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Wisconsin Wetland Conservation Trust

ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 (REPORTING PERIOD JULY 1, 2015 TO JUNE 30, 2016)

Prepared on:

December 29, 2016

Prepared by: WWCT SPONSOR

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources 101 S. Webster St.

Madison, WI 53707

Contact: Josh Brown

Wetland In-Lieu Fee Coordinator [email protected]

(608) 266-1902

mailto:[email protected]

WWCT Annual Report FY 2016 (12/29/2016) of 19

Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 3

Program Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 3

Table 1 – Program Credit Sales Summary ............................................................................................. 3

Overall Program Credit Transaction Summary ............................................................................................. 4

Table 2 – Overall Program Credit Ledger .............................................................................................. 4

Table 3 – Project Impact Acre Summary for Overall Program ............................................................ 10

Table 4 – Overall Program Credit Liabilities and Compliance ............................................................. 11

Table 5 – Overall Service Area Credit Availability ............................................................................... 12

Overall Program Financial Status ................................................................................................................ 13

Table 6 – Annual Revenue-Based Financial Report Fiscal Year 2016 .................................................. 13

Table 7 - Annual Expense-Based Financial Report Fiscal Year 2016 ................................................... 15

Request For Proposals Summary ................................................................................................................ 16

Table 8 – Minimum Credit Generation Required by Service Area ...................................................... 16

Table 9 - Summary of Projects Submitted for First RFP…………………………………………………………………. 17

Credit Fee Evaluation…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….17

Table 10 - Credit Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2017..............…………………………………………………… 18

Additional Information................................................................................................................................ 19


Introduction This annual report is respectfully submitted to fulfill the requirements detailed in 33 CFR 332.8(i)(3)(i)-(v) as well as those listed in the Reporting Protocols section as detailed in Appendix C of the approved Program Instrument. The information contained herein reflects the 2016 state fiscal year reporting period from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 (“FY 2016”).

The WI Wetland Conservation Trust in lieu fee mitigation program (herein, “WWCT”) was established on November 19, 2014 through a legal agreement referred to as the Program Instrument, which was executed by signatories from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and WI Department of Natural Resources.

The purpose of establishing the WWCT was to provide an additional method of compensatory mitigation to offset unavoidable adverse impacts to wetland resources focusing on the greatest watershed need. The overall objective of the WWCT is to complete compensatory wetland mitigation projects on the ground selected through a watershed approach. Through the sale of WWCT credits the Sponsor accepts the legal responsibility to satisfy wetland compensatory mitigation requirements specified by US Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District permits authorized under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, Section 10 of the River and Harbors Act and Wisconsin DNR Wetland Individual Permits pursuant to Chapter 281.36, Wis. Stats. The Sponsor may also collect separate non-credit related funds including, but not limited to those resulting from supplemental environmental projects, donations and Wisconsin wetland General Permit surcharge fees.

This annual report reflects a single comprehensive report detailing both the financial activity of the program along with credit-based actions.

Program Summary The WWCT program has been a successful way for permit applicants to satisfy their wetland compensatory mitigation obligations enabling projects to move forward. In FY 2016, advanced credits sales increased compared to FY 2015, with most credits being sold in the Fourth Quarter of 2015 and the First Quarter of 2016 (see Table 1 below).

Table 1 – Program Credit Sales Summary for FY 2016

Time Period Total Credit Revenue Total Advanced Credit Sales

3rd Quarter of 2015 $604,970 10.02

4th Quarter of 2015 $1,847,970 30.58 1st Quarter of 2016 $3,052,400 49.99 2nd Quarter of 2016 $155,200 2.51

TOTAL $5,660,540 93.10

http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Wetlands/documents/mitigation/WWCTFinalSignedInstrument.pdf


Overall Program Credit Transaction Summary Table 2 below provides an overall program ledger detailing each credit sales transaction along with the relevant permit details and associated impacts. It should be noted that the standard ratio applied to impacts was 1.45:1 (credits: impact acres) to account for the state minimum ratio of 1.2:1 plus an additional 0.25:1 to address the temporal loss associated with selling advanced credits. Table 3 below depicts the program-wide acres of impact per wetland community cover type. Table 4 identifies the total advanced credits sold per Service Area (SA) as well as any credit generation to communicate the credit liabilities the program must produce in order to maintain program compliance. Since no projects have yet been constructed, no credits have been generated, so all sold advanced credits are shown as credit discrepancies. This will be addressed as projects are constructed. Table 5 provides details on the quantity of advanced credits sold per SA along with the remaining advanced credits after considering any released credit generated.

