Law Seminars International Presents: An Advanced One-Day Workshop on

Mitigation and Conservation Banking
Latest developments, new applications and practice tips

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(For this past program, we offer two options for purchase: a Homestudy (DVD and written materials) or written materials alone.)

May 2, 2008
Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, WA

Who Should Order This Homestudy

Attorneys, planners, real estate developers, tribal and governmental officials working on or impacted by mitigation and restoration projects

Why Order

Mitigation banking has been a successful component of the preservation of wetland habitats in the past.

This workshop will cover the entire range of issues associated with wetland mitigation banking and conservation banking, including new mitigation rules, regulatory issues and concerns and strategies for success.

We have brought together a group of distinguished and experienced speakers from the regulatory community, the regulated community and other leading scientists and attorneys to address these issues and moe.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to hear from experts in this field in an informal setting.

~Program Co-Chairs: Theda Braddock, Esq., and Lisa Saban

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Agenda

Friday, May 02, 2008

8:00 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

 
8:30 am

Introduction and Overview

Theda Braddock, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Attorney-at-Law / Steilacoom, WA

Lisa Saban, Program Co-Chair
Windward Environmental LLC / Seattle, WA

 
8:40 am

Overview of Wetland Regulation in Washington

Federal, state and local statutes, policies and juridictions; federal permits; exempt activities

Theda Braddock, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Attorney-at-Law / Steilacoom, WA

 
9:00 am

Nuts and Bolts of Implementing Mitigation Banks

Scientific and financial aspects needed to implement a bank: Determining demand and service area, picking a site and determining what to restore, design and permitting, putting together the banking instrument, operation/maintenance

Mark Young
Westervelt Ecological Services, LLC / Sacramento, CA

 
9:45 am

Natural Resource Damage Restoration

What federal statutes apply; federal trustees' jurisdiction; state and tribal trustees; NRD process

Theda Braddock, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Attorney-at-Law / Steilacoom, WA

Restoration up front: An incentive-based approach to increase restoration activites

Ron Gouguet, Estuarine Ecologist
Windward Environmental LLC / Seattle, WA

 
10:30 am

Break

 
10:45 am

Regulatory Issues and Concerns in Mitigation

State perpectives on new initiatives

Lauren Driscoll, Manager Shorelands and Environmental Assistance Program
Washington State Department of Ecology / Olympia, WA

New federal rule on mitigation; changes to, or trends occurring within, the federal realm of compensatory mitigation

Kim Harper, Wetland Banking Specialist
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Seattle District Regulatory Branch / Seattle, WA

 
12:00 pm

Lunch (on your own)

 
1:15 pm

Mitigation Planning

Legal, ecological, and biological factors: What to consider

Kevin Halsey, Regulatory Specialist
Parametrix, Inc. / Portland, OR

Determination of limiting factors; how to make a degraded wetland a functional one

Donald B. Largen, AICP, Senior Planner & Senior Director, Ecosystem Science & Natural Resources
WSP Environment & Energy / Seattle, WA

 
2:30 pm

Mitigation Banking: Strategies for Success

Tips on initial entity formation; knowing the market; picking consultants and partners; working with regulatory agencies; marketing and sales

Victor Woodward, Managing Partner
Habitat Banc NW / Woodinville, WA

 
3:00 pm

Break

 
3:15 pm

Conservation Banking

The Hon. Larry Phillips, Moderator
King County Council / Seattle, WA

Salmon recovery: The trouble with traditional approaches; types of conservation banks; examples of successful projects; evolving market models for conservation banks; update on the Puget Sound regional conservation bank

Dennis Canty, President
Evergreen Funding Consultants / Seattle, WA

Nearshore restoration in Puget Sound: Legal framework, decision making processes; special issues for mitigation in urban estuaries; current goals, successes and areas in need of further work

George Blomberg, Environmental Planner
Port of Seattle / Seattle, WA

 
4:30 pm

Mitigation Banking Going Forward

Species mitigation: Primary sources of demand; components for a successful conservation bank; permitting, economic, and other challenges; examples of successful projects

Mark Young
Westervelt Ecological Services, LLC / Sacramento, CA

 
5:00 pm

Evaluations and Adjourn

 

Cancellation

There is a $25 cancellation fee for Course Materials orders and $50 for Homestudy orders

Continuing Education Credits

This program qualifies for 6.5 WA CLE credits. Upon request, we will apply for CLE credits in other states and other types of credits.

