Introduction When the environmental impacts of federal actions are assessed under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),1 if adverse effects are identified, agencies are to describe measures to mitigate these ...

The purpose of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is to include environmental considerations into federal agency planning and action. This is done by providing decision makers and other stakeholders with information ...

In enacting NEPA, Congress recognized that nearly all Federal activities affect the environment in some way and mandated that, before Federal agencies make decisions, they must consider the effects of their actions on the ...

Adaptive management was first introduced in the late 1960s by C.S. Holling and several colleagues as a means to manage resources with increased flexibility in a system of uncertainty. Although this form of management has ...

Incorporating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process into the US Coast Guard’s (USCG) major construction program is generally perceived by facility planners and engineers as “checking the box”, a waste of ...

This paper examines wetland mitigation in the context of the recent Areawide Environmental Impact Statement (AEIS) on Phosphate Mining in the Central Florida Phosphate District prepared by the United States Army Corps of ...