Monday, January 14, 2019

Proposed wetlands mitigation bank - Monroe County

We received info about this project and public input from Frac Sand Sentinel. As wetlands are destroyed for industrial development, other areas must be made available so replacement wetlands can be constructed. Many studies conclude they rarely work. "Once you degrade a wetland, it doesn’t recover its normal assemblage of plants or its rich stores of organic soil carbon, which both affect natural cycles of water and nutrients, for many years. Even after 100 years, the restored wetland is still different from what was there before, and it may never recover.”

The Army Corps of Engineers page highlighted below has several proposed mitigation banks around the state. Public comments are accepted. See links.

2018-03694-EMN (Monroe County, WI) Devil’s Hole Wetland Mitigation Bank 1/8/2019: PUBLIC NOTICE: The bank sponsor is proposing to develop the Devil’s Hole Wetland Mitigation Bank. The proposed bank site is approximately 188 acres in size, including any potential upland buffer areas.   Expiration date: 2/7/2019

Please be advised a public notice regarding a Wetland Compensatory Mitigation Bank Proposal in an area of interest to you has been posted to our website from the Department of the Army (Corps of Engineers).

CORPS FILE NUMBER: 2018-03694-EMN
SPONSOR: Jeff Menn
PROJECT LOCATION: Monroe County, Wisconsin
PN EXPIRATION DATE: February 7, 2019

The direct link to this mitigation bank public notice is:


If you are unable to open the direct link, you can view the public notice on the Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District's Regulatory web page:

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