Executive Order Environmental Stewardship and Transportation Infrastructure Project Reviews Environmental Stewardship and Transportation Infrastructure Project Reviews “…identify and promote policies that can effectively streamline the process required to provide approvals for transportation infrastructure projects, in compliance with applicable law, while maintaining safety, public health, and environmental protection.”

Comparing Plans Use Land Use System Use Land Use System Transportation System Transportation System Water Resources System Water Resources System Other Natural, Cultural Resource Systems Other Natural, Cultural Resource Systems land development proposal land development proposal road improvement proposal road improvement proposal wetlands identification wetlands identification habitat or historic places to preserve habitat or historic places to preserve

Plans and Inventories What are the other plans or inventories that need to be considered? Multi-SpeciesHabitatConservationPlans WildlifeActionPlans Special Area ManagementPlans HistoricResourceInventories WatershedPlans GreenInfrastructurePlanning Land Use Plans NaturalHeritageDatabases TransportationPlan

Mitigation: Background Mitigation helps ensure that ecosystems, habitats, and species populations remain sustainable and productive over time. Ecosystem definition: humans too

Habitat Fragmentation Predator – Prey Imbalances Issues/Stressors

Habitat Destruction Invasive Plant and Animal Species Invasive Plant and Animal Species Hydrology & water quality alteration -physical, chemical, biological Hydrology & water quality alteration -physical, chemical, biological

Mitigation Options and Insights Individual or Multiple Projects, Uses, Efforts Compatible land uses and benefits Avoid, minimize, compensate for adverse impacts Individual or Multiple Projects, Uses, Efforts Compatible land uses and benefits Avoid, minimize, compensate for adverse impacts

Mitigation Strategies A blend of options: Project-Specific Mitigation Multiple-Project Mitigation Ecosystem-Based Mitigation A blend of options: Project-Specific Mitigation Multiple-Project Mitigation Ecosystem-Based Mitigation Priority Corridors Examples: Connecting Corridors, Site selection for mitigation

Mitigation Strategies Mitigation Banking (focus: aquatic resources) Conservation Banking (focus: protected species/habitats) In-Lieu Fee Mitigation Banking (focus: aquatic resources) Conservation Banking (focus: protected species/habitats) In-Lieu Fee

Integrated Planning Ecosystem Approach Mitigation Options Performance Measurement

Geographic Service Area LaGrange Wetland Bank, IL Mitigation Banking

Map of U.S. Hydrologic Units

Websites Wildlife Action Plans Water Resources Wildlife Action Plans Water Resources

Eco-Logical Website: fhwa.dot.gov/ecological/ eco_index.asp

Expanded Opportunities – Meaningful Mitigation Habitat Island