This funding opportunity will provide support to develop a wetland credit-debit methodology for the Wetland Ecosystem Services Protocol for Interior Alaska (WESPAK-INT).

The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) uses wetland credits and debits when considering compensatory mitigation for unavoidable

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wetland losses caused by projects in wetlands, and for the credits generated by wetland mitigation banks and in-lieu fee programs.

Compensatory wetland mitigation is poorly developed in Alaska ¿ putting the Service at a disadvantage when making wetland mitigation recommendations.

The proposed credit-debit methodology, developed with input from stakeholders and the Corps, will substantially improve the wetland mitigation process for Interior Alaska.