Table 2 – Overall Program Credit Ledger for FY 2016

Serv

ice

Area

Serv

ice

Area

HU

C #

Invo

ice

#

Project Name

Cred

it Pr

ice

# Ad

vanc

ed C

redi

ts S

old

Total Invoice

Date

of C

redi

t Pur

chas

e

Tota

l Im

pact

Acr

es Ratio

Applied (Credits

Per Acre

Impacted) DN

R Pe

rmit

Dock

et #

Corp

s File

#

TRS

St. C

roix

7030

0

2098

561

Village of Clayton

Wastewater Treatment

Plant Expansion

$60,

000

0.26 $15,600

07/1

0/20

15

0.18 1.45

IP-N

O-2

015-

49-

0039

7

NA

T33N

R15

W S

13

Rock

7090

0

2096

541

Highland Ridge Addition #1

$60,

000

0.03 $1,800

07/2

0/20

15

0.02 1.45

SC-2

014-

11-0

0417

2014

-005

36-A

DJ

T10N

R12

E S1

3

Rock

7090

0

2103

082 Village of

Marshall Deerfield Area Sanitary Sewer $6

0,00

0

0.01 $600

07/2

2/20

15

0.01 1.45

IP-S

C-20

15-1

3-01

792

2015

-015

21-S

EK

T8N

R12

E S1

5

SW L

ake

Mic

h

4040

0

2104

000 Oak Creek

School S. 20th Extension $6

1,00

0

2.13 $129,930

08/2

0/20

15

1.47 1.45

IP-S

E-20

15-4

1-01

934

2015

-005

24-A

DJ

T5N

R22

E S7


SW L

ake

Mic

h

4040

0

2108

563 Fond Du Lac

County CTH G/CTH SS

Intersection $61,

000

0.68 $41,480

09/0

8/20

15

0.47 1.45

IP-N

E-20

15-2

0-T0

2908

2015

-027

74-N

TD

T13N

R19

E S2

Fox

4040

0

2110

201

Meijer Stores - Howard

$61,

000

0.96 $58,560

09/1

5/20

15

0.66 1.45

IP-N

E-20

15-5

-03

121

2015

-022

21-JL

K

T24N

R20

E S2

1

Upp

er IL

7120

0

2110

909 Route 165 LLC

Uline extra wetlands $6

0,00

0

1.45 $87,000

09/2

5/20

15

1 1.45

IP-S

E-20

14-3

0-04

224

2013

-023

64-M

HK

T1N

R21

E S2

5

UM

BR

7040

0

2113

285

Hi-Crush Blair, LLC

$60,

000

4.50 $270,000

09/2

8/20

15

3.10 1.45

IP-W

C-20

14-6

2-04

439

2013

-042

93-K

DZ

T21N

T7W

S13

NW

Lak

e M

ich

4030

1

2113

748

ATC Branch River

$61,

000

2.34 $142,740

10/0

5/20

15

3.92 1.45, 0.5

IP-N

E-20

15-3

6-N

0380

3

2015

-036

27-JL

K

T20N

R22

E S0

9

Rock

7090

0

370-

0000

0000

02

John Deere Horicon Works

$60,

000

8.42 $505,200

10/0

9/20

15

5.80 1.45

IP-S

C-20

15-1

4-02

728

2015

-020

20-JV

D

T11N

R15

E S0

1

Rock

7090

0

WCT

11-X

BDL-

01

North Lake Boat Launch

$60,

000

0.17 $10,200

10/1

3/20

15

0.12 1.45

IP-S

E-20

14-6

8-02

207

2009

-022

75-M

HK

T08N

R18

E S1

6

UM

BR

7040

0

2113

584

East Medford Sewer Utility

$60,

000

0.01 $600

10/2

1/20

15

0.01 1.45

IP-N

O-2

015-

61-

0337

1

2015

-028

84-S

JW

T31N

R1E

S26


Chip

pew

a

7050

0

370-

0000

0000

20

Preferred Sands Bitney Site

$60,

000

1.85 $111,000

11/1

9/20

15

1.28 1.45

IP-W

C-20

14-9

-040

41

2014

-037

95-D

JM

T31

R09W

S29

St. C

roix

7030

0

370-

0000

0000

19

WLC Stanberry (WI Central)

