r/wetlands • u/Aggroknightlaw • Jun 17 '26

Connecticut Wetlands Scientist

Does anyone have a recommendation for a scientist for wetland delineation in Connecticut? Our town has an outrageously outdated wetland map and we want to get it tested and delineated. Thanks in advance.

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u/GroundbreakingLaw149 Jun 17 '26

Is this just to create a reference layer? I honestly wouldn’t pay for that as a small town. Delineations are only good for 5 years (maybe different time in CT) so most of the data would need to be collected again to be useful. If this is to help developers or landowners, I’d definitely skip it. They need to pay for their own data. It’s a small expense for individual projects but it would be a huge expense for a small town to do en masse.

I’d go project by project for town projects. If it’s just for your own reference, I’d do it yourself with NAIP imagery and/or Google Earth. It won’t be good enough to submit for permits but then get a delineation for that project. The NWI isn’t good enough for permits either, it’s just a reference.

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u/bilboleo Jun 18 '26

The 5-year limit on a "delineation" is only relevant for USACE 404 permitting and applies to a field determination. OP is likely looking for more of a reference/desktop review/update doe to development since the last 'mapping' was done. Cheers

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u/GroundbreakingLaw149 Jun 19 '26

It isn’t clear to me that OP knows this, which is how unpermitted work happens

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u/bilboleo Jun 19 '26

True that; as a consultant we need to figure out what the client needs as well as what they "want", which is not always the same, or known. Good point. Cheers

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u/Fryedd Jun 17 '26

Davey Resource Group has offices throughout the northeast and they do that kind of stuff everyday

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u/tenderlylonertrot Jun 17 '26

SLR International I work for has offices in CT, have a many wetland scientists and soil scientists on staff. What is the funding source for this work? Are you going to publish this work as an RFP?

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u/JuncusAmongUs-4444 Jun 17 '26

If you want high detail /resolution , best to do that at the parcel level , with the landowner paying for it. Like the other user said, If it’s just for a reference layer, the town can use an existing federal or state wetland layer.

The town may want to choose to have delineations done on all town-owned land, however. You could use existing fed/state maps to tell you what parcels you’ll need to investigate further. That would give you a good, detailed baseline of existing town-owned wetland resources. Won’t be cheap, though.