On Tuesday, April 11, NEBA Board Member Michael Sprague led a meeting with high-ranking officials from the office of Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke in Washington, D.C. The 45-minute meeting was extremely productive and included discussions of the importance of high mitigation standards and the need for a level playing field for species bankers and others committing private investment for conservation.
Sprague shared the latest NEBA whitepaper
with the DOI officials, discussing specific challenges for bankers with programs that may not offer real durability or equivalency in their mitigation efforts.
The NEBA Board of Directors has begun work on a new whitepaper in response to suggestions from Interior and intends to hold follow-up meetings with the Department over the next several months.
The National Environmental Banking Association (NEBA) stands as the leading national voice for the environmental and mitigation banking industry in the United States. Formed to represent professionals and companies engaged in mitigation, conservation, and environmental credit markets, NEBA advocates for market-based solutions that deliver measurable, science-driven ecological outcomes. At its core, NEBA supports the principle that
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The National Environmental Banking Association (NEBA) recently submitted formal comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the proposed update to the definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS). These comments reflect NEBA’s continued commitment to regulatory clarity, consistency, and workable implementation for mitigation bankers, landowners, and project sponsors nationwide. In its submission, NEBA raised
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