$60,

000

3.38 $202,800

10/2

9/20

15

2.33 1.45

IP-N

O-2

014-

66-

0423

1

2014

-041

86-D

JM

T41N

R10

W S

17

SW L

ake

Mic

h

4040

0

370-

0000

0000

03

City of West Bend Trenton

Rd $61,

000

1.13 $68,930

11/0

9/20

15

0.77 1.45

IP-S

E-20

15-6

7-T0

3170

2010

-053

35-A

DJ

T11N

R20

E S1

7

NW

Lak

e M

ich

4030

1

370-

0000

0003

37

Winona Foods

$61,

000

1.81 $110,410

11/2

3/20

15

1.25 1.45

IP-N

E-20

14-5

-017

85

2008

-005

91-JR

S

T26N

R20

E S3

5

Low

er W

I

7070

0-L

370-

0000

0004

16

Scully Oil

$60,

000

0.98 $58,800

12/1

0/20

15

0.68 1.45 IP

-WC-

2015

-29-

0351

5

MVP

-014

14-S

JW

T17N

R02

E S2

8

Rock

7090

0

370-

0000

0001

08

MMSD Rimrock Interceptor

Rehabilitation $60,

000

0.25 $15,000

11/0

6/20

15

0.5 0.5

IP-S

C-20

15-1

3-03

101

2015

-027

80-A

DJ

T07N

R10

E S3

0

Low

er W

I

7070

0-L

370-

0000

0004

69

ATC Badger Coulee

Segment 1 $60,

000

0.28 $16,800

12/0

5/20

15

0.53 1.45, 0.5

IP-W

C-20

15-N

2000

1

2012

-348

2-RM

G

T18N

R08

W S

14


Fox

4030

2

370-

0000

0005

01

HMH of Ashwaubenon

$61,

000

0.60 $36,600

12/2

3/20

15

0.52 1.45

IP-N

E-20

15-5

-040

64

2014

-034

15-JR

S

T23N

R20

E S1

0

SW L

ake

Mic

h

4040

0

370-

0000

0005

00

We Energies Germantown Mequon Pipe Replacement $6

1,00

0

0.83 $50,630

12/1

8/20

15

1.64 0.5

IP-S

E-20

15-6

7-N

0421

9

2015

-008

12-A

DJ

T09N

R20

E S2

5

Upp

er IL

7120

0

370-

0000

0005

71

Pewaukee Development,

LLC (Steinhafels Inc.) $6

0,00

0

2.00 $120,000

12/1

8/20

15

1.45 0.25, 1.45

IP-S

E-20

15-6

8-03

330

2015

-017

10-M

HK

T07N

R19

E S2

6

Rock

7090

0

370-

0000

0005

46

John Deere Horicon Works

$60,

000

0.07 $4,200

12/1

6/20

15

0.05 1.45

IP-S

C-20

15-1

4-02

728

2015

-020

20-JV

D

T11N

R15

E S0

1

NW

Lak

e M

ich

4030

1

370-

0000

0005

72

Oconto County CTH H

Reconstruction $61,

000

1.60 $97,600

12/2

8/20

15

1.11 1.45 IP

-NE-

2015

-43-

T044

44

2015

-029

77-R

JH

T28N

R17

E S0

4

Fox

4030

2

370-

0000

0006

10

ATC Creekview

$61,

000

4.86 $296,460

12/2

8/20

15

9.88 .25, .5, 1.45

IP-N

E-20

15-2

0-N

0417

6

2015

-044

87-N

TD

T14N

R18

E S2

3

NW

Lak

e M

ich

4030

1

370-

0000

0005

48

ATC Appleton-Morgan (Bay

Lake) $61,

000

24.73 $1,508,530

01/2

0/20

16

18.91 0.5, 1.45

IP-N

E-20

14-4

3-N

2100

1

2013

-008

13-N

TD

T22N

18E

S19


Fox

4030

2

370-

0000

0005

48

ATC Appleton-Morgan (Bay

Lake) $61,

000

6.19 $377,590

01/2

0/20

16

12.31 0.5, 1.45

IP-N

E-20

14-4

3-N

2100

1

2013

-008

13-N

TD

T22N

18E

S19

Low

er W

I

7070

0-L

370-

0000

0007

18

ATC Badger Coulee

Segment 2 $60,

000

5.15 $309,000

02/0

5/20

16

10.81 0.5, 1.45

IP-W

C-20

15-N

2000

1

2012

-348

2-RM

G

T18N

R08

W S

14

Fox

4030

2

370-

0000

0007

80

Meijer GCU

$62,

000

1.22 $75,640

02/0

4/20

16

0.84 1.45

IP-N

E-20

15-4

5-03

835

2015

-027

07-N

TD

T21N

R17

E S1

5

SW L

ake

Mic

h

4040

0

370-

0000

0008

52

Cobalt Partners (Greenfield Dev

Part Hold) $62,

000

1.62 $100,440

02/1

0/20

16

1.11 1.45

IP-S

E-20

15-4

1-03

548

2014

-043

78-M

HK

T06N

R21

E S2

1

Upp

er IL

7120

0

370-

0000

0011

63

Riverview Corporate Park

$61,

000

1.23 $75,030

03/1

7/20

16

0.85 1.45 IP

-SE-

2015

-30-

0314

6

2013

-031

30-M

HK

T01N

R22

E S3

0

SW L

ake

Mic

h

4040

0

370-

0000

0010

99

Caledonia Utility District

$62,

000

0.20 $12,400

02/2

2/20

16

0.14 1.45

IP-S

E-20

16-5

2-00

007

2015

-000

39-M

HK

T04N

R22

E S3

0

SW L

ake

Mic

h

4040

0

370-

0000

0010

98

Cobalt Partners Additional

CORPS (Greenfield Dev

Part Hold)

