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Restoration vs. Enhancement in Wetland Mitigation Banks

Wetland mitigation banks are often sited in areas that have been historically altered by significant anthropogenic activities. These areas, prior to man’s disturbances, were often natural wetland areas with significant ecological value and habitat for what are now threatened and/or … Continue reading

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PRESS RELEASE

Contact Tony Bianchini Open Door Media (609) 396-6620 tony@opendoormedianj.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WETLANDS CREDITS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE NEWLY APPROVED OXFORD MITIGATION BANK IN OXFORD, NJ Site will be stewarded by the New Jersey Audubon Society January 24, 2012 … Continue reading

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Oxford Mitigation Bank receives approval from NJDEP

The Oxford Western Wetland Mitigation Bank received its Individual Flood Hazard Area Permit and Freshwater Wetlands General Permit 16 from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection on December 16, 2011. These permits allow ERG to begin constructing a Wetland … Continue reading

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The Tennessee Pipeline Project and Environmental Balance

The Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) Company is a subsidiary of El Paso Corporation. TGP has proposed the development of a 40-mile natural gas pipeline to (FERC) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in order to provide sustainable power for energy consumers in … Continue reading

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Storing Flood Waters as part of a “National Natural Security” and “Green Infrastructure” System

While Hurricane Irene was less intense that originally predicted by meteorologists, it was not without significant local impacts. Indeed, there is still concern that Irene’s deluge will cause cresting rivers and failing dams in the Northeast even after the sun … Continue reading

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Tidal Wetlands: Restoration Through Mitigation Banking

Tidal wetlands line much of the salt water shore, bays, inlets, canals, and estuaries of our nation’s coastline. They are valued for marine food production, wildlife habitat, as well as flood, hurricane and storm control; recreation; cleansing of ecosystems; absorption … Continue reading

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The Environment and Sports – ERG’s Efforts for Sustainable Venues

ERG is perhaps best known for its work in environmental restoration, mitigation and environmental services. What you may not know is that we are also creating a sustainable, state of the art, sports-based training, research, performance, technology and sports science … Continue reading

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Conservation Banking – Providing Incentives in New Jersey

Currently, the State of New Jersey allows wetlands mitigation banking through permits and bank instruments issued by the NJ Department of Environmental Protection. Conservation banks are not presently permitted, although they should be. Conservation banks are market-based businesses that provide … Continue reading

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Mitigation for Ecosystem Damage Caused by Coal-Fired Power Plants

It is well documented that coal-fired power plants cause acid rain, which increases the acidity of freshwater lakes, ponds and streams, stressing freshwater ecosystems. It also reduces forest canopy cover and decreases the CO2–absorbing capabilities of plants. In northern New … Continue reading

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Linking Wetland Mitigation Banking with Environmental Cleanup

Wetland mitigation banks are wetlands streams, or other aquatic resource areas, that have been restored, established, enhanced, or (in certain circumstances) preserved for the purpose of providing compensation for unavoidable impacts to aquatic resources permitted under state or local wetland … Continue reading

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