Wetland Programs

Stream Mitigation Guidance, Handbooks, Procedures and Protocols
Across the United States, state and federal agencies, tribes, local government and private sources are working to develop guidance for the mitigation of streams and compensatory mitigation.  The following list of resources provides an array of these documents, demonstrating not only the current state of practice, but also the diversity of approaches being employed in different regions of the country. Arkansas Arkansas Little Rock District Stream Method (Revised) (Borrowed from Mobile District Method) California California Coastal Wetland Mitigation Guidance Draft California Corps Mitigation Ratio SOP (not available yet)

Florida

• Florida Uniform Mitigation Assessment Method (UMAM)

Georgia

• Georgia Stream Mitigation Guidance
  

Illinois

• Illinois Stream Mitigation Guidance

• Illinois Stream Mitigation Method
  

• Illinois Stream Worksheet
  

Kansas

• Kansas Method (in place since 2010) 

• Kansas Corps Stream Mitigation Guidance

Kentucky

• Kentucky Stream Relocation/Mitigation Guidelines (2007)

Mississippi

• Vicksburg District Modified Charleston Method
  

Missouri

• Missouri Method (in place since 2007) 

• State of Missouri Stream Mitigation Method (MO, IA)

Montana

• Montana - Omaha District, Montana Stream and Wetland Mitigation Procedure

• Montana – Omaha District SMT
  

Nebraska

• RIBITS Ledger Procedure (e.g. used in Nebraska)

North Carolina

• North Carolina Stream Restoration Handbook (2003) 

• North Carolina - Wilmington District SOP, Stream Mitigation Guidelines (2003) 

• North Carolina Stream Mitigation Guidelines (2003)

Oregon

• Oregon Stream Mitigation Framework
  

• Oregon Removal-Fill Guide, Chapter 8
  

South Carolina

• South Carolina Compensatory Mitigation Guidelines (2010)

South Dakota

• South Dakota Corps Stream Mitigation Procedures (Omaha and Minnesota Districts)

Tennessee

• Tennessee Stream Mitigation Guidelines

• Tennessee Mining Interagency Workgroup - Stream Mitigation Guidance 

• 2004 Tennessee Compensatory Stream Mitigation Guidelines

Virginia

• Virginia Mitigation Information

• Virginia Unified Stream Methodology (2007)

Washington

• Requiring or Recommending Mitigation
  

• Interagency Regulatory Guide
  

West Virginia

• West Virginia Stream and Wetland Mitigation Metric 2.0
  

Wyoming

• Wyoming Corps Stream Mitigation Procedure – Omaha District, Regulatory Office
  

Other Documents

Arizona

• Arizona Streambank Stabilization Management Measures Document     
  
  

• EPA Stream Assessment and Mitigation Protocols (2010)

• Stream Methodology, VA DEQ and Corps Norfolk District

• Wetland and Stream Mitigation: A Handbook for Land Trusts
  

• A Stream Corridor Protection Strategy for Local Governments (2002)

• USACE Manual for Delineation of OHW in the Arid West (2008)

• USACE Stream and Coastal Mitigation Guidelines (2004)

• USDA NRCS – Stream Restoration Design (2008)