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Completed Projects: Enhancement of Virginia's Nontidal Wetlands Regulatory Program
PI: Hershner
Funding Agency: Virginia CRMP/NOAA
Period: 10/1/01– 9/30/02
This project involved development of two protocols for the new nonitdal wetlands management program. The first is a method for assessing compensatory mitigation efforts for unavoidable wetland losses. The assessment is used to evaluate the replacement ratios used for general permits, providing and adaptive management approach to revision of the ratios at each 5 year renewal of the general permits. The second protocol is an assessment and analysis approach to enable regulators to conduct cumulative impact assessments associated with permits for wetland impacts. The protocol is based on a GIS analysis of existing distributions of the wetland resources by watersheds.
Enhancement of Virginias Nontidal Wetlands Regulatory Program II
PI: Hershner
Funding Agency: Virginia CRMP/NOAA
Period: 10/1/02– 9/30/03
Amount: $90,500
This project conducts the initial testing and implementation of the two protocols developed in the preceding project. The objective is to refine the protocols and ensure that they are useful for the regulatory program.
Enhancement of Virginia's Nontidal Wetlands Regulatory Program III
PI: Hershner
Funding Agency: Virginia CRMP/NOAA
Period: 10/1/03 – 9/30/04
Amount: $50,000
This project concludes the work on developing protocols for the nontidal wetlands program, by revising the protocols based on preliminary tests, and working with the Department of Environmental Quality staff to move the protocols into regular implementation. |
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