Compensating for Wetland Losses Under the Clean Water Act

by National Research Council, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies

Book Overview

Recognizing the importance of wetland protection, the Bush administration in 1988 endorsed the goal of "no net loss" of wetlands. Specifically, it directed that filling of wetlands should be avoided, and minimized when it cannot be avoided. When filling is permitted, compensatory mitigation must be undertaken; that is, wetlands must be restored, created, enhanced, and, in exceptional cases, preserved, to replace the permitted loss of wetland area...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309074320
• ISBN13: 9780309074322
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"