Mitigation Working Group
Introduction
The U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, in an effort to implement Executive Order 13089, encourages the applicable agencies and local jurisdictions to continue to coordinate and gather data on the effectiveness of compensatory mitigation from federally funded and permitted activities. This analysis includes an assessment of which mitigation actions are most successful and recommendations for improving and identifying successful mitigation.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Environmental Protection agency, U.S. Army Corps of engineers, U.S. Navy, Hawai'i, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa participate as members of the Pacific Region Interagency Working Group for Coral Reef Mitigation. This working group was formed in response to a Task Force resolution to improve the performance of resource agencies and share mitigation and restoration tools, techniques, and lessons learned. In 2006, the working group developed a Management Plan as general guidance for agency member interaction. The plan identifies group goals, objectives, and priorities in support of the effort to coordinate, review, and develop consistent measures for evaluating and implementing mitigation programs addressing impacts to coral reefs resulting from any Federal action.