What is Mitigation?
Wetland mitigation or compensatory mitigation is a wetland enhancement, restoration, creation or preservation project that serves to offset unavoidable wetland impacts.
The ecological benefits of a mitigation project must compensate for the functional loss resulting from wetland impact.
A mitigation bank is a wetland, stream, or other resource area that has been restored, established, enhanced, or (in certain circumstances) preserved for the purpose of providing compensation for unavoidable impacts to environmental resources.
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