2025 Compensatory Mitigation Webinar Series Recordings

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Webinar 1: Compensatory Mitigation Overview and Regulatory Drivers

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.

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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Webinar 6: The Business of Compensatory Mitigation and Environmental Markets

This webinar will provide an overview of the business of compensatory mitigation. Presenters will also discuss environmental markets and describe the differences between regulated and voluntary markets. 

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

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Webinar 7: Long-Term Management, Stewardship and Compliance

This webinar will discuss the roles and responsibilities of the parties involved in developing and implementing management plans and the stewardship funding mechanisms needed to ensure continued mitigation compliance. Topics will include cost analysis of long-term management practices, adaptive management, and key needs of the third-party land steward to adequately fund management activities in perpetuity.  

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

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Webinar 8: In-Lieu Fee & Additional Methods of Compensatory Mitigation

This webinar will include an in-depth look at in-lieu fee mitigation programs and discuss how they are similar to and differ from mitigation and conservation banks. The session will look at examples of in-lieu fee programs from across the country and discuss key lessons learned. Instructors will also touch on other mitigation methods to address impacts to species and their habitats such as recovery crediting systems, habitat credit exchanges, pre-listing mitigation programs, and programmatic consultation approaches.

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