Mitigation Action Plan - Stream Mitigation Compendium

Stream Mitigation Compendium

As part of the implementation of the National Mitigation Action Plan, the Federal Interagency Mitigation Workgroup is pleased to release a technical resource document to assist with stream mitigation entitled:

Physical Stream Assessment:
A Review of Selected Protocols for use in the Clean Water Act
(CWA) Section 404 Program (Stream Mitigation Compendium).

As noted in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Guidance Letter 02-2, authorized impacts to streams require appropriate and practicable compensatory mitigation to replace lost or degraded stream functions. In support of RGL 02-2, the Stream Mitigation Compendium is intended as a reference that can be consulted by regulatory agencies, resource managers, and restoration ecologists in order to select, adapt, or devise stream assessment methods appropriate for impact assessment and mitigation of fluvial resources in the CWA Section 404 Program.