using portable field and laboratory instruments and samples of known and unknown values will be examined. The course may be taken as a "stand-alone" program or in tandem with "Practical Methods in Drinking Water and Wastewater Analysis II". |
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| June 5, 2008 | Practical Methods in Drinking Water and Wastewater Analysis II - New Brunswick, NJ |
A continuation of the "Practical Methods in Drinking Water and Wastewater Analysis I" course. |
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| June 5-6, 2008 | Vegetation Identification for Wetland Delineation-North - Somerset County, NJ |
You cannot delineate a wetland without experience identifying wetland plants. If you are planning to achieve the Wetland Delineation Certificate, we require that you complete this course prior to attending the Methodology of Delineating Wetlands courses. Plants are the most obvious clues to wetland boundaries. This two-day combination classroom and field course will teach you how to draw a wetland line by identifying a variety of upland and wetland plant species. This is a field-based course, so please dress accordingly for the outdoors. |
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| June 10-13, 2008 | Methodology for Delineating Wetlands - Basking Ridge, NJ |
| Learn the methods of the experts! This four-day course will introduce you to delineating wetlands using the methods in the 1987 Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual and the Federal Interagency Manual. Two highly-respected wetland experts will show you how to perform delineations according to the routine and intermediate methods outlined in these manuals while integrating trade secrets and state laws. If a site has been disturbed or the vegetation is not clear, you must use the soil layers to determine the wetland line. You will also cover the practical skills, regulatory criteria and field techniques needed to determine if a soil meets specific hydric soil indicators. Working in teams for the field exercises, you immediately apply what you learned in the classroom. All of our wetland courses require field work, so please dress accordingly. | |
| June 11, 2008 | Wetlands Mitigation Monitoring - New Brunswick, NJ |
| Monitoring the progress of a wetland restoration project can be time consuming and expensive. Not only do you need to recognize the subtle indicators of project deterioration, but you also need to be familiar with the forms, record-keeping and applicable state regulations. This one-day combination classroom and hands-on course will introduce you to the elements of design and implementation of wetland monitoring projects. | |
| June 12-13, 2008 | Microbiology of Activated Sludge - New Brunswick, NJ |
| This two-day course gives you the opportunity to discuss the workings of your treatment system with one of the experts in the field! The course focuses on practical applications to help you better understand how the activated sludge process works, with bulking and foaming receiving particular attention. | |
| June 24-26, 2008 | Stream Restoration - Manasquan River Environmental Center |
| This course is designed to provide a solid foundation of knowledge in the science of applied fluvial geomorphology that practitioners can build upon as they seek to better understand natural channel stability and the variables determining river form. Participants will explore the application of essential tools that provide a means to interpret existing conditions, predict future behavior, and determine potential for restoration. Since effective application of these tools requires persistent field observations and measurements, participants will spend ample time in the field applying the concepts and principles discussed in the classroom. | |
| NJ Wetlands Manual Training Workshop: Regionalized Water Budget Manual for Compensatory Wetland Mitigation Sites in New Jersey - Bordentown, NJ | |
| This one-day program will provide an in-depth introduction to the recently published NJ Department of Environmental Protection’s Regionalized Water-Budget Manual for Compensatory Wetland Mitigation Sites in New Jersey – designed to provide information to help improve the effectiveness of compensatory freshwater wetland mitigation projects in the State of New Jersey. The course will provide the best available sources of data for water budget modeling in NJ as well as proper methods for collecting on-site data and most importantly how to effectively use the data to design a successful wetland mitigation project. |
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