Miranda Mulligan
Steve Earley
The Virginian-Pilot
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SINCE 1995, investors have spent and made millions launching large-scale restoration projects, known as “wetland mitigation banks.” Many of the projects restored drained forests and cropland to wetlands on large tracts surrounding the Great Dismal Swamp. For every acre of natural wetlands developers are allowed to destroy, they must create or restore an acre or two of wetlands.
Click on the presentation below to learn more about how wetlands are being restored locally.
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