Colorado Department of Transportation Limon Wetland Bank

The Limon Wetland is a pilot wetland-banking project for the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). The main intent of the project is to develop a wetland banking memorandum of agreement (MOA). The intent of this MOA is to outline for the regulatory resource agencies how wetland banks will be done on future CDOT projects in Colorado. CDOT will use the created wetlands for mitigation credits on future transportation projects primarily in the upper Arkansas River watershed. We will present an overview of the project explaining major features and our design assumptions. A conclusion will be given presenting what we hope to learn from the project and CDOT future plans for the site.