For small, undisturbed residential lots, wetland flagging alone may be sufficient to support limited permitting needs. However, for larger or more complex projects—such as subdivisions, commercial development, municipal work, or sites with a history of grading or fill—regulators increasingly expect more than just boundary flags on a plan . New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) administrative rules make this distinction clear. Under Env-Wt 311.05(b) , plan

Environmental site monitoring plays an important role in responsible land development and conservation across New Hampshire. For surveyors, engineers, contractors, and landowners, accurate field-based monitoring provides the information needed to understand site constraints, support permitting, and protect wetlands and wildlife habitat. At Ecosystems Land Planning , environmental site monitoring is grounded in direct field observation and professional judgment. Our work suppo

Ecosystems Land Planning is a leading New England environmental consulting firm that provides a variety of services to help landowners...

New Hampshire Shoreland Protection Permit Applications can be confusing and time-consuming if you haven't done them before and/or don't...

Locating wetland boundary flag locations in natural areas and at the toe of fill with a GPS enables us to compare the existing wetland...

Wetlands are important ecosystems that provide a variety of benefits, including flood control, water quality improvement, and wildlife...

Demonstrating the successful re-establishment of vegetation is an important step towards project completion and compliance with...

I've been making a digital herbarium, of sorts, by saving and labeling photos of plants I encounter, at work and at play. Then, I got the...

Wetland Plant Identification Sweet Flag (Acorus americanus) Sweet Flag is an Obligate (OBL) wetland plant that looks a bit like cattail...

The most important characteristic of invasive Honeysuckle shrubs in the northeast is: they all have a hollow pith

By knowing the time required for treated soil particles to settle out of a water column, we can calculate the required settling basin.