Water: Wetlands
Compensatory Mitigation
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This page provides updates and background information regarding Clean Water Act Section 404 Compensatory Mitigation Evaluations.
Additional Evaluations of Compensatory Mitigation
National
- 2004, Biodiversity Offsets: Views, experience, and the business case, IUCN
- 2002, Banks and Fees: The Status of Off-Site Wetland Mitigation in the United States, Environmental Law Institute.
- 2001, Compensating for Wetland Losses Under the Clean Water Act, National Academy of Sciences
- 2001, Wetlands Protection: Assessments Needed to Determine Effectiveness of In-Lieu-Fee Mitigation, General Accounting Office
- 2000, Wetland Mitigation in the United States: Assessing the Success of Mitigation Policies, Richard F. Ambrose, Wetlands (Australia), 19: 1-27
Regional
- 2005, Wetlands in Washington State Volume 1: A Synthesis of the Science. Washington State Department of Ecology Publication #05-06-006.
- 2005, Wetlands in Washington State Volume 2: Guidance for Protecting and Managing Wetlands. Washington State Department of Ecology Publication #05-06-008.
- 2004, An Evaluation of Compensatory Mitigation Projects Permitted Under Clean Water Act Section 401 by the Los Angeles Regional Quality Control Board, 1991-2002, University of California, Los Angeles
- 2004, Integrated Wetland Assessment Program, Part 5: Biogeochemical and Hydrological Investigations of Natural and Mitigation Wetlands, State of Ohio EPA Wetland Ecology Group
- 2003, Success of Corps-Required Mitigation in New England, Paul Minkin & Ruth Ladd, USACE New England District
- 2002, Section 404 Wetland Mitigation and Permit Success Criteria in Pennsylvania, USA, 1986-1999, Cole, Charles Andrew and Deborah Shafer, Environmental Management. 30(4): 508-515.
- 2000 and 2002, Washington State Wetland Mitigation Evaluation Study, Phase 1: Compliance and Phase 2: Evaluating Success, Washington State Department of Ecology