As of 2007, he was a position with the University of Florida's Soil and Water Science Department in Gainesville.
Hurt retired from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in 2007.
[1] Wade received his bachelor's degree from Mississippi State University.
[2] Wade Hurt served as editor for several editions of Field Indicators of Hydric Soils,[3] a technical reference used to identify wetland areas that fall under US jurisdiction as defined by the Clean Water Act.
Classes teach theoretical, morphologic, and regulatory criteria used for delineating wetlands, siting septic drain fields and identifying seasonal high water table elevation.