2025 Compensatory Mitigation Webinar Series Recordings

Introduction

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Webinar 1: Compensatory Mitigation Overview and Regulatory Drivers

This webinar provides an overview of compensatory mitigation. Presenters discuss the history, authorities, regulations and policies that have helped shape compensatory mitigation in the United States. This webinar lays the foundation for all the other webinars in the series. It is recommended that participants attend or watch the recording of this webinar prior to attending or watching the recording of other webinars in the series.


Webinar 2: Setting the Stage for Success: Strategic Site Selection and Mitigation/Conservation Bank Instrument Development

This webinar provides an overview of regulatory guidance and best practices for selecting sites suitable for meeting mitigation requirements. Presenters review requirements for the content of mitigation and conservation bank instruments as well as review processes for these documents. This webinar investigates the roles and responsibilities of the various entities involved in the establishment and implementation of compensatory mitigation projects and the agencies’ roles as members of an Interagency Review Team or Mitigation Review Team. 

It is recommended that participants attend or watch the recording of Webinar 1 prior to attending this webinar.


Webinar 3: Setting the Stage for Success – Continued: Service Area Determination and Durable Site Protection Mechanisms 

This webinar will review the process and approaches for defining and managing the service area of a conservation bank, mitigation bank, or in-lieu fee program site. Instructors will also discuss requirements for site protection under different scenarios and the legal documents and mechanisms that can provide long-term protection of a conservation bank, mitigation bank, or other compensatory mitigation site.  

It is recommended that participants attend or watch the recording of Webinar 1 prior to attending this webinar. 


Webinar 4: Successful Project Management: Credit Determination, Performance Standards, Monitoring, and Credit Release

This webinar will review how the type and number of credits are determined for a bank and describe the role the ecological performance standards play in creating a successful compensatory mitigation project. Instructors will also describe credit release schedules and how they are related to administrative and performance standard requirements. For each topic, case studies ranging from the straight-forward to the complicated will be shared, along with lessons-learned and emerging trends from the field. Striking the balance between ecological and economic needs will be discussed from diverse perspectives.

It is recommended that participants attend or watch the recording of Webinar 1 prior to attending this webinar.


Webinar 5: Short-Term Financial Assurances and Tracking Mitigation Banks and In-Lieu Fee Programs

This webinar will discuss the options, regulatory requirements, and processes by which mitigation providers establish financial assurances for short-term risk reduction when implementing a compensatory mitigation project. There will also be an overview of RIBITS, the tool used to track mitigation and conservation banks, and in-lieu fee programs. 

It is recommended that participants attend or watch the recording of Webinar 1 prior to attending this webinar.