This webinar will introduce two of the more common methods for instituting compensatory mitigation: mitigation banks and in lieu fee programs. Speakers will provide backgrounds on how each of these mechanisms work and provide case studies under which these programs have been used to conserve wildlife affected by wind energy development.
Moderator: Cris Hein, NREL
Speakers:
- Nick Morgan (The Conservation Fund)
- Stephanie Tom Coupe (National Fish and Wildlife Foundation)
- Wayne Walker (Common Ground Capitol)
- Josiah Maine (Burns & MacDonnell)