North Carolina Stream Assessment Method (NC SAM) and Training Course

December 3-6, 2024

Class Location:

NCDOT Highway Building Auditorium (first-floor) - 1 South Wilmington Street, Raleigh, NC

Registration Fee:
$880 for NCAEP members

$905 for non-members

Taught by:
John Dorney, Sandy Smith, LeiLani Paugh, Greg Price, Jennifer Burdette, and Nikki Duprey

Staff of Axiom Environmental (John Dorney and Sandy Smith), the Swamp School (Greg Price), and the NC Department of Transportation (LeiLani Paugh) as well as Jennifer Burdette (Natural Resources Consultants) and Nikki Duprey (Sage Environmental) will conduct a 4-day course sponsored by the NC Association of Environmental Professionals (NC AEP) on the latest version (Version 2.1) of the North Carolina Stream Assessment Method (NC SAM) for determining the condition of streams and other non-wetland waterbodies (such as ditches) during the period of December 3-6, 2024 in and near Raleigh, NC.  This lecture and field course will focus on the method which is the standard method formally adopted by the US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District in their Public Notice dated April 21, 2015. Some of the instructors were part of a multi-agency team of state and federal agencies who developed the method over several years and have previously taught this course using the same curriculum.  The course will be taught in the first-floor auditorium of the NCDOT Highway Building at 1 South Wilmington Street across the street from the southeast side of the Capitol with field sites in the Raleigh area.  The fee for the course is $880 for members of the NCAEP and $905 for non-members and includes lecture and field instruction, a copy of the most current NC SAM User Manual, and field drinks/snacks, as well lunches for two days. Please visit https://www.ncaep.org/event-5872244 for more information and to register.

Liability waivers must be signed upon your arrival to class.

Registration:  Class enrollment is set at a minimum of 23 registrants and a maximum of 30 registrants.  All checks will be held until we are certain that the minimum number of students is achieved for the class.  Registration fees must be received by NCAEP no later than November 15, 2024.

A detailed class description and itinerary can be found here:  December 2024 NCSAM Announcement