$62,

000

0.02 $1,240

02/2

2/20

16

0.02 1.45

IP-S

E-20

15-4

1-.3

548

2014

-043

78-M

HK

T06N

R21

E S2

1


Fox

4030

2

370-

0000

0011

21

City of Appleton

Northland Ave Stormwater

Pond

$62,

000

4.93 $305,660

03/2

3/20

16

3.4 1.45

IP-N

E-20

15-4

5-04

689

2015

-047

17

T21N

R17

E S1

5

Low

er W

I

7070

0-L

370-

0000

0001

253

Scully Oil ADDITIONAL

CORPS $61,

000

0.01 $610

03/2

9/20

16

0.01 1.45

IP-W

C-20

15-2

9-03

515

MVP

-014

14-S

JW

T17N

R02

E S2

8

Low

er W

I

7070

0-L

370-

0000

0001

308

Hi-Crush Wyeville CORPS

ONLY $61,

000

2.03 $123,830

03/2

3/20

16

1.4 1.45 NA

2011

-007

58-B

CN

T18N

R01

E S8

Fox

4030

2

370-

0000

0014

26

Adams CTH P Reconstruction

$62,

000

1.83 $113,460

03/3

1/20

16

1.26 1.45

IP-W

C-20

16-1

-T0

0509

2016

-002

60-K

DZ

T14N

R07

E S0

1

Lake

Sup

erio

r

4010

3

370-

0000

0013

69

Town of Hawthorne Willis Road

Realignment $59,

000

0.83 $48,970

03/2

3/20

16

0.57 1.45 IP

-NO

-201

6-16

-00

228

2015

-031

93-W

MS

T47N

R12

W S

19

NW

Lak

e M

ich

4030

1

370-

0000

0014

24

Aurora Bay Medical Center

$62,

000

0.65 $40,300

04/0

5/20

16

0.45 1.45

IP-N

E-20

16-3

8-00

044

2015

-043

99-R

JH

T30N

R23

E S1

3

NW

Lak

e M

ich

4030

1

370-

0000

0014

25

Ameriquip Corp

$62,

000

0.32 $19,840

04/1

3/20

16

0.22 1.45

IP-N

E-20

16-8

-005

58

2014

-006

07-N

TD

T17N

R20

E S2

4


Fox

4030

2

370-

0000

0016

33

Capitol Drive Reconstruction

$62,

000

0.60 $37,200

05/1

2/20

16

0.42 1.45

IP-N

E-20

16-4

5-T0

0650

2015

-035

23-N

TD

T21N

R17

E S1

7

SW L

ake

Mic

h

4040

0

370-

0000

0205

0

THP Lakeshore, LLC St. Francis

$62,

000

0.52 $32,240

06/1

4/20

16

0.36 1.45

IP-S

E-20

15-4

1-04

730

2015

-031

86

T06N

R22

E S2

3

Upp

er IL

7120

0

370-

0000

0224

9

City of Waukesha

Sunset Drive - CORPS ONLY $6

1,00

0

0.42 $25,620

06/1

7/20

16

0.29 1.45 NA

2013

-045

71-R

MG

T06N

R19

E S1

4

TOTALS 93.10 credits $5,660,540 121.52

acres

Table 3 – Summary of Wetland Impact by Type for FY 2016

ACRES OF IMPACT PER WETLAND COVER TYPE

Sha

llow

, Ope

n W

ater

Dee

p an

d Sh

allo

w

Mar

shes

Sed

