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AMERICAS WETLANDS

AMERICAS WETLANDS

by | Mar 28, 2014 | ,

There are many places where the ground is literally covered, and the whole heavens?completely blackened, with innumerable flocks of countless numbers of geese, ducks,?brants, cranes, and all the various noisy tribes, of all the feathered creation.? -Lansford W. Hastings in The 1845 Pioneers Guide for the Western Traveler Since colonial times Americans have worked fervently to drain and fill the estimated 225?million acres of wetlands that graced what eventually...

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What is Mitigation Banking?

by | Mar 27, 2014 |

What is Mitigation Banking. The dictionary definition of mitigation is ?to reduce the effect of an action.? In wetland regulations, the term has the same meaning -to reduce the negative effects of a proposed development activity. When application is made for a permit to fill a wetland, a process must be followed to mitigate the negative impacts to the wetland. In Colorado, wetland impacts are governed by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Development activities...

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