Guidelines for a Comprehensive Mitigation Management Plan for Texas Coastal Wetlands

In support of the Texas Coastal Management Program, guidelines were developed to assist resource agency decision-makers develop and implement a future comprehensive mitigation management plan for Texas coastal wetlands. Current coastal wetland protection and mitigation strategies that are used in Texas, in other states, and at the federal level were identified and evaluated . A survey was conducted, during the summer of 1994, of many of the leading experts involved with wetland mitigation in Texas. Based on the survey results and review of current wetland protection and mitigation strategies, guidelines were developed that recommend the development of: 1) a multi-agency mitigation management panel; 2) a wetlands inventory database and geographic information system; 3) short-term and long-term watershed goals; 4) a quality assurance/enforcement program; 5) standardized interagency avoidance policies; 6) identified candidate mitigation sites in each coastal region; and 7) uniform technical standards for determining optimal site locations, monitoring procedures, and evaluation of compensatory mitigation success. In addition, 1) guidelines were developed that identify pre-project, project, and post-project resource agency and permittee roles and responsibilities during compensatory mitigation; and 2) guidelines were compared to guidelines and recommendations made in other states.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Applied Geography

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Geography and Planning

Grantor

Southwest Texas State University

Year dc:date.issued

1994

Author dc:creator

• Sherrill, David M.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Earl, Richard

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Augustin, Byron
• Kimmel, Jim

• wetlands
• wetland ecology
• coastal ecology
• coastal zone management

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10877/21714

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digital.library.txst.edu:10877/21714