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Wehadkee Farm- Middle Chatt. Credit Release

shovis — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:22:11 +0000

MRG is excited to announce a new credit release for the Wehadkee Farm Mitigation Bank located in the Middle Chattahoochee Basin. The bank has been approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts to waters of the United States through stream and wetland credit sales. Please click MAP for the Primary and Secondary Service Areas associated with the Wehadkee Farm Mitigation Bank.

Hogansville- Middle Chatt. Credit Release

shovis — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:09:02 +0000

MRG is excited to announce a new credit release for the Hogansville Stream Mitigation Bank located in the Middle Chattahoochee Basin. The bank has been approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts to waters of the United States through stream credit sales. Please click MAP for the Primary and Secondary Service Areas associated with the Hogansville Stream Mitigation Bank.

NEW STREAM CREDITS AVAILABLE!

shovis — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:38:11 +0000

Please check the service areas of our newly permitted Applewood and East Swift Creek Banks!

Applewood

East Swift Creek

Applewood Mitigation Bank

shovis — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:31:39 +0000

MRG is excited to announce the opening of the Applewood Mitigation Bank located in the Etowah Basin. This is the 9th mitigation bank permitted by MRG in the State of Georgia. The bank has been approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts to waters of the United States through stream credit sales. Please click MAP for the Primary and Secondary Service Areas associated with the Applewood Mitigation Bank.

Swift Creek Mitigation Bank Approved

shovis — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:28:19 +0000

MRG is excited to announce the opening of the East Swift Creek Mitigation Bank located in the Upper Flint Basin. This is the 8th mitigation bank permitted by MRG in the State of Georgia with one more planned to follow this year. The bank has been approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts to waters of the United States through stream credit sales. Please click MAP for the Primary and Secondary Service Areas associated with the East Swift Creek Mitigation Bank.

Wehadkee Farm Mitigation Bank Approved

admin — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:54:25 +0000

Mitigation Resource Group is excited to announce the opening of the Wehadkee Farm Mitigation Bank. This is the 7th mitigation bank permitted by MRG in the State of Georgia with four more to follow this year. The bank has been approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts to waters of the United States through stream credit sales. Please click MAP for the Primary and Secondary Service Areas associated with the Wehadkee Farm Mitigation Bank.

Click Wehadkee Farm Mitigation Bank for more information about the Mitigation Bank.

Wauka Mountain Approval

admin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:25:17 +0000

Mitigation Resource Group is excited to announce the opening of the Wauka Mountain Stream Mitigation Bank. This is the 6th mitigation bank permitted by MRG in the State of Georgia with several more to follow. The bank has been approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts to waters of the United States through stream credit sales. Please click MAP for the Primary and Secondary Service Areas associated with the Wauka Mountain Stream Mitigation Bank.

Click Wauka Mountain for more information about the Mitigation Bank.

NEW MITIGATION GUIDELINES

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:06:20 +0000

On March 31, 2008, EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued revised regulations governing compensatory mitigation for authorized impacts to wetlands, streams, and other waters of the U.S. under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. These regulations are designed to improve the effectiveness of compensatory mitigation to replace lost aquatic resource functions and area, expand public participation in compensatory mitigation decision making, and increase the efficiency and predictability of the mitigation project review process.

Benefits of the compensatory mitigation rule include:

Fostering greater predictability, increased transparency and improved performance of compensatory mitigation projects
Establishing equivalent standards for all forms of mitigation
Responding to recommendations of the National Research Council to improve the success of wetland restoration and replacement projects
Setting clear science-based and results-oriented standards nationwide while allowing for regional variations
Increasing and expanding public participation
Encouraging watershed-based decisions
Emphasizing the “mitigation sequence” requiring that proposed projects avoid and minimize potential impacts to wetlands and streams before proceeding to compensatory mitigation

US ARMY CORPS PRESS RELEASE

EPA and CORPS REGULATIONS

Hogansville Approval

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:00:15 +0000

Mitigation Resource Group is excited to announce the opening of the Hogansville Stream Mitigation Bank. This is the 5th mitigation bank permitted by MRG in the State of Georgia with several more to follow. The bank has been approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts to waters of the United States through stream credit sales. Please click MAP for the Primary and Secondary Service Areas associated with the Hogansville Stream Mitigation Bank.

Click HOGANSVILLE for more information about the Mitigation Bank.

Biodiversity Banking: A Primer

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:38:55 +0000

EcosystemMarketplace.com

by Ricardo Bayon, EKO Asset Management
Mitigation Banking makes it possible for real estate developers to turn biodiversity into an asset instead of a liability – which ultimately makes it possible to preserve that biodiversity across the United States. But how do such mechanisms work? And what challenges do they face? The Worldwatch Institute’s 2008 State of the World Report tackles these and other issues – excerpted here in Ecosystem Marketplace.

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Note: This article has been adapted from Chapter 9 of the 2008 State of the World: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy. For the sake of brevity, footnotes and sidebars have been eliminated. View the article in its entirety (pdf), or visit the Worldwatch Institute’s State of the World web site.