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District Guidance

  1. Sample Beneficiary Acknowledgment or Engagement Letter
  2. Amendments to Declaration of Conservation Covenants and Restrictions (March 7, 2024)
  3. Model Conservation Easement (March 7, 2024)
  4. Appendix 12.5 – Standard Credit Release Schedule_v.1.0_121925
  5. GA SQT Macroinvertebrate Genus Traits (Version 2.0, dated October 19, 2021)
  6. Final Model Performance Bond _SAS (June 6, 2025)
  7. Qualified Conservation Easement Holder Standards (March 7, 2024)
  8. Savannah District's SOP For Calculating Compensatory Mitigation v.3.0_21oct2025
  9. Letter of Credit Template and Exhibit (April 10, 2025)
  10. Model Declarations of Conservation Covenants and Restrictions (March 7, 2024)
  11. Georgia Freshwater Forested Wetland Hydrogeomorphic Methodology User Manual (Version 2.0, dated October 15, 2021)
  12. User Manual & Scientific Support for the Georgia Stream Quantification Tool (Version 2.0, dated October 15, 2021)
  13. Interim Hydrogeomorphic Methodology User Manual Scientific Support and Monitoring Guidelines for Wet Pine Flats Mitigation in the Georgia Coastal Plain_17JAN2025
  14. Property Assessment and Warranty (March 7, 2024)
  15. District Monitoring Guidelines & Performance Standards for Freshwater Wetlands and Non-Tidal Streams (2025)

