Wetland delineation, together with the regulation and monitoring of species and habitat within these areas, is under the jurisdiction of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Their role is to ensure environmental compliance to protect the waters of the U.S. and to help bring threatened and endangered species back from the brink of extinction.
The methodology of USACE oversight, however, is thanks to a key group of environmental biologists. Environmental pioneers who painstakingly laid the groundwork for current ecological practices.
Charlie Newling was among those first tasked with figuring out how to protect precious wetlands from encroaching development. Specifically, figuring out the role that wetlands play, and how they should be identified.