Wetland Mitigation Assessment
Land development projects that will directly result in wetland impacts, A wetland functional assessment will required by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and individual state agencies to determine the operative loss of the wetlands impacted and the compensatory mitigation that will be required to offset the net loss. Our ecologist stays current on existing and developing wetland assessments including the Hydrogeomorphic Approach (HGM), Florida’s Uniform Mitigation Assessment Methodology (UMAM), the Wetland Rapid Assessment Method (WRAM).
Each individual methodology evaluates wetlands based on criteria which include geographic location, landscape support, upland buffers, vegetation, hydrology and wildlife utilization.