Benefits of applying landscape prioritization tools to aquatic resource prioritization
Landscape prioritization tools may benefit wetland and stream restoration and protection efforts in a variety of ways. Some particularly important benfits of landscape prioritization include:
List of Abbreviations
APES = Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study (database)
ATTAINS = Assessment TMDL Tracking and Implementation System
BEHI = Bank Erosion Hazard Index
BLM = Bureau of Land Management
C-CAP = Coastal Change Analysis Program
CCAP = NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program
CMAQ = Community Multi-scale Air Quality Model
CREP = Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
CTNC = Conservation Trust of North Carolina
CWMTF = Clean Water Management Trust Fund
CWS = Composite Wetland System
CZM = Coastal Zone Management
ELI's Compensatory Mitigation Research
The Environmental Law Institute conducts detailed research to evaluate compensatory mitigation required to offset adverse impacts to wetlands. ELI studies a wide variety of compensatory mitigation programs, with a particular focus on compensatory mitigation carried out under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Within the Section 404 Program, ELI has analyzed all three available mechanisms, including mitigation banking, in-lieu fee mitigation, and permittee-responsible mitigation.
Additional Links for Compensatory Mitigation under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act
- Association of State Wetland Managers
- National Academy of Sciences Wetlands Mitigation Study
- Training Course for Mitigation Banking and In-Lieu Fee Program Interagency Review Teams (IRTs) (Developed by ELI and The Conservation Fund; administered by The Conservation Fund)
Banks and Fees Searchable Databases
We have removed the Environmental Law Institute’s searchable databases of wetland mitigation banks and in-lieu-fee programs in the United States. Please see the US Army Corps of Engineers RIBITS website for up-to-date information on mitigation and conservation banks and in-lieu fee programs across the country.
Database Field Definitions
Wetland Mitigation Banks Database | |||
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Banks and Fees Study
ELI's mitigation study, "Banks and Fees," was launched in 2000 and designed to provide citizen groups, local, state, and federal agencies, the public, and the regulated community with the information they needed to evaluate the ability of wetland mitigation banking and in-lieu-fee mitigation to achieve regional wetland conservation and land-use planning objectives.