January 2007
by Aaron Hoover
For coastal developers, the preservation of wetlands often seems like a hindrance to growth. But advances in the science of wetlands restoration and new environmental policy just may be able to find some common ground. Aaron Hoover looks at the issue of "compensatory mitigation" and the policy of "wetlands banking," as well as what it takes to make wetlands restoration a success.
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Wetlands Done Right For coastal developers, wetlands often seem like a hindrance to growth. But science and new environmental policy seek to make room for both. Aaron Hoover When it comes to balancing preservation of wetlands with vibrant coastal growth, Section 404 of the Clean Water Act seems promising: Developers who destroy wetlands can compensate by creating or restoring them somewhere else. In practice, however, the policy has some serious shortcomings. Proposed new regulations hope to amend those, and in the meantime, the science of wetlands restoration has made strong advances. In the long run, the chance of new or
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