Wetland Law and Compliance
DISCLAIMER
Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:30 pm
Identifying Wetlands
L. Herrera
Presence of wetland vegetation
Identification of wetland soils
Importance of underlying wetland hydrology
Understanding Federal and Michigan Wetlands Laws and Enforcement
P. Bohn
The Federal Clean Water Act
The Endangered Species Act
Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act
Right to Farm Act
Implementing/enforcing agencies
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
• Local municipal regulation
Wetlands Permitting Process
T. Stoepker
Wetlands determinations and delineations
Determining applicability of regulations
Wetland permitting and certification processes
• Notice provisions
• Review process
• Mitigation/compensation requirements
Appeals process
Wetland Preservation, Restoration, Creation and Enhancement
B. Majka
Understanding the importance of wetlands
• Flood storage and conveyance
• Pollution control and carbon storage
• Erosion control
• Wildlife habitat
• Recreation
Wetland preservation strategies and techniques
Wetland restoration
• Preference for onsite and in-kind restoration
• Hydrological considerations
• Restoration techniques
Wetland creation
• Methods, benefits and drawbacks
Wetland enhancement
• Purposes and techniques
Examples of inland and coastal wetland restoration, creation, enhancement, and preservation projects
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 Continuing Ed. Hours
Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Landscape Architects &Architects
6.5 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers, 6.5 CECs to certified floodplain managers, and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to landscape architects and architects in most states, including Michigan architects and engineers. Educators and courses are not subject to pre-approval in Michigan.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this activity for 6.5 CECs.
This course has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Provider No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs. Only full attendance can be reported to LA/CES and AIA/CES.
Architects, engineers, and landscape architects seeking continuing credit in other states will be able to apply the hours earned at this seminar, in most cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not beenapproved by any contractor licensing entity with a continuing education requirement.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Paul Bohn
Fausone Bohn, LLPFausone Bohn, LLP, NorthvilleMr. Bohn is a leading practitioner in urban redevelopment, brownfield development, environmental regulatory matters, land use and construction litigation. He also provides advice to municipal governments on various land use and redevelopment projects. Mr. Bohn started Fausone Bohn in 1995. He is a 1988 graduate of the University of Oregon Law School, where he obtained a Certificate of Completion for Environmental Law Curriculum, and received his (B.G.S.) undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources, awarded in 1985. He is a former chair of the Michigan Bar’s Natural Resources and Wetlands Committee; and a member of the Environmental Council and National Brownfields Association.
Larissa Herrera
Senior Biologist with Holland EngineeringMs. Herrera is an aquatic biologist with over eight years of experience in natural resource assessment, including wetland delineations, environmental permitting, stream assessments, mussel/macroinvertebrate surveys and identification, and threatened and endangered species surveys. She graduated with a B.S. degree in Biology and Program in the Environment (PitE) from the University of Michigan and an M.S. degree in Water Resource Science from the University of Minnesota Duluth. Ms. Herrera recently moved back to the mitten to work for Holland Engineering’s Environmental Group. She holds a USFWS permit to survey and handle federally listed mussel species. Her favorite mussels are the spectaclecase and snuffbox.
Brian Majka
GEI Consultants of Michigan, P.C.GEI Consultants of Michigan, P.C. – Allendale
Brian Majka is a professional restoration ecologist at GEI Consultants of Michigan, P.C., in Allendale. He has extensive experience in ecological restoration, design and implementation of wetland construction, soft shoreline engineering, prairie planting, natural areas management and best management practice (BMP) design projects with more than 19 years of experience throughout the country. He has a B.S. degree in Natural Resources and Environmental Science from Purdue University and is responsible for project management of ecological restoration design and implementation projects for GEI.
Timothy Stoepker
Dickinson Wright, PLLCDickinson Wright, PLLC – Grand Rapids
Mr. Stoepker practices in the areas of real estate, construction, and commercial and business litigation. He is experienced in real estate development and litigation; woodlands, wetlands, land use, and zoning; condemnations; drafting of construction contracts; and litigation and arbitration of construction disputes. Author of several articles on land use issues, Mr. Stoepker is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and the American Bar Association. He is a former member of the American Arbitration Association’s Construction Section Advisory Board.