- Hydric Soils & Wetland Delineation Workshop
Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 8:30am-5:30pm, Hosted by the Central Florida Association of Environmental Professionals, Sponsored by Mitigation Marketing
- Finding Genes That Fit
Desperate to break up the genetic monotony that cripples endangered species, researchers are outfitting populations with borrowed genes. The payoff is survival. The price is uniqueness. The Florida panther was in a desperate state. Its habitat was shrinking, and highway deaths were commonplace.
- Dennis Benbow Receives the Defenders of the Environment Award
On March 5, 2011, Dennis Benbow was awarded the Defenders of the Environment Award from Nature Wise in Orlando, Florida. He was one of the twelve recipients that were honored for the achievement of Environmental Protection, Defense, Advocacy and Education.
- Florida Forever May Lose Funding
Florida's land preservation efforts will grind to a halt if the governor gets his way during the Legislative session that begins today in Tallahassee. Rick Scott's budget would eliminate funding for Florida Forever, a program that preserves natural lands in the state.
- Bear Point Estuarine Mangrove Credits
Mitigation Marketing is now offering 5 state saltwater credits permitted under FDEP 175246-001 and 2 federal saltwater credits permitted under USACOE SAJ-1997-07812 for immediate reservation and sale. These credits will offset impacts in the Central Indian River Lagoon.
- SWFWMD: New Rule Makes Changes to ERP Manual Part B
The rule makes changes to the ERP Manual Part B. The rule relaxes the rule regarding a preference for on-site mitigation, and makes it easier to mitigate off-site or to use credits from a mitigation bank.
- Mitigation Banking in Central Florida: Lessons Learned and Future Trends
September 16, 2010, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Presented by the Central Florida Association of Environmental Professionals
- Updated Gopher Tortoise Guidelines Effective July 1, 2010
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has approved the June draft 2010 revisions to the Gopher Tortoise Permitting Guidelines.
- Natural Systems Relationship to Water Use Permitting: Past Wetland Harm
This is a forum to solicit ideas, concerns, and solutions from the public regarding the issue of "past wetland harm" as it relates to water use permitting.
- Lake Jesup Mitigation Now Available - Island Lake Mitigation Area
Nestled in southwest Seminole County, the Island Lake mitigation parcel is approximately 147 acres of mesic and hydric pine flatwoods, a broad freshwater marsh surrounding mixed wetland hardwood islands and shrub wetlands.
- Dennis Benbow: Working to Conserve Natural Florida, Florida Naturalist Winter 2009/2010
When he was growing up in the countryside near Fort Wayne, Indiana, Dennis Benbow was fascinated with the outdoors...
- Lake Swamp Mitigation Bank
Lake Swamp Mitigation Bank is located in Flagler County, Florida. The bank site is approximately 1,890 acres and is located within the Halifax River Drainage Basin.
- Use and Operation of Mitigation Banks Federal Register: November 28, 1995 (Volume 60, Number 228) Pages 58605-58614
This is the Department of Commerce's, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Federal Guidance for the Establishment, Use and Operation of Mitigation Banks.
- Audubon, Center for Birds of Prey 30th Anniversary Event
- New Federal Rule: Compensatory Mitigation Rule
- Brazilian peppers devour carbon dioxide, study finds
- Mitigation banker says thumbs down to "Paving Paradise" -- but includes backhanded compliment
- Be Green: Do Your Part
- Hammock Lake Mitigation Bank
- Mitigation Marketing article in NMBA NEWS
- Compensatory Mitigation Rules, Issued March 2008
- Summary of new Mitigation Regulations
- Wetlands Facts: Did You Know?
- Orlando Business Journal Article on Florida Mitigation Bank
- Click here for our 2006 Progress Report (PDF Format)
- Eagle Release at Florida Mitigation Bank
