The National Environmental Banking Association and EcoBlu Analyst™ has data on the U.S. Mitigation and Conservation Banking industry.
This GIS layer is intended for those seeking environmental offsets for projects with unavoidable impacts to streams, wetlands, and species habitats. It enables engineers, architects, land planners, governments, and others improved decision-making for sustainable planning and site design.
This collection of geographic information and associated maps, apps, and data layers are additional resources for ArcGIS users to understand mitigation within their project and regional context, and it is made available by the industry association NEBA to further the goal of no net loss of wetlands.
A newly released Government Accountability Office (GAO) report is shining a spotlight on a concern many in the mitigation banking industry have raised for years: inconsistent implementation of the federal compensatory mitigation program across U.S. Army Corps of Engineers districts. Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, the Corps requires compensatory mitigation when permitted
Read MoreFor too long, environmental policy debates have been framed around a false and unproductive premise: that economic growth and environmental protection are inherently at odds. This mindset is not only outdated—it is actively harmful to both outcomes. Mitigation banking offers a clear path forward. By design, it aligns economic incentives with ecological restoration, proving that well-functioning
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