ge M

eado

ws

Fre

sh (W

et) M

eado

w

Wet

to W

et-M

esic

Pr

airie

Cal

care

ous F

ens

Bog

(Ope

n or

Co

nife

rous

)

Shru

b Sw

amp

(Shr

ub-

Carr

or A

lder

Thi

cket

)

Woo

ded

Swam

p (H

ardw

ood

or

Coni

fero

us)

Flo

odpl

ain

Fore

sts

Sea

sona

lly F

lood

ed

Basi

ns

Tot

al Im

pact

Acr

es

1.16 0.23 3.43 19.70 0.08 - 0.01 20.16 49.57 27.09 0.09 121.52


Table 4 – Overall Program Credit Liabilities and Compliance from 12/01/2014 through 06/30/2016

Service Area Name

Service Area HUC #

Total Advanced

Credit Liability

Total Released Credit Generation

Proposed Project Released

Credits

Compliance Discrepancy

Chippewa 70500 11.29 - - 11.29

Fox 40302 34.91 - - 34.91

Lake Superior 40103 7.58 - - 7.58

Lower WI 070700-L 8.45 - - 8.45 NW Lake Michigan 40301 34.34 - - 34.34

Rock 70900 8.95 - - 8.95

St. Croix 70300 3.64 - - 3.64 SW Lake Michigan 40400 7.13 - - 7.13

UMBR 70400 15.07 - - 15.07

UMMP 70600 0 - - 0

Upper IL 71200 17.35 - - 17.35

Upper WI 070700-U 0 - - 0

TOTALS 148.71 - - 148.71


Table 5 – Overall Service Area Credit Availability from 12/01/2014 through 6/30/2016

Service Area

Authorized Advanced

Credits

Advanced Credits

Sold

Released Credits Fulfilled

Available Advanced

Credits

% of Available Advanced

Credits Sold

Chippewa 50 11.29 0.00 38.71 23%

Fox 55 34.91 0.00 20.09 63%

Lake Superior

75 7.58 0.00 67.42 10%

Lower WI 40 8.45 0.00 31.55 21%

NW Lake Mich

100 34.34 0.00 65.66 34%

Rock 90 8.95 0.00 81.05 10%

St. Croix 30 3.64 0.00 26.36 12%

SW Lake Mich

60 7.13 0.00 52.87 12%

UMBR 50 15.07 0.00 34.93 30%

UMMP 30 0 0.00 30 0%

Upper IL 30 17.35 0.00 12.65 58%

Upper WI 100 0 0.00 100 0%


Overall Program Financial Status

Table 6 – Annual Revenue-Based Financial Report FY 2016 Please note that two SAs (UMMP and Upper WI) did not sell any advanced credits resulting in no revenue or financial activity, therefore they are not included in Table 6. Also, all numbers shown below are in dollars, and have been rounded to the nearest dollar for display purposes.

Service Area

INVOICE #

Chip

pew

a

Fox

L. S

uper

ior

Low

er W

I

NW

Lak

e M

ich

Rock

St. C

roix

SW L

ake

Mic

h

UM

BR

Upp

er IL

Adm

in

Cont

inge

ncy

INVOICE TOTAL ($)

