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Caney Creek Mitigation Bank in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana Now Supplying Mitigation Credits

Resource Environmental Solutions, L.L.C. (RES), announces the approval by the New Orleans District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of a new wetland mitigation bank serving south-central Louisiana. The Caney Creek Mitigation Bank, located approximately 8 miles west of Mamou, Louisiana, will reestablish over 492 acres of bottomland hardwood and ...

Sep. 5, 2012

By Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

Survey asks Missourians to place dollar value on wetlands

The state of Missouri is asking for help from the public in placing a dollar value on any given acre of wetland by asking people to respond to an online questionnaire. Information from the anonymous survey will help the Department of Natural Resources develop economic tools to evaluate wetland compensation and the costs the public is willing to bear for wetland management and restoration. ...

Feb. 4, 2008

By Environment News Service (ENS)

Newfield Production agrees to resolve alleged wetlands violations at production sites in Uintah and Duchesne counties (Utah)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Denver, Colorado-based Newfield Production Company (Newfield) has agreed to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations and complete wetlands restoration and creation projects at production sites in Uintah and Duchesne counties in Utah’s Uinta Basin. The company will also pay a penalty of $175,000. Today’s settlement ...

Feb. 2, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Elam Construction, 4B land and livestock ordered to mitigate damage to Yampa River (Colo.) wetlands (CO)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a compliance order to Elam Construction and 4B Land & Livestock, LLC (owned by Scott and Sheila Brennise) for impacts to wetlands at a gravel mining site adjacent to the Yampa River near Craig, Colo. Elam Construction’s and 4B Land and Livestock’s actions were conducted without a required Clean Water Act permit from the ...

Oct. 6, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA changes to Kentucky coal mine permit protect water quality and the environment (KY)

Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a Clean Water Act (CWA) permit to Czar Coal Corporation for the Scaffold Lick Branch Coarse Refuse Storage Site project in eastern Kentucky. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Czar Coal Corporation resulted in significant protections against environmental impacts that are ...

Jul. 23, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Wetland Credits Available Now in Northwest Louisiana

MSUSA is pleased to announce the release of approximately 66 wetland mitigation credits from Bushneck Bayou Mitigation Bank in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Located in northwest Louisiana, with a service area that includes parts of DeSoto, Caddo, and Sabine Parishes, Bushneck Bayou is actually within the Ft. Worth United States Army Corps of Engineers District. The service area’s watersheds ...

Jan. 31, 2013

By Mitigation Solutions USA

EPA Awards $2.6 million to Protect Mid-Atlantic Region Wetlands. West Virginia is Among Six Projects to be Funded

EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin announced today at an event in Dover, Delaware, that EPA’s Mid Atlantic Region has awarded a total of $2,642,270 in Wetland Program Development Grants to six recipients. The West Virginia Department of Natural Resources (WVDNR) was one of the recipients and will receive $700,000 to develop a wetland functional assessment protocol for assessing ...

Oct. 2, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

New funds available to conserve natural resources in Maine

Nearly two million dollars to conserve some of Maine’s most vulnerable natural resources are ready and waiting. The Nature Conservancy is now seeking inquiries from entities capable of restoring, enhancing, preserving, or creating wetlands and other important habitats in Maine. The Conservancy administers the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program in collaboration with the Maine Department ...

Aug. 5, 2009

By The Nature Conservancy

Mobilizing Knowledge on the Soy Story at the Round Table on Responsible Soy

With the theme ‘Thinking Outside the Box’, the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Round Table (RT9) on Responsible Soy (RTRS) in Brazil from 7-8 May, aimed to capture ideas on how to introduce innovation to the world of responsible soy. Supporting this vibe, ProYungas and Wetlands International presented the Socio-Environmental Observatory on Soy (OSAS), the first database that ...

Jun. 5, 2014

By Wetlands International

Port of Tacoma settles with EPA, Department of Justice for damaging wetlands in violation of Clean Water Act

The Port of Tacoma and two contractors have agreed to pay a $500,000 penalty and restore wetland habitat at an estimated cost of over $3 million to compensate for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act that damaged valuable Puget Sound wetlands, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice. The proposed settlement has been filed with ...

