George Howard Challenges to Eco-Markets: A Veteran...
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George Howard Challenges to Eco-Markets: A Veteran Speaks
Ft. Lauderdale ACES December 11, 2012
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• Founded in 1998
• 40+ mitigation sites providing nutrients, streams, wetlands and….
• 25,000+ acres of wetlands
• 60+ miles of creeks, streams, rivers and bayous
• Planted more than 1,000,000 trees
Who is Restoration Systems
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Katy Prairie Stream Bank
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Jesuit Bend Mitigation Bank
Rebuilding the Delta
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Nobody Wakes up in the Morning
Wanting a Bowl of Wetlands
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Don’t Blame the Hospital for ill
People
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Government does not Grow Corn
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Planning is often Fruitless –
Goal Setting Essential
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Help us Solve the Big Problems
Now
Fee competition and market manipulation
Enforcement
Equal Standards for PRM
Public Policy ignorance
Perception that off-sets be perfect to be good
Bureaucratic Hostility
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Thank You!! And come see me!