Wetland Delineation

Kara Brooks is the Wisconsin DNR Wetland Delineation Program Coordinator. She has more than 10 years of experience in documenting wetlands including delineating tens of thousands of wetlands across the Midwest. She has experience reviewing wetland delineations for controversial and complex wetland sites as a state regulator in Wisconsin and has administered the WDNR Assured Delineator Pilot Program since 2019.

Steve Eggers is a retired senior ecologist following a 42-year career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulatory program involving the Clean Water Act and Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. He was a member of the National Advisory Team for Wetland Delineation that authored the ten regional supplements to the 1987 Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual and was also a member of the National Technical Committee for Wetland Vegetation. Steve is co-author of Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin first published in 1987 and now in its third edition (2015). He has been teaching wetland delineation and wetland plant identification for more than 30 years.

Marissa Merriman is a Regulatory Ecologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District Regulatory Division, with over 13 years of experience in the federal government and private sector. In her current role she evaluates wetland and stream compensatory mitigation proposals in Minnesota and Wisconsin. She also provides technical support and training for Regulatory program staff and the public regarding mitigation, wetland and waterbody delineation, and Clean Water Act jurisdictional determinations. Marissa holds a B.S. in Forest Management and Ecosystem Restoration from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and certifications in Wetland Science and Ecological Restoration from the University of Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota.

Tim Miland recently retired as the Area Resource Soil Scientist with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) stationed in Altoona, WI, where he covered the northwestern 22 counties of the state. He worked with the agency for more than 30 years. He spent the first half of his career mapping soils in northern and western Wisconsin, New Mexico and Alaska. For the last 15 years he was heavily involved in wetland delineation for Food Security Act purposes, Wetland Evaluation Potential Screening (WEPS) and wetland restoration for various USDA programs. 

Shaunna Repking is a Resource Soil Scientist for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Wisconsin State Office stationed in Altoona, WI covering 26 counties. She has over 17 years’ experience building soil survey maps in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Wyoming, and more. She has also provided wetland delineation and soil health training to USDA staff and the public. Most recently, she has coordinated and delivered trainings to USDA soil scientists nationwide to ensure consistency with National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) Soil Science Standards.

Information forthcoming!

Allison Willman is a wetland expert for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Her current role specializes in providing wetland technical expertise to the DNR’s waterways program, wetland delineation reviews and trainings, and botanical trainings. Previously, she served as a Wetland Identification Specialist for the DNR and participated in a research study on wetland restorations. Prior to the Wisconsin DNR, she graduated with a Soils and Land Management degree from UW-Stevens Point and spent several years working in the private sector, along with completing a wetland internship with the Lake County Stormwater Management Commission.