ELI’s groundbreaking mitigation research continues with the completion of the
2005 Status Report on Compensatory Mitigation in the United States. The report, an update of the seminal 2001
Banks and Fees Study, is designed to determine the extent and nature of wetland mitigation banking and in-lieu fee mitigation activities in the nation. It examines all active wetland mitigation banks, in-lieu fee programs, and umbrella banking operations, as well as all inactive and pending programs, that are used to mitigate for impacts and violations under §404 of the Clean Water Act. The report is intended to provide citizen groups, local,...
