(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Natural Heritage Program, 2022-11-30) Rocchio, F. Joseph; Crawford, Rex C.; Ramm-Granberg, Tynan; Walz, Kathleen; New Jersey. Department of Environmental Protection. New Jersey Natural Heritage Program; Washington. Department of Natural Resources. Washington Natural Heritage Program
This is field manual for applying NatureServe’s Ecological Integrity Assessment (EIA) protocols to New Jersey wetlands and riparian areas. This manual and the calculator are adopted from the Washington Department of Natural Resources, Natural Heritage Program EIA Manual Version 1.2 with permission from the authors. It provides instructions on how to apply the EIA in the office and field, complete the field forms (condition and human stressor assessments), as well as a macro-based excel calculator to get EIA scores for wetland sites. Included is the field manual and field forms.