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MAWWG-NEBAWWG Webinar Series: Wetland Classifications
Wednesday, May 22, 2024 - 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
ABSTRACTS
An examination of seepage wetlands in Pennsylvania
Mary Ann Furedi
Seepage wetlands represent a unique group of wetlands in Pennsylvania. They form in localized areas of groundwater discharge and play important biological and ecological roles. Given their small size, seepage wetlands are often poorly mapped and may be easily overlooked from a land management perspective. This presentation will focus on how plant communities can be used to identify and better understand the distribution of these important aquatic resources.
Bill Nichols
NH Natural Heritage Bureau’s (NHB) ecological system classification provides a practical scale to inform the coarse filter approach to biodiversity conservation, whereby conserving an adequate number of viable examples of each system type, we can protect the majority of NH’s species. NHB gives special attention to exemplary ecological systems – ranging from all examples of rare types to high quality examples of common types – because they are among the best remaining examples of biological diversity in the state. This presentation will identify the steps that collectively provide the science-based results used to inform conservation, wetland permit review, and mitigation in New Hampshire.
PRESENTERS
- Mary Ann Furedi, Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program
- Bill Nichols, New Hampshire Natural Heritage Bureau
BIOS
Mary Ann Furedi is the Ecological Assessment Manager with the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program at the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. Mary Ann earned a Ph.D. in Biology from West Virginia University studying the impacts of deer browsing on the demography of American ginseng. Her work now primarily focuses on characterizing the current conditions of plant communities and plant populations and monitoring how they change over time.
Bill Nichols is the Senior Ecologist and State Botanist with the New Hampshire Natural Heritage Bureau, where he has worked since 1996. Prior to this position, he worked for six years with the Massachusetts Audubon Society and the Audubon Society of Rhode Island. Bill has a Master of Science Degree in Botany from the University of Rhode Island and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marine Biology from the University of New England. Bill has authored/coauthored 25 journal articles on ecological integrity assessment methods and NH’s flora and natural communities.
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