Ducks Unlimited provides trusted wetland mitigation services across the Great Lakes Atlantic Region, helping landowners, developers, and agencies meet federal and state permitting requirements while protecting the region’s vital wetlands. From mitigation banking to in-lieu fee programs, our work keeps projects compliant and communities resilient.
Ducks Unlimited provides trusted wetland mitigation services throughout the Great Lakes Atlantic Region, helping landowners, developers, and agencies meet federal and state permitting requirements. Our team delivers mitigation banking, in-lieu fee programs, and permittee-responsible solutions in priority states across the Atlantic Flyway, including Michigan, New York, and Vermont.
DU’s mitigation banks help restore critical wetlands, ensuring compliance and supporting waterfowl habitat.
Our expanding In-Lieu Fee Program offsets impacts from renewable energy development and other infrastructure in priority watersheds.
The Vermont ILF Program protects and restores significant wetlands throughout the state, and with notable examples in the Lake Champlain Basin.
Working with Ducks Unlimited means more than just meeting requirements — it means delivering meaningful results for your project and the region’s iconic wetlands. Benefits include:
Since 1937, Ducks Unlimited has been the trusted conservation partner for restoring and protecting wetlands and associated habitats. In the Great Lakes Atlantic Region, DU applies a science-based approach to deliver turnkey mitigation solutions that span all types of wetlands, streams, riparian buffers, and upland habitats.
Decades of successful wetland restoration in the Great Lakes and Atlantic watersheds.
Established working relationships with state regulators like Michigan EGLE and VT DEC, ORES.
Local success stories, such as expanding mitigation banks near the Shiawassee River and new more than a dozen ILF projects in New York and Vermont.
Development of the Long Island ILF Program to provide credits in the most complex regulatory landscapes.
Ready to secure credits or talk through your mitigation project in the Great Lakes Atlantic Region? Reach out to our regional lead:
Patrick A. Raney, Ph.D. | praney@ducks.org | 315-708-9614
Project sponsors can confirm credit availability during early permitting phases. Options may be available to ensure availability and price stability.
Yes, our team works directly with agencies like Michigan EGLE and Vermont DEC, and New York’s Office of Renewable Energy and Siting (ORES) to help secure approvals and keep projects compliant.
Contact DU’s local mitigation team to review your site details and determine applicable credit options.
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