The 404-10 Group is classified as a non-profit business league dedicated to educating wetland consultants.  Our goals are to improve communication with federal and state agencies, promote consistency among consultants when preparing work, provide continuing education opportunities, offer forums for expressing ideas and concerns, and present updates on regulations/legal issues. 

A few of our past activities include:

Conference with Corps of Engineers regulatory personnel discussing SWANCC, the Tulloch Rule,      definition of fill material, permitting, and the appeals process

Endangered Species Act workshop in Louisiana with USFWS personnel on the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker

Endangered Species Act workshop in Mississippi with USFWS personnel on the Gopher Tortoise

Development of minimum standards for wetland delineation reports

Delineating Problem Wetlands workshop (Part 1) with New Orleans District

Delineating Problem Wetlands workshop (Part 1) with Mobile District

Our first regulatory conference, held in June 2001, included as speakers Corps of Engineers regulatory chiefs from the Mississippi Valley Division and the South Atlantic Division, and regulatory branch chiefs from the New Orleans, Vicksburg, and Mobile Districts.  Also educating our group were the Appeals Review Officers from the Mississippi Valley Division and the South Atlantic Division.