Emerging Issues in Wetland Loss Mitigation: A Policy Analysis in the Tar-Pamlico Basin
Ecological functions of wetlands and streams provide valuable services to humansocieties, but conflicting societal objectives at times place greater value on conversionor destruction than on preservation of wetlands. Therefore, it is imperative thatregulatory structures provide a system for environmental decision makers to weighavailable science, stakeholder input, and economic factors in determining how tominimize and mitigate loss of these resources. This study utilized an environmentalpolicy analysis framework to evaluate the success of North Carolina’s wetlandmanagement system in achieving these goals, and to locate programmatic componentsfor which performance could be improved. Comparison with past analyses revealedthat the state’s newest mitigation mechanism, the Ecosystem Enhancement Program,demonstrated high-level or enhanced performance over its first two years of operation inefficiency, the ability to incorporate scientific advancements, transparency, andwatershed planning. Areas for continued improvement were identified as incorporatinga functional assessment methodology into wetland evaluation for determining mitigationrequirements and evaluating mitigation success, increasing the length of monitoring forrestored and created wetland and stream projects, enhancing data availability andclarity, and applying a watershed approach in directing development toward areas ofleast environmental damage.
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2006
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Authors: | Hill, Tamara |
Other Persons: | Pahl, James (contributor) |
Subject: | Wetlands | Ecology | Ecosystem Enhancement Program | Environment |
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