Vermont Mitigation Programs

Our restoration projects are often focused on landscapes adjacent to significant aquatic resources, such that DU often protects important aquatic resources and performs restorations nearby significant resources. This 80-acre wetland was protected as part of a mitigation project in Vermont. Restoration will occur in nearby fields.

The Ducks Unlimited Vermont In-Lieu Fee Program services all of Vermont and extends into New York State’s Lake Champlain Watershed. By purchasing mitigation offsets from the ILF program, permitees transfer their mitigation requirements to DU. By working with DU to satisfy your mitigation obligations, you are streamlining your obligations, often at a costs savings over permitee responsible mitigation. 

Qualifications of Sponsor

Ducks Unlimited (DU) stands apart from other mitigation providers through our unmatched expertise in wetland restoration, deep-rooted partnerships with regulatory agencies and landowners, and a legacy of conservation success. As the world’s largest organization dedicated to wetland conservation, DU has protected and restored tens of millions of acres since our founding in 1937. 

We bring this legacy to the mitigation space to accelerate the pace and scale of conservation, ensuring that wetlands and waterfowl habitat quality improves over time while helping Permittees meet regulatory requirements efficiently and effectively.

Credit Applicability

Section 404 permits, damages, NEPA no-net loss requirements, swamp-buster, and certain state issued permitting mechanisms can use the program.

 

Credit Purchase Steps:

  1. Applicant confirms credit availability and submits a permit application to the Corps/Agencies requesting approval for use of ILF credits.
  2. The Corps/Agencies review the project to determine if a permit will be issued and calculates credit requirements.
  3. Upon approval, the applicant or Corps/Agencies provide DU with all permit details prior to a credit sale.
  4. The applicant purchases credit(s) and transfers funds to the DU-VT-ILF program.
  5. DU submits a credit sale letter to the Corps/Agencies recording the transaction.

 

For more information contact:

Mary Beth Poli, PWS 
Mitigation Program Coordinator
Mobile: 802-855-4827
mpoli@ducks.org

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