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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"mitigation banking"”.
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Wetland mitigation banking as a tool for conservation
This comment proposes that wetland mitigation banking under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act be employed by land trusts and conservation groups to generate revenue for funding land acquisitions and on-going stewardship for both wetland and wetland-related upland habitats threatened or impacted by …
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Wetland mitigation banking in Tennessee: an assessment of three banks performance
… no net loss of wetlands. Wetlands law allows for mitigation of wetland impacts with the implied assumption that the mitigation will adequately compensate for the wetland loss. Mitigation banks are becoming a popular mitigation option. Mitigation banks, due to their large size and ample mitigation …
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Wetland mitigation banking in the Chicago area: an assessment of ecological outcomes and compliance with performance standards
… for wetland losses through the wetland mitigation process. The Army Corps prefers that compensation is provided through the purchase of credits from wetland mitigation banks, which are large wetland restoration projects constructed by third-party bank sponsors for the purpose of …
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Banking on offsets: a political ecological and eco-geomorphic analysis of Section 404 compensatory stream mitigation banking in Illinois and Missouri
… federal regulation prefers that compensatory mitigation for stream impacts is provided by a stream mitigation bank: a segment of stream or river that is enhanced, restored, or conserved to replace lost or damaged functions. Thus, rather than compensating sites on a project-by-project basis, …
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Improving Wetland Mitigation in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina With the Watershed Planning and Mitigation Banking Aspects of the New Mitigation Rule
… on the integration of the watershed planning and mitigation banking aspects of the 'New Mitigation Rule' into the wetland mitigation framework of South Carolina. This project performed a watershed-scale wetland condition assessment, assessed wetland conditions in two Coastal Plain mitigation …
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Quantifying stand structural complexity in woodland and dry sclerophyll forest, South-Eastern Australia
… for biodiversity conservation, such as mitigation banking, auctions and offsets, that rely on a common currency – the index value – that can be compared or traded between sites. My intention was to establish a clear and documentable methodology for developing a stand scale index of …
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Quantifying stand structural complexity in woodland and dry sclerophyll forest, South-Eastern Australia
… for biodiversity conservation, such as mitigation banking, auctions and offsets, that rely on a common currency – the index value – that can be compared or traded between sites. My intention was to establish a clear and documentable methodology for developing a stand scale index of …
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Evaluating the Long-Term Morphological Response of a Headwater Stream to Three Restoration Techniques
… 3. Comparisons of each treatment to Virginia Mitigation Banking Standards indicated Treatment 1 met the fewest number of criteria, followed by Treatment 2 and then Treatment 3, indicating that hard structures are not necessary to meet mitigation bank standards, even in urban watersheds. In an …
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Incorporating ecological networks and green infrastructure into spatial strategies: Mapping optimal locations for habitat banks
… of development, must be mitigated for. In the UK mitigation is carried out through a variety of policy and planning instruments whose delivery measures are often piecemeal, thus restricting their ability to address the cumulative landscape impacts of multiple developments. One proposed response is …