RNR 1001 Lecture : RNR Notes 105
Document Summary
Financial incentives to farmers to restore and protect wetlands (30-year or permanent easements), 50-75% cost share for restoration. Tax incentives for donations to qualified organizations (nature conservancy) Areas in cbr system are ineligible for federal flood insurance: wetland mitigation, reduce detrimental effects of wetland changes by replacing with a new wetland, restoring an old wetland, or preserving or enhancing an existing wetland. Typically a condition of the 404 permit. Case-by-case, where developer creates wetland as close as possible to lost system. Ineffective criteria for assessing success of created/restored wetland. Wetlands- what do we do: restoring or changing wetland hydrology, dam removal, filling ditches, pumping water in from other sources, including wells, creation of channels to increase water supply, restoring or changing wetland water quality. Identify causes of water quality impairment; upstream impacts may require bmps as well as cleanup: planting vegetated upland buffers, constructing upstream treatment pools, education of watershed residents, establishing or restoring the wetland plant community.
