ELI is a leader in research and capacity building in the area of in-lieu fee mitigation. This page contains resources from past ELI reports, webinars, and workshops on in-lieu fee mitigation. Check back for updates on upcoming webinars and reports. Click here to return to the Wetland's Program homepage.
Reports:
Improving In-Lieu Fee Program Implementation Guides In 2021, ELI developed a series of comprehensive guides on the most challenging components of ILF program implementation that we identified through extensive research and interviews with operating ILF programs.
Improving In-Lieu Fee Program Implementation: Full Cost Accounting Improving In-Lieu Fee Program Implementation: Long-Term Management of Mitigation Sites Improving In-Lieu Fee Program Implementation: Programmatic Audits Improving In-Lieu Fee Program Implementation: Project Approval and the Three-Year Growing Season
In-Lieu Fee Mitigation: Review of Program Instruments and Implementation Across the CountryIn 2019, ELI published a report outlining the range of practice in ILF mitigation and describing innovative approaches across the country. Download report here.
In-Lieu Fee Mitigation: Model Instrument Language and ResourcesIn 2009, ELI developed model language that could be incorporated into in-lieu fee program instruments being established by state agencies and nonprofit organizations. Download report here.
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Webinars:2015-2016 In-Lieu Fee Mitigation Training Webinar Series
Click for the list of 2015-2016 webinars. 2013-2014 In-Lieu Fee Mitigation Training Webinar Series
Click for the list of 2013-2014 webinars.
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Workshops:In-Lieu Fee Mitigation Workshop (May 9, 2017) ELI co-hosted an ILF workshop with The Nature Conservancy at the 2017 National Mitigation and Ecosystem Banking Conference. In-Lieu Fee Mitigation Workshop (July 13-14, 2016)
ELI hosted a two-day ILF workshop in West St. Paul, MN.
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Other Resources:
Background Documents
- EPA Final Mitigation Rule 2008
- The Mitigation Rule Retrospective: A Review of the 2008 Regulations Governing Compensatory Mitigation for Losses of Aquatic Resources
- In-Lieu Fee Mitigation: Model Instrument Language and Resources
- Establishing In-Lieu Fee Mitigation Programs: Identifying Opportunities and Overcoming Challenges
- FWS Proposed Mitigation Policy March 2016
- Resource List (2016 Interagency Review Teams Course)
Financial Assurances
Examples of Program Instruments
- King County Mitigation Reserves Program In Lieu Fee Program Instrument
- King County Mitigation Reserves Program
- Exhibit 11 Part 1 Credit Pricing
- Maine NRCP ILF Program Instrument
- Maine NRCP ILF Fact Sheet 2015
- Maine NRCP Long-Term Management Plan Template
- Maine NRCP Public Notice 2014
- Maine NRCP Annual Report 2014
- Maine NRCP Request for Letters of Intent 2015
- NFWF Sacramento District California In-Lieu Fee Enabling Instrument
- NFWF Exhibit A - ILF Program Area
- NFWF Exhibit B - Service Areas
- NFWF Exhibit C - Credit Establishment and Tracking
- NFWF Exhibit D - Compensation Planning Framework
- NFWF Exhibit E - ILF Project Development Process
- NFWF Exhibit F - Program Account
- NFWF Figure 1 - Process for ILF Development
- NFWF Figure 2 - Project Evaluation Criteria
- New Hampshire ARM ILF Instrument 2012
- New Hampshire Aquatic Resource Mitigation Fund Calculator 2014
- New Hampshire ARM ILF Public Notice August 2014
- Oregon DSL Statewide Fee-in-Lieu Instrument 2009
- Oregon Department of State Lands Payment Calculator for Mitigation 2014-2015
- Oregon Final DSL Instrument Modification Exhibits
- Oregon DSL ILF Credit Request Form
- Pierce County ILF Instrument
- Pierce County Exhibit 1 - PCILF Service Areas
- Pierce County (Washington) Exhibit 6 - Credit Pricing Analysis
- Pierce County Exhibit 7 - Credit Debit Ledger
- Pierce County Exhibit 8 - Fee Ledger
- Pierce County Exhibit 9 - Credit Fulfillment Checklist
- Pierce County Exhibit 11 - Statement of Sale
- Pierce County Exhibit 12 - Spending Agreement
- Pierce County Exhibit 13 - Reports and Planning References
- Pierce County Exhibit 14 - ILF Use Guidance
- Pierce County ILF Appendices
- Riverside Corona ILF Instrument
- Riverside Corona Compensation Planning Framework
Letters of Permission for Projects in Kentucky (Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, and Huntington Districts)
- Final Public Notice for Letter of Permission
- LOP Implementation Process
- Concept Plan Checklist
- Early Coordination Checklist
- Notification of 15 Day Early Coordination Period Email
- Forward Early Coordination Agency Comments
- Complete Application Checklist
- Intent to Use LOP & Initiation IRT Consultation Email
- Mitigation LOP Public Notice
- Intent to Approve Instrument Modification Email
- Modification Approval Email
- Statement of Findings
- Modification Approval and Authorization
- General Conditions
- ILF Fee Program Information
Long-Term Management
- California LTM Funding Recipient Agreement
- EPA Land Management Cost Case Studies
- Gary (2007) Charities, Endowments, and Donor Intent: The Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act
- NFWF Impact-Directed Environmental Accounts: Long-Term Land Management and Maintenance Funds
- NFWF Investment Policy for Cash Management
- National Wetland Mitigation Banking Study
- Principles of Endowment Management
- The Demise of the Environmental Trust
- Perpetual Stewardship Considerations for Compensatory Mitigation and Mitigation Banks
- Sample of Investment Policy Statement
Templates
