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Bald cypress trees along the Upper Blackwater River

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Trust Fund in Brief

The Trust Fund program provides a form of compensatory mitigation referred to as In-Lieu-Fee for wetland and stream impacts associated with Section 404 and 401/Virginia Water Protection permits issued by the Corps and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). 

The Trust Fund provides the option for a permit applicant to address compensatory mitigation requirements through contributing funds in lieu of completing their own mitigation projects for permitted stream and wetland impacts. 

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    Through the end of 2006    , the Corps has authorized over $17 million for the Conservancy to pursue 65 mitigation projects.  These projects attempt to achieve the overall programmatic goal of water quality improvement through the creation, restoration, and enhancement of wetlands and streams and through the restoration and enhancement of the surrounding upland buffers.  The Trust Fund also achieves the preservation of highly functional wetlands, stream and buffer areas which add to water quality protection and improvement.

    The Trust Fund received funding approvals for the following mitigation activities.  Details of these projects are included in the annual report prepared for 2006.

    • Non-tidal wetlands – 455 acres of restoration, 2,990 acres of preservation
    • Tidal wetlands – 115 acres of preservation, Phragmites eradication, oyster reef restoration, submerged aquatic vegetation restoration
    • Stream channel restoration and enhancement activities along 20,960 linear feet (lf)
    • Riparian buffer planting along 9,700 lf
    • Livestock exclusion along 23,400 lf 
    • Stream and riparian buffer preservation along 386,600 lf
    • Upland buffer restoration and preservation of 960 acres
    • Establishment of four state Natural Area Preserves and two state Wildlife Management Areas
    • Restored streams within two city parks  
       

    Read More: Who Approves Trust Fund Projects? >>

     

     

     

    Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Bog turtle © George C. Gress/TNC; Bald cypress trees along the Upper Blackwater River © Daniel White/TNC.