https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil Engineer Research and Development Center News RSS Feed en-us Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:42:00 GMT Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:45:14 GMT https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/4114434/erdcs-environmental-lab-publishes-first-of-its-kind-national-ordinary-high-wate/ The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) recently published a groundbreaking technical guide geared toward identifying Ordinary High Water Marks (OHWM) across the nation. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2025/Mar/10/2003663562/115/75/0/250310-A-VE875-003.JPG' alt='Members of the National Technical Committee for the Ordinary High Water Mark pose in New Orleans. Pictured are Steven Kichefski (USACE Wilmington District), Ken Fritz (EPA), Ellen Wohl (CSU Professor), Brian Topping (EPA), Gabrielle David, and Aaron Allen (USACE Los Angeles District).' /> <br /> Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:42:00 GMT Justus Reed, Public Affairs Specialist https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/4114434/erdcs-environmental-lab-publishes-first-of-its-kind-national-ordinary-high-wate/ Water Resources Permitting Regulatory U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/3009325/new-usace-tools-improve-wetland-delineation-accuracy-and-efficiency/ Scientists with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory (ERDC-EL) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Detroit District’s Regulatory staff are streamlining wetland delineation by developing Automated Wetland Determination Data Sheets (ADS).<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2022/Apr/25/2002983329/115/75/0/220425-A-A1403-103.JPG' alt='Hydrophytic vegetation, or wetland vegetation, are those communities of plants occurring in areas that are inundated or saturated long enough to influence the plants’ occurrence. Hydrophytic vegetation is one of three factors addressed using the Automated Wetland Determination Data Sheets during the collection and analysis of wetland delineations across the nation. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)' /> <br /> Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:11:00 GMT Jason Scott, ERDC public affairs specialist https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/3009325/new-usace-tools-improve-wetland-delineation-accuracy-and-efficiency/ Engineer Research and Development Center Permitting Regulatory U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes & Ohio River Division