tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post3249983261033083049..comments2023-12-07T00:44:23.610-08:00Comments on The Trojan Heron: From Buffers to Bulldozers - As the BAS TurnsECKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13031277544085651063noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-6983160190645909372012-03-01T20:34:54.476-08:002012-03-01T20:34:54.476-08:00@Unknown - my opinion is yes. Adamus employed a ra...@Unknown - my opinion is yes. Adamus employed a rapid assessment technique for wetlands. Most definitely they evaluated, using aerial photos and remote sensing data, "wetlands" on private/inaccessible property. Their interpretation of the aerial photos and remote sensing data became maps. The maps became part of BAS. Many landowners are now coming forward voicing their great skepticism of the maps. However, as part of the map development, Adamus had Mindy and Ted perform on-the-ground field checks to see if the maps truly identified "wetlands". Lo and behold, every one of the places field checked by Mindy and Ted were, in their opinion, wetlands. Pretty astonishing hit rate, wouldn't you say? 100% accuracy? This resulted in Adamus having a high degree of confidence in his maps, so even for those locations that are private/inaccessible, the belief is that if the map says so, there is a wetland there.<br /><br />I have to add that there is a belief, expressed by some Council members, that citizens are somehow "hiding" their critical areas. I have found this to create a bias to believe the map over homeowners. If the map says you've got a wetland, but you say you don't have a wetland ... well, you must be surreptitiously hiding your wetland from the authorities. We know you've got one. The map says so.ECKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13031277544085651063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-88600741876257780992012-03-01T07:58:24.754-08:002012-03-01T07:58:24.754-08:00Dear Tojan,
Could you interpret this portion of t...Dear Tojan,<br /><br />Could you interpret this portion of the Adamus Letter to Shireene:<br /><br />"... which would allow us to rate all wetlands regardless of whether they are on private inaccessible parcels, and would improve the accuracy of the assessments that Mindy and Ted have already done. ..."<br /><br />Is this an attempt to assess what wetlands, if any, are on private property and then apply BAS to that unknown?<br /><br />RickUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16582616572614083668noreply@blogger.com