On-site vs Off-site Mitigation
In the past, the Corps of Engineers
and EPA have steered applicants toward on-site mitigation
where it was deemed feasible. Though the notion of mitigation
at the point of impact seems sound, this preference
is changing toward offsite mitigation as large offsite
mitigation banks reveal themselves to be more effective
solutions.
Large, professionally-managed tracts
of land provide greater lift and better reporting with
less involvement by agency staff. Larger mitigation
sites make better habitats for many animal species.
The money invested in the operation of a large ecosystem
within a watershed can play an effective role in watershed
restoration.
Robinsong created such a centralized ecosystem in the
Flint Creek Wetlands Mitigation
Bank near Hartselle, Alabama. The bank, now sold
out of available credits, now
provides a measureable ecological lift to the area.
Review major
Robinsong projects.
Read more about the differences between
on-site and off-site mitigation here.
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Below: Cynthia Robinson has
created and managed numerous mitigation projects.
Here she is overseeing the five-year monitoring
process at Flint Creek Wetlands
Mitigation Bank, an off-site mitigation initiative
founded by Robinsong in 1998.
One of her on-site migation
projects, for the AMOCO Chemical Corporation,
Decatur, Alabama included the design and implementation
of a 400+ acre wildlife habitat on the company’s
Tennessee River site.
The Wildlife Habitat Council, Washington, DC.
Awarded the project The National Corporate Wildlife
Habitat of the Year Award in 1999.
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