Aug. 5, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA removes Morris County site from superfund national priorities; cleanup work complete

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has successfully completed cleanup work at the Asbestos Dump Superfund site in Long Hill Township and Harding Township, Morris County, New Jersey and has deleted the site from the National Priorities List of hazardous waste sites, commonly known as the Superfund list. After assessing monitoring data, EPA has determined that the primary contaminant ...

Aug. 3, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Increasing the impact of Wetland Solutions

Rotterdam, the Netherlands – To commemorate 60 years of Wetlands International and its predecessors on Monday 22 September Wetlands International co-hosted a global stakeholder forum at the World Trade Center Rotterdam, together with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment of the Netherlands. This was followed by an awards reception and a meeting of ...

Sep. 25, 2014

By Wetlands International

US to improve wetland mitigation with better monitoring

The US Army Corps of Engineers and US Environmental Protection Agency this week released a new rule to clarify how to provide compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts to the nation's wetlands and streams. The rule will enable the agencies to promote greater consistency, predictability and ecological success of mitigation projects under the Clean Water Act. 'This rule greatly improves ...

Mar. 31, 2008

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

New boost to Wetlands International European Programme

In September 2013, seven European organisations joined forces to create Wetlands International – European Association. This new element of the global Wetlands International network will focus on the development and implementation of EU policy, and on its effects and impacts on global wetlands. In February 2014 the Association was awarded an operating grant from the European Commission to ...

Mar. 17, 2014

By Wetlands International

Mitigation Solutions USA Now Has Wetland Credits for Sale in Alaska

Mitigation Solutions USA (MSUSA) is the exclusive broker of wetland credits for Pioneer Mitigation Bank, one of the first wetland mitigation banks in the 49th state. Credits are available for sale now. Pioneer is a Wasilla, Alaska, family-owned mitigation bank. The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)-Alaska District approved its mitigation banking instrument ...

Mar. 19, 2012

By Mitigation Solutions USA

EPA Settles Clean Water Act Case for Wetlands Violations in West Virginia

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has entered into a Clean Water Act (CWA) administrative consent agreement and final order (CAFO) with PDC Mountaineer, LLC (PDCM) to resolve violations involving construction activities at Marcellus Shale gas extraction facilities in northern West Virginia. The settlement requires PDCM to pay a penalty of $177,500. Also, the ...

Nov. 29, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Partnering for Sustainable Business

Most companies have a multi-facetted interaction with wetlands: On the one hand they rely on wetlands and the services they provide, above all water security. On the other hand they have an impact on wetlands, e.g. through water use or land-use change. Wetlands regulate water quantity and quality, thus creating the conditions for economic activity and for life in general. Besides water, wetlands ...

Sep. 18, 2014

By Wetlands International

Highway Construction Company agrees to pay $60,000 civil penalty for impacting stream, Wetlands in Clarke County, Iowa (IA)

A private construction company hired by the Iowa Department of Transportation to work on a section of Interstate 35 in Clarke County, Iowa, has agreed to pay a $60,000 civil penalty to the United States for performing unpermitted fill activities that impacted a section of a nearby stream and three acres of adjacent wetlands. Manatt’s, Inc., of Brooklyn, Iowa, did not have a permit from the ...

Jan. 4, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Wetlands International Celebrates 60 year Anniversary

On 21 – 23 September 2014, Wetlands International will celebrate its work and achievements over the past 60 years in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. A ‘Wetland Solutions for water, people and nature’ event will exchange ideas on how to increase the impact of wetland solutions. This will be followed by a meeting of the Member Delegates and Board of Association. To help commemorate ...

Sep. 19, 2014

By Wetlands International

DEP Fines Chesapeake Appalachia $565,000 for Multiple Violations

The Department of Environmental Protection has fined Chesapeake Appalachia LLC a total of $565,000 in civil penalties and reimbursement costs for erosion and sediment control violations, wetland encroachment violations and an April 2011 well control incident. "The governor and I expect the highest standards to be met and when they are not, we take strong enforcement action," DEP Secretary Mike ...

Feb. 9, 2012

By Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

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