Cost

Our complete Homestudy Course, consisting of a VHS or DVD recording and the written course materials, is available for $605. The written course materials alone are available for $100. We will ship your Homestudy order via UPS ground within two weeks after the seminar or the date we receive payment (whichever is later).
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Faculty Bios

Theda Braddock, Program Co-Chair, is in private practice and focuses on natural resource damage restoration projects. She wrote the "Washington Environmental Law Handbook", "Wetlands Regulation: Case Law, Interpretation & Commentary" and "Wetlands: An Introduction to Ecology, the Law, and Permitting". She also writes the wetland law update for the California Bar Environmental Law Section and the Washington State Bar Environmental and Land Use Section law newsletters.

Lisa Saban, Program Co-Chair, a Partner at Windward Environmental LLC, is a project manager, lead scientist and technical advisor for environmental assessments and evaluations. She is experienced in managing complex projects related to ecological risk assessment, sediment investigations and natural resource damage assessments.

The Hon. Larry Phillips, Moderator, has served on King County's Council since 1991, where he continues to devote his energy to natural resource issues with a special focus on water quality and the Cedar River.

George Blomberg, Environmental Planner with the Port of Seattle, conducts environmental reviews for the Port's marine terminals and industrial projects and works with city, state, and federal agencies and Treaty tribes to obtain project approvals. He is experienced in the evaluation of aquatic area and shoreline habitat, mitigation planning and project-related compensation actions.

Dennis Canty, founder and President of Evergreen Funding Consultants, is a specialist in water-related environmental issues and strategic fundraising for regional initiatives. He has written grants and proposals in public and private funding for environmental projects.

Lauren Driscoll, Manager for the Wetland, Watershed and Flood section in the Washington State Department of Ecology's Shorelands and Environmental Assistance Program, is the policy lead for the wetland mitigation bank pilot rule project and alternative mitigation policy. She is working on the Director of Ecology's Mitigation That Works Initiative.

Ron Gouguet, Estuarine Ecologist at Windward Environmental LLC, is a senior scientist and technical advisor for environmental assessments and evaluations. He focuses on ecological risk assessment, sediment investigations and natural resource damage assessments. Previously he was Chief of the Coastal Resource Coordination Branch of NOAA's Coastal Protection and Restoration Division.

Kevin Halsey, Regulatory Specialist at Parametrix, Inc., leads Parametrix' ecosystem marketplace team and focuses on the development of policies and tools necessary to support emerging ecosystem markets. He is also an adjunct professor on identifying and managing environmental risk in business transactions at Lewis and Clark Northwestern School of Law.

Kim Harper is a Wetland Banking Specialist in the Regulatory Branch of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District. She serves on the Mitigation Bank Review Team for Washington State for which she reviews bank designs, develops mitigation banking policy and provides training on bank use.

Donald B. Largen, Senior Planner and Senior Director of the Ecosystem Science and Natural Resources Management Services at WSP Environmental & Energy, focuses on environmental assessments for development projects, regulatory tools development, integration of environmental systems into land use planning processes and permitting assistance.

Victor Woodward, Managing Partner of Habitat Banc NW, works on researching, permitting and developing wetland mitigation banks in Washington. His Snohomish Basin Mitigation Bank was the first to be permitted through the State's pilot banking program.

Mark Young, Restoration Design and Construction Manager at Westervelt Ecological Services, LLC, is a natural resource restoration ecologist and licensed landscape architect with experience in environmental planning, permitting and habitat rehabilitation design. He has worked with The Natomas Basin Conservancy on Habitat Conservation Plan implementation and the Placer Land Trust on habitat rehabilitation projects.