Mitigation
SAWC provides Mitigation Services to SE Communities
These services include:
- Trainings and information on Wetland Mitigation, including:
- The Federal Rule on Compensatory Mitigation
- Community-based Wetland and Watershed Planning to prioritize mitigation program
- Developing third-party mitigation programs
- Contractual Services for Guidance on:
- wetland functional assessments and developing mitigation programs that meet the requirements of the Federal Rule
- Policy Development:
- Working with federal and state agencies to develop guidances on the Federal Rule that respond to uniques characteristics of SE Alaska’s landscape and communities.
- Exploring partnerships to develop and carry-out mitigation projects
- Developing a third-party mitigation program to service SE Alaska communities
The EPA defines mitigation as the: action taken to replace aquatic resources that have been lost due to permitted, authorized and unavoidable impacts.
SAWC and the community-based watershed groups we work with best describe Mitigation as- the projects that we develop and carry-out in our communities that respond to the impacts to our watershed from historic and current human development activities.
These projects include:
- restoring
- enhancing
- creating
- stewarding
The purpose of these community initiated projects -that focus on improving the watersheds we live, work and play in -are to improve the health of our communities and local economies.
More info then you probably need – The Webster Dictionary defines to mitigate as: to soften, to cause to become less harsh or hostile, to make less severe or painful
