Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This dataset was developed to track the extent of Mitigation Bank Service Areas. A Mitigation Bank is a wetland or stream restoration, creation, enhancement, or preservation project undertaken to compensate for unavoidable losses to wetlands, streams, and other aquatic resources expressly for the purpose of providing compensatory mitigation in advance of authorized impacts. Federal guidance on mitigation banking was released in 1995. Federal, State, and Local regulations and guidance governed the Wetland Mitigation Bank establishment process.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Service Item Id: 9c7ba503733149c6a4680ce991cc89a5
Copyright Text: This layer is maintained by the Department for its business purposes.