| Tuesday, May 13, 2008 |
| FLORIDA HOSTS THE 2008 NATIONAL MITIGATION & ECOSYSTEM BANKING CONFERENCE |
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| The 11th annual and newly named National Mitigation & Ecosystem Banking Conference was held last week in Jacksonville, Florida. The Wetlandsbank Group was prominently featured among the sponsors of th... |
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| Thursday, April 10, 2008 |
| THE WETLANDSBANK GROUP WELCOMES THE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE OF THE ARMED FORCES |
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| On April 9th, 2008 The Wetlandsbank Group hosted a seminar on mitigation banking for an environmental class from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces visiting one of the nations most recognized ... |
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| Tuesday, April 01, 2008 |
| EPA AND ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS RELEASE NEW RULES ON COMPENSATORY MITIGATION |
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| The US Army Corps of Engineers and the EPA released a new rule which more clearly defines the agencies' policies on compensatory mitigation. Included in the new rule is a preference of mitigation ban... |
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| Friday, January 25, 2008 |
| TWG EXPANDS INTO MISSISSIPPI |
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| The Wetlandsbank Group is pleased to announce its newest mitigation venture, Delta Mitigation Bank. ... |
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| Friday, December 07, 2007 |
| CORPS CHANGES ITS EVERGLADES RESTORATION STRATEGY |
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| The Corps is changing their strategy for the implementation of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP).... |
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| Friday, November 16, 2007 |
| ENDANGERED SPECIES RECOVERY CREDITING SYSTEM PROPOSED BY USFWS |
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| The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed implementation of a mitigation crediting system for the recovery of endangered species. ... |
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| Thursday, November 15, 2007 |
| ELI RELEASES NEW REPORT ON MITIGATION |
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| Once again the Environmental Law Institute has provided invaluable data and insight on mitigation through one of their reports.... |
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| Monday, November 12, 2007 |
| HOUSE AND SENATE OVERRIDE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF WRDA |
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| On November 8, of 2007 the United States Senate overturned the Veto by president Bush to deny funding of the Water Resources Development Act. The Senate vote was 70-14 in favor of the bill. The U.S.... |
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| Wednesday, October 24, 2007 |
| NMBA WARNS CORPS AND EPA |
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| NMBA sends Notice Letter warning Corps and EPA that they have failed to meet legal deadline for issuing final mitigation regulations... |
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| Monday, October 08, 2007 |
| SFWMD INCREASING PROTECTION OF COASTAL LANDS |
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| The South Florida Water Management District stated in a new directive that it would be increasing protection of 6,400 acres of coastal wetlands which are deemed critical to the Everglades restoration ... |
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| Friday, October 05, 2007 |
| SFWMD RELEASES ONE EXOTIC SPECIES TO CONTROL ANOTHER |
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| Scientists from the University of Florida and the South Florida Water Management District will release dozens of Lixadmontia franki flies as part of a continuing study of their effectiveness at contro... |
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| Monday, October 01, 2007 |
| NWFWMD NEWS |
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| The Northwest Florida Water Management District’s new ERP process goes into effect. ... |
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| Monday, October 01, 2007 |
| SJRWMD RELEASES NEW WEBSITE |
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| October marks the debut of the SJRWMD's new website.
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| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 |
| WOOD STORK RECOMENDED FOR STATUS CHANGE |
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| US Fish and Wildlife Service recomends removing the Wood Stork from the Endangered Species List.... |
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| Friday, August 24, 2007 |
| WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT UPDATE |
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| Water Resources Development Act approved by Senate.
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| Wednesday, July 25, 2007 |
| EVERGLADES REMOVED FROM U.N. ENDANGERED LIST |
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| The U.N. World Heritage Committee removes the Everglades National Park from its list of endangered sites against recommendations from the National Park Service's own report which stated that restorati... |
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| Friday, June 30, 2006 |
| REVISIONS TO REGULATIONS |
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| On March 27, 2006, EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) announced proposed revisions to regulations governing compensatory mitigation for authorized impacts to wetlands, streams, and o... |
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| Thursday, June 29, 2006 |
| AUDUBON TO BE LONG TERM MANAGERS OF PANTHER ISLAND |
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| Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary has signed an agreement that will expand its boundaries by thousands of acres by 2010. The Panther Island Mitigation Bank has already transferred 1,884 acres to the sanctuar... |
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| Wednesday, June 21, 2006 |
| THE COURT'S DECISION |
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| The U.S. Supreme Court rules that regulators may have misinterpreted the federal Clean Water Act when they refused to allow two Michigan property owners to build on wetlands they own. The 5-4 split de... |
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