Under a contract with the US Department of Agriculture and the National Resource Conservation Service, California Waterfowl Association (CWA) oversees the acquisition and creation of wetland and grassland habitat. From 2012 to 2015 VVH and its staff surveyed, mapped and created almost 7,000 acres of conservation easements as a subcontractor to CWA. The 20 projects ranged in size from 20 to over 1,600 acres and were located in 11 different Counties from Siskiyou to Merced. The surveys were completed utilizing post-processed static GPS survey methodology, GPS RTK and conventional surveying equipment. Many of the projects were located in remote areas, where access, weather and a harsh environment posed an ever changing set of circumstances to successfully complete the projects for our Client. Once the boundary of the property had been surveyed and identified, VVH prepared plat maps, legal descriptions and access locations for the new conservation easements. Following the easement acquisition, VVH surveyors placed sign posts and permanent monuments to identify the easement boundaries.