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BWSR seeks stable funding for wetland-replacement credits, expands CREP enrollment
Summary
The Board of Water and Soil Resources urged the committee to provide a reliable funding stream for the local government roads wetland replacement program and detailed an amended CREP agreement that expands eligible counties and increases federal-state leverage.
The Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) told the Capital Investment Committee on Feb. 13 that local governments need a predictable funding stream to secure wetland-replacement credits required for many road projects.
Andrea Fish, assistant director at BWSR, described the local government roads wetland replacement program as “a statutorily mandated program” that lets local road projects buy wetland-replacement credits produced and managed statewide. Fish said some bank service areas have less than a year of anticipated credits,…
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