2098561 13,260 1,560 780 15,600

2096541 1,530 180 90 1,800

2103082 510 60 30 600

2104000 110,441 12,993 6,497 129,930

2108563 35,258 4,148 2,074 41,480

2110201 49,776 5,856 2,928 58,560

2110909 73,950 8,700 4,350 87,000

2113285 229,500 27,000 13,500 270,000

2113748 121,329 14,274 7,137 142,740

370-0000000002 429,420 50,520 25,260 505,200

WCT11-XBDL-01 8,670 1,020 510 10,200


2113584 510 60 30 600

370-0000000020 94,350 11,100 5,550 111,000

370-0000000019 172,380 20,280 10,140 202,800

370-0000000003 58,591 6,893 3,447 68,930

370-0000000337 93,849 11,041 5,521 110,410

370-0000000416 49,980 5,880 2,940 58,800

370-0000000108 12,750 1,500 750 15,000

370-0000000469 14,280 1,680 840 16,800

370-0000000501 31,110 3,660 1,830 36,600

370-0000000500 43,036 5,063 2,532 50,630

370-0000000571 102,000 12,000 6,000 120,000

370-0000000546 3,570 420 210 4,200

370-0000000572 82,960 9,760 4,880 97,600

370-0000000610 251,991 29,646 14,823 296,460

370-0000000548 1,282,251 150,853 75,427 1,508,530

370-0000000548 320,952 37,759 18,880 377,590

370-0000000718 262,650 30,900 15,450 309,000

370-0000000780 64,294 7,564 3,782 75,640

370- 85,374 10,044 5,022 100,440


0000000852

370-0000001163 63,776 7,503 3,752 75,030

370-0000001099 10,540 1,240 620 12,400

370-0000001098 1,054 124 62 1,240

370-0000001121 259,811 30,566 15,283 305,660

370-00000001253 519 61 31 610

370-00000001308 105,256 12,383 6,192 123,830

370-0000001426 96,441 11,346 5,673 113,460

370-0000001369 41,625 4,897 2,449 48,970

370-0000001424 34,255 4,030 2,015 40,300

370-0000001425 16,864 1,984 992 19,840

370-0000001633 31,620 3,720 1,860 37,200

370-000002050 27,404 3,224 1,612 32,240

370-000002249 21,777 2,562 1,281 25,620

TOTAL 94,350 1,105,995 41,625 432,684 1,631,507 456,450 185,640 371,697 230,010 261,503 566,054 283,027 5,660,540


Table 7 - Annual Expense-Based Financial Report FY 2016 Again, similarly to FY 2015, in FY 2016 the only expenses recorded within this reporting period were under the Administrative Category as no projects have yet been selected or constructed and therefore there was also no activity under the Contingency account.

Expense Category Administrative Expenditures

(WTLA) Salary $56,060.46 Fringe $25,704.57

Travel/Supplies/Other $7,104.74

Total Direct $88,869.77

Total Indirect $0.00

Total Expenses $88,869.77

Request for Proposals Summary The WWCT Program’s first Request for Proposals (RFP) was announced on March 16, 2016 and remained open for 60 days. Proposals were solicited for the SAs listed below (Table 8). Also shown in Table 8 are the minimum numbers of credits required to be generated by projects to meet advanced credit sales in each SA, and available project funds for each SA.

Table 8 – Minimum Credit Generation Required by Service Area for First RFP

Service Area Name

Service Area HUC#

Minimum Project Credit

Generation

Total Project Funds

Available

Chippewa HUC-070500 12 $576,083

Fox HUC-040302 29 $1,429,888

Northwestern Lake Michigan

HUC-040301 32 $1,608,998

Upper Illinois HUC-071200 16 $801,010

Upper Mississippi - Black Root

HUC-070400 16 $768,996


Six project proposals were received for four of the five the SAs. One proposal was received for the Chippewa SA and one proposal was received for the Fox SA. Two projects were received for both the NW Lake Michigan SA and Upper Illinois SA. Because no external proposals were received for the UMBR SA, one project was proposed internally by DNR Wildlife staff.

The WWCT Technical Review Team met in August of 2016 to review projects. Project review and selection will continue into Calendar Year 2017 (“CY 2017”). Table 9 below provides a brief of summary of the seven proposals currently being reviewed.

Table 9 – Summary of Projects Submitted for First RFP

Grant Applicant Project Name Service Area

ILF Funds Requested*

Match Dollars

Proposed

Credits Proposed*

West Wisconsin Land Trust

Morsbach South Acquisition Chippewa $512,600 $127,500 122.75

Ducks Unlimited Bohn Farm Mitigation Site Fox $1,400,900 $491,000 86.89

Tallgrass Land Conservancy,

LLC

Manitowoc Wetland

Mitigation Site

NW Lake Michigan $1,600,000 $0 41.10

Woodland Dunes Nature

Center

Woodland Dunes NW Expansion

Site

NW Lake Michigan $420,000 $0 41.90

Waukesha County

Pewaukee Lake Access Fen Upper IL $220,600 $0 32.63

TNC & Waukesha Co.

Land Conservancy

Muckwonago River Wetland