I am Stephen Talley and I serve as a Landscape Architect for VHB, an engineering, environmental services, landscape architecture, and planning firm with four offices and more than 100 employees in the Commonwealth of Virginia. We provide wetland delineation services along the East Coast from Maine to Florida—in all states, this profession is regulated by the state. I work side by side with environmental scientists every day.
I am urging the Board to continue licensure for Certified Professional Wetland Delineator in Virginia for the following reasons:
Protection of Public Health, Safety, and Welfare
Distinguishable from other Occupations and State Assurances of Competency
Protection for the Public from Improper Practice of Wetland Delineations