This page provides links to information relating to Federal and State mitigation guidance, monitoring, mitigation banking, and in-lieu fee programs.

Corps Mitigation Rule

• Compensatory Mitigation for Losses of Aquatic Resources, Final Rule (Federal Register, 04/10/08)
• Corps Headquarters Final Compensatory Mitigation Rule information  
• Explanation of Watershed Approach 
• Flexibility and Clarifications Provided in the Preamble to the Mitigation Rule Article    
• Mitigation Plan Requirements Handout

Site Protection Instruments

Kentucky

• Conservation Easement Multiple Owner Template 05 MAY 2023 version
• Conservation Easement Single Owner Template 05 MAY 2023 version
• Deed Restriction Single Owner Template 05 MAY 2023 version
• Deed Restriction Single Owner Sponsor Template 05 MAY 2023 version

Financial Assurance Info

• Implementing Financial Assurance for Mitigation Project Success (March 2016)

Mitigation Monitoring Information

• RGL 08-03 Mitigation Monitoring Requirements (10/08/08)
• US EPA Monitoring & Assessments Website

Protocols & Assessments - Streams

• HGM Functional Capacity Index (FCI) Calculator 
• HGM Workshop Presentation (5.16 MB)
• Operational Draft Regional Guidebook for the Functional Assessment of High-gradient Ephemeral and Intermittent Headwater Streams in Western West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky (July 2010)
• U.S. EPA Fundamentals of the Rosgen Stream Classification System
• U.S. EPA Rapid Bioassessment Protocol (RBP) for Streams and Wadeable Rivers

Protocols & Assessments - Wetlands

• A Hydrogeomorphic Classification for Wetlands, Wetlands Research Program Technical Report WRP-DE-4 (5.94 MB) (October 1993)
• A Regional Guidebook for Assessing the Functions of Low Gradient, Riverine Wetlands in Western Kentucky, Technical Report WRP-DE-17  (May 1999) 
• Corps Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) Approach for Assessing Wetland Functions
• Floristic Quality Assessment in Indiana, June 2004 (357 KB)

Q & A

• Corps Headquarters Final Mitigation Rule
• Louisville District Final Mitigation Rule FAQ's (June 2008)

Restoration Information

• NRCS Stream Restoration Website
• Stream Corridor Restoration Handbook - Federal Interagency Source 
• US EPA River Corridor & Wetland Restoration Website 

State Information

• Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources Wetland and Stream Mitigation Program
• Ohio Mitigation Guidelines Checklist
• State of Indiana (IDEM) Minimum Success Criteria for Wetland Mitigation 

Useful Information

• 1990 Mitigation MOA with the U.S. EPA
• Corps Compensatory Mitigation Rule Pamphlet
• 2008 Compensatory Mitigation Regulations
• The Mitigation Rule Retrospective: A Review of the 2008 Regulations (Oct 2015)        
• National Wetlands Mitigation Action Plan (12/24/02) 
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Invasive Species Policy (06/02/2009)
• US EPA Compensatory Mitigation Information