I am looking for ideas on more permanent wetland boundary markers than surveyor's flagging. Has anyone tried anything else and had any success?? I am...
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Oct 21, 2003 4:15 pm
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I am a wetland delineator currently reviewing work I did on a site last year and find that 25% of the flags are down. Has anyone had any success using any...
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Oct 21, 2003 4:17 pm
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Elizabeth, The flags should be surveyed (or use GPS) and recorded; then the surveyor (or use of GPS) can relocate and replace the flags as necessary. Bruce P....
One way to keep those flags anchored is to use a short piece of electrical metal conduit that is 2 to 4 inches long. Run the wire through the inside of the...
Elizabeth, I agree with the GPS and/or surveying of your data points. Recently I have seen consultants cut 1 foot sections of rebar drive them 8-10 inches into...
I would not suggest rebar for marking anything unless it is driven all the way into the ground. The liability of leaving rebar sticking up anywhere is not ...
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Oct 21, 2003 9:05 pm
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Hi, Surveyors flags are the most common method. On some work I have spray painted trees, hung multiple flags in the same place, and drove wooden stakes. None...
Hello Group: This is Paul Brandt, returning soon (I hope). I saw Pierre's message and agree, in problematic areas I use 6' or 8' bamboo stakes. They are a...
Elizabeth, I would like to begin by apologizing to you and to all that may have suffered misfortune from a piece of rebar sticking two inches out of the ...
I use 60-penny nails, below the ground surface for corners of all perc-tested staked absorption areas. And after violations for grading in wetlands where the...
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Oct 22, 2003 10:26 pm
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Is anyone planning on attending the NOWRA Conference in Franklin, Tennessee (Nashville) next week? If so, maybe we can get together to talk soil. The Virginia...
Does anyone know if the Connecticut Soil Survey Maps are available on-line? How about the U.S.G.S. Maps? Elizabeth Young, Soil Scientist...
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Nov 13, 2003 10:24 pm
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A list of online soil surveys available from NRCS is at the following website: http://soils.usda.gov/survey/online_surveys/ Try this site for scanned topo...
Hi All! After the cold mud, wet snow adn wind chill near zero - I am not sure I can handle the Half Moon Inn. But I am sure I am up to it. Besides - to get...
Hello All, This note might seem a bit strange but with the newer Associate Membership, I feel that it is incumbent on us to notify the origination of a...
Per a recent open forum letter to the NSCSS yahoo groups, I suggest if one has an ethics concern relative to ARCPACS or NSCSS Registration or membership, that...
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Dec 10, 2003 6:33 pm
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Hello, People of NSCSS Now is the time to give a gift to yourself....... Register today for the 2004 NSCSS Annual Meeting in San Diego. You won't regret you...
HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all. If you haven't already done so, make a resolution now to meet us in San Diego February 5-7 for the 17th Annual Meeting. Check...
We are booked 5 nights , Feb 3,4,5,6,7. Hope to try golf for the first time ???? Looking forward to the west coast visit. Laurel & George [Non-text portions of...
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Dec 31, 2003 10:58 pm
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We too, are booked for San Diego from Feb 3 to the 10th and look forward to seeing everyone again. Have never been to the west coast or seen the Pacific so...
People of NSCSS who plan to attend the ANNUAL MEETING-- The deadline for guaranteed room rates has been extended to-and will EXPIRE after-MONDAY, JANUARY 12. ...
Tom, Thanks you for the reminder!. Seems like every year we do this and all of a sudden the deadlines are upon us and folks miss the hotel deadline by a day...
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Jan 6, 2004 1:17 am
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I am trying to accquire directions for the construction of a mariotte vessel. Please email me at kkkunkle@..., if you have any information. thanks, karl...
I would like to know what exactly is a marriotte vessel? And I'll bet Small knows how to construct one...... Pierre [Non-text portions of this message have...
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Jan 13, 2004 4:54 am
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Interesting question. A mariotte vessel is a constant head (passive) device used to inject a small but uniform flow of liquid (flourescent dye, for instance)...
How exacting a flow is necessary? I have an idea based on self-feeding chicken waters. The rate of discharge is the unknown (to me) and could be changed by a...
If you are trying to construct a constant head permeamter device to determine hydraulic conductivity of soils or other median you should buy a commercial one...
If this item is a permeameter-like instrument, another source would be the Johnson Precision Permeameter which was invented by Larry Johnson, who has been and ...
Dear NSCSS List Serve Folks, I received the following inquiry, and decided the list serve was the best way to facilitate a response to James W. Spotts, Ph.D. ...
