Specifications include, but are not limited to: 5.1.1 Creation and Delivery of Data: Updated wetland mapping compliant with the USFWS NWI standard and passing quality review by the USFWS NWI will be created and delivered for the 24 counties in West Virginia shown on Exhibit A comprising approximately 7.48 million acres. 5.1.1.1 Imagery used will be the most recent available federal imagery (2020 NAIP), ancillary CIR imagery, and NRCS SSURGO hydric soils layer. State datasets will include Q2 LiDAR and recent leaf-off aerial photography, which are available (at no cost) from the WVU GIS Tech Center. 5.1.1.2 Three sets of older state imagery will be consulted where recent imagery is difficult to interpret:1997 leaf-off CIR, 2003 2-ft natural color orthophotography from the WV Statewide Addressing and Mapping Board (SAMB), and 2011 Sheriff’s Pictometry (mostly leaf-off). 5.1.1.3 The contractor will work with WVDEP to acquire the project areas, current GIS layers, and will work with the NWI Wetlands Database Administrator to acquire the most recent wetlands data.
