California Rapid Assessment Method

CRAM

Documents

Contents

Getting Started Documents

CRAM documentation comes in three parts:

  1. The CRAM User’s Manual, which contains a complete description of the CRAM method;
  2. The CRAM Field Books, which contain, for each wetland type, paper assessment forms and form completion instructions;
  3. The eCRAM Installation & Use Guide, for the CRAM field software.

All CRAM practitioners need to read the CRAM User’s Guide. Field Books for the wetland types you will be working with should be brought to the field. Users of the optional eCRAM software will need the eCRAM Installation & Use Guide.

CRAM User’s Manual newsmall

Full description of the method; does not include paper CRAM forms; does not address installation & use of sofware.
CRAM method version 5.0.1; October 17, 2007.
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CRAM Field Books newsmall

Includes paper CRAM forms and form completion guidance

eCRAM Installation & Use Guide

For CRAM software 1.0.0 and CRAM website
May 22, 2007 PDF

Other CRAM Documents

CRAM Prospectus

2 pages; January 24 2008 PDF

A Practical Guide for the Development of a Wetland Assessment Method: The California Experience

journal article; 19 pages; February 2006 PDF

Wetlands Demonstration Project Steering Committee Charter

draft; 2 pages; May 22 2006 PDF

Quality Assurance Project Plan for the Development of a Wetland Rapid Assessment Method in California: Phase II

46 pages; May 3 2005 PDF

Wetlands Demonstration Project Prospectus

2 pages; May 17 2006 PDF

EPA Guidance Document

12 pages; April 2006 PDF (external link)

EPA Wetland Monitoring & Assessment: A Technical Framework

2 pages; April 8 2003 PDF

Other Documents

Guidance for Mitigation

Guidance Document for Compensatory Mitigation Projects Permitted Under Clean Water Act Section 401 by the Los Angeles Regional Quality Control Board
December 2004, 72 pages. PDF

Mitigation Evaluation

An Evaluation of Compensatory Mitigation Projects Permitted Under Clean Water Act Section 401 by the Los Angeles Regional Quality Control Board, 1991-2002.
December 2004, 253 pages Final Report
August 2006, 414 pages Review copy

Meetings & Workshops

January 22, 2007—Wetlands Demonstration Pilot Steering Committee

May 25, 2006—CRAM Wetland Workshop

Version History