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Committee advances conservation-banking bill after Earthjustice opposition and DLNR alignment
Summary
SB 2005, which would authorize conservation banks for compensatory mitigation under habitat conservation plans, was advanced with amendments to align statutory safeguards with a companion House draft after Earthjustice urged statutory protections for imperiled species.
The Senate Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts voted to advance SB 2005 with amendments after competing testimony about safeguards for imperiled species.
Catherine Stanaway of DLNR’s Division of Forestry and Wildlife told the committee the department supports the bill and noted that a House companion (HB 1802, House Draft 1) contains statutory safeguards that differ from the Senate…
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