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Contents 1 Executive Summary 4 CHAPTER 1 Background, Timeline of Mitigation Activities, and Stakeholders 4 Introduction 9 Local Effect of Highway Building 10 Traditional WVDOH Approach to Compensatory Mitigation Activities 14 Current Roles, Motivations, and Concerns of Stakeholders 15 Research Team Approach 17 CHAPTER 2 Applying Regionally Derived Tools for Route Selection 17 Tools Previously Developed by Transportation Research Board Pilots 18 Research Team Overview and Feedback Regarding TCAPP 20 Integrating Regional Tools into Highway Planning 25 Summary of Tools 26 CHAPTER 3 Methodology for Estimating Impacts and Prioritizing Mitigation Site Selection 26 Introduction 28 GIS Layers 31 Methodologies 36 Results 51 Applied Objectives and Purpose of Methodology 52 CHAPTER 4 An Alternative Approach to Watershed-Based Mitigation in West Virginia 52 Rationale 54 The WVDOH Incentive and Argument for Special Case Scenario 55 Means of Generating Mitigation Credit 56 Summarizing On-Site Treatment Options 58 West Virginia Numerical Case Study 60 CHAPTER 5 Lessons Learned to Promote Future Watershed-Based Mitigation 60 Background 60 Future Scenario Actions 62 Conclusions
