Wetlands Management II - Compensatory Mitigation

Module Description: 

The NCSR Wetland Ecology and Management Series is provided by the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources and includes seven modules. This series “is designed to support the instruction of wetlands topics at the undergraduate level.” The seven modules include Wetlands – An Introduction, Wetlands - Then and Now, Wetlands Management I – Determination and Delineation, Wetlands Management II – Compensatory Mitigation, Wetlands and Climate Change, Wetlands and Hurricanes, and Wetland Restoration in the Everglades.

Wetlands Management II– Compensatory Mitigation, is the fourth of seven modules. “This module introduces the concept of compensatory mitigation and evaluates its effectiveness as a strategy for managing the wetland resource. A wetland mitigation field activity is included that describes how instructors can identify appropriate local wetland mitigation sites and how to organize a mitigation tour.”

Module Contents:

The PowerPoint presentation includes lecture notes and includes four main sections: Introduction to Compensatory Mitigation, The Challenge of Compensatory Mitigation, Wetland Mitigation Banking, and Wetland Regulation in the United States.

The 95-page instructional guide provides information about the module and includes twelve sections: NCSR Wetland Ecology and Management Series Introduction, Wetlands Management II– Compensatory Mitigation, Module Description, Objectives, General Lecture Outline, PowerPoint Presentation with Instructor Notes, Wetland Mitigation Laboratory, Resources, Video Resources, General and Comprehensive Resources, Details on Comprehensive Web Sites, and Sources for Digital Images.