Wetland compensatory mitigation is a system overseen by the
Wisconsin DNR and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that allows for authorized
permittees to purchase wetland compensatory mitigation credits from another
entity in an effort to offset the unavoidable adverse impacts of the permitted
activity. In-Lieu Fee mitigation banking
is one form of compensatory wetland mitigation.
In Wisconsin, the DNR-run In-Lieu Fee program is titled the Wisconsin
Wetland Conservation Trust (WWCT).
Wetland compensatory mitigation is a system overseen by the Wisconsin
DNR and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that allows for authorized permittees
to purchase wetland compensatory mitigation credits from another entity in an
effort to offset the unavoidable adverse impacts of the permitted
activity. Private mitigation banking is
one form of compensatory wetland mitigation.
Credit fees are used to restore, establish, enhance, or preserve
wetlands within the same watershed as the impact. The WWCT operates in 12 Service
Areas, or major watersheds, across Wisconsin. Fees from several scattered
wetland impacts are used for wetland restoration projects to provide for lost
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