Technical References

  1. Selecting reference sites for stream biological assessments: best professional judgement or objective criteria
  2. Sampling coarse woody debris for multiple attributes in extensive resource inventories
  3. BWSR Guidance Concerning NRCS-Developed Drainage Setback Tables
  4. Sentinel site networks as a mechanism to evaluate progress toward meeting restoration goals in altered and unaltered landscapes
  5. Discrepancies in Hydrophytic Determinations Produced by Three Vegetation Formulas Used for Wetland Delineation
  6. Hypsometric (area-altitude) analysis of erosional topography
  7. Linking plant ecology and long-term hydrology to improve wetland restoration success
  8. Development of ecogeomorphological (EGM) stream design and assessment tools for the Piedmont of Alabama
  9. Antecedent precipitation tool (APT) version 2.0: Technical and user guide
  10. Compensatory Mitigation Site Protection Instrument Handbook for the Corps Regulatory Program
  11. Methods to evaluate normal rainfall for short-term wetland hydrology assessment
  12. A flexible, multipurpose method for recording vegetation composition and structure
  13. Sediment and nutrient removal in an established multi-species riparian buffer
  14. Methods to Predict the Lateral Effect of a Drainage Ditch on Adjacent Wetland Hydrology
  15. West Virginia Nonpoint Source Program: Natural Stream Channel Design & Riparian Improvement Project Monitoring Protocol
  16. The role of reference wetlands in functional assessment and mitigation
  17. Development and Application of the Hydric Soil Technical Standard
  18. Mitigation Bank Prospectus Review Workbook
  19. Identifying non-reference sites to guide stream restoration and long-term monitoring
  20. The myths of restoration ecology
  21. Characteristics of coarse woody debris for several coastal streams of southeast Alaska
  22. Examining Discrepancies Among Three Methods Used to Make Hydrophytic Vegetation Determinations for Wetland Delineation Purposes
  23. Fluvial classification: Neanderthal necessity or needless normalcy
  24. Compensating for wetland losses under the Clean Water Act (redux)
  25. An Integrated Framework for Evaluating Wetland and Stream Compensatory Mitigation
  26. A regional guidebook for applying the Hydrogeomorphic Approach to assessing wetland functions of forested wetlands in alluvial valleys of the coastal Plain of the southeastern United States
  27. A Regional Guidebook for Applying the Hydrogeomorphic Approach to Assessing the Functions of Tidal Fringe Wetlands Along the Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coast
  28. Stream biodiversity: the ghost of land use past
  29. Consideration of spatial and temporal scales in stream restorations and biotic monitoring to assess restoration outcomes: A literature review, part 1
  30. Freshwater Biological Traits Database (Final Report)
  31. Implementing Financial Assurance for Mitigation Project Success
  32. Characterization of wetland hydrology using hydrogeomorphic classification
  33. Compensatory Mitigation for Streams Under the Clean Water Act: Reassessing Science and Redirecting Policy
  34. Effects of livestock exclusion on stream habitat and aquatic biota: a review and recommendations for implementation and monitoring
  35. Guidelines for conducting and reporting hydrologic assessments of potential wetland sites
  36. The longleaf pine ecosystem of the South
  37. Limitations and implications of stream classification
  38. A hydrogeomorphic classification for wetlands
  39. Functional Objectives for Stream Restoration
  40. Tennessee Reference Stream Morphology and Large Woody Debris Assessment: Report and Guidebook
  41. A vegetation classification of fire-dependent pinelands in Florida
  42. An approach for assessing wetland functions using hydrogeomorphic classification, reference wetlands, and functional indices
  43. Process-based Principles for Restoring River Ecosystems
  44. Accessing and using meteorological data to evaluate wetland hydrology
  45. The Beaver Restoration Guidebook: Working with Beaver to Restore Streams, Wetlands, and Floodplains
  46. Wyoming Stream Quantification Tool (WSQT) User Manual
  47. Application of the Large Woody Debris Index A Field User Manual Version 1
  48. Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual
  49. Stream channel reference sites: An illustrated guide to field technique
  50. A Handbook for Prioritizing Wetland and Stream Restoration and Protection Using Landscape Analysis Tools
  51. Examining Discrepancies Among Three Methods Used to Make Hydrophytic Vegetation Determinations for Wetland Delineation Purposes
  52. Longleaf pine vegetation of the Southern Atlantic and Eastern Gulf Coast regions: A preliminary classification
  53. Natural Channel Design Review Checklist under CWA Section 404
  54. A process for creating multimetric indices for large-scale aquatic surveys
  55. Technical Standard for Water-Table Monitoring of Potential Wetland Sites
  56. Standard Operating Procedures for the Collection and Analysis of Benthic Macroinvertebrates. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources
  57. Tennessee Stream Quantification Tool: Data Collection and Analysis Manual
  58. Rapid Bioassessment Protocols for Use in Streams and Wadeable Rivers Periphyton, Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Fish
  59. National Aquatic Resource Surveys. Wadeable Streams Assessment 2004
  60. Floristic and environmental variation of pyrogenic pinelands in the Southeastern Coastal Plain: description, classification, and restoration
  61. An Ecological Approach for Reviewing CWA Section 404 Compensatory Mitigation Projects in EPA Region 4
  62. Consideration of spatial and temporal scales in stream restorations and biotic monitoring to assess restoration outcomes: A literature review, part 2
  63. Freshwater Biological Traits Database (Final Report)
  64. Mitigation Bank Instrument Review Workbook
  65. Stream ecosystem function in urbanizing landscapes
  66. A database of lotic invertebrate traits for North America: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 187
  67. Floristic index for establishing assessment standards: A case study for northern Ohio
  68. Four centuries of changing landscape patterns in the longleaf pine ecosystem
  69. Linking ecological theory with stream restoration
  70. The pristine myth: the landscape of the Americas in 1492
  71. 33 CFR Part 320 through 332
  72. Chapter 19, Hydrology Tools for Wetland Identification and Analysis, Part 650 Engineering Field Handbook, Title 210 National Engineering Handbook
  73. Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region Version 2.0
  74. The biotic integrity of streams in urban and suburbanizing landscapes
  75. Soil Hydrodynamic Interpretations for Wetlands
  76. Installing monitoring wells/piezometers in wetlands
  77. Technical Guide for the Development, Evaluation, and Modification of Stream Assessment Methods for the Corps Regulatory Program
  78. Science base and tools for evaluating stream engineering, management, and restoration proposals
  79. North Carolina Stream Quantification Tool: Data Collection and Analysis Manual
  80. A stream evolution model integrating habitat and ecosystem benefits
  81. Riparian Buffer Width, Vegetative Cover, and Nitrogen Removal Effectiveness A Review of Current Science and Regulations
  82. A Function-Based Framework for Stream Assessment & Restoration Projects
  83. A regional guidebook for applying the hydrogeomorphic approach to assessing wetland functions of wet pine flats on mineral soils in the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains
  84. Stream restoration planning and design: Fluvial system stabilization and restoration: Field guide
  85. Regional supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual : Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region (Version 2.0)
  86. Monitoring Wilderness Stream Ecosystems
  87. Watershed Approach Handbook
  88. South Carolina Stream Quantification Tool Version 1.1 Data Collection and Analysis Manual
  89. 33 CFR Part 333
  90. National Wetland Plant List Indicator Rating Definitions
  91. The coastal plain headwater stream restoration (CPHStR) index: a macroinvertebrate index for assessing the biological effectiveness of stream in the Georgia coastal plain, USA
  92. River restoration, habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity: a failure of theory or practice
  93. Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration of Riverscapes Design Manual