As part of the deepening of the Kill Van Kull the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is mitigating or restoring wetlands in Woodbridge, NJ. Rogers Surveying was tasked to provide aerial mapping, hydrographic and topographic surveys of the wetlands. After Rogers set the aerial targets our consultant, Geomaps obtained the aerial photos, mapped the photos and provided Rogers with a digital base map.

The seventy (70) acre site consisted of deep creeks and very tall and dense vegetation (phragmities). To effectively evaluate this site Rogers Surveying down loaded these base maps into a notebook computer, mounted on our small amphibious all terrain vehicle. This allowed Rogers to view (in real-time) the areas in which additional data was needed. To address the deep creeks a small boat was utilized with a shallow water echo sounder to survey the irregular creeks.

Once the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers evaluated the data Rogers collected, Rogers was tasked to provide boundary surveys and legal descriptions of this Woodbridge site. Recently two (2) staff members attended a six (6) day training program at Rutgers University on Wetland Delineation, preparing Rogers personnel to define wetland areas in addition to performing the survey.