John Paul Woodley, former Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) talks about the goals and the intent of the 2008 Final Mitigation Rule (The Rule) with National Environmental Banking Association (NEBA) Chairwoman Donna Collier in this just released interview.
As the man who enacted The Rule on behalf of the Agency, this enlightening talk explores Inter-Agency Review Teams (IRTs), the Mitigation Hierarchy and other topics. "I consider the hierarchy to be the heart and soul of the Mitigation Rule" he says. "That's because the hierarchy is meant to foster the use of mitigation banks."
Learn from the uncontested subject matter expert in this 30-minute YouTube presentation as Woodley responds to questions from practitioners, regulators and other stakeholders moderated by NEBA Board Member Michael Sprague.
If you work in mitigation banking, ecological restoration, or ecosystem markets, there’s one event you can’t afford to miss this fall: 2026 NEBA Annual DC Fly-In September 15–17 in Washington, DC Hosted by the National Environmental Banking Association (NEBA), this annual event brings industry leaders face-to-face with federal policymakers to influence environmental legislation and regulation that
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