Rapid Wetland Assessment | Wet Pine Flatwood

The ERDC Wetlands Team designs precision-driven rapid assessment tools tailored to the unique ecological and regulatory needs of State, Federal, and local stakeholders. In this featured collaboration, Dr. Patrick Smith, Supervisory Biologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, joins forces with Catherine Breaux, Senior Fish and Wildlife Biologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to address the critical demand for a Wet Pine Flatwood rapid assessment protocol. Research Biologist Jaybus Price of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Wetlands Team outlines the assessment methodology, emphasizing the strategic use of indicator species to inform and guide land management decisions. (U.S. Army Video by Brigida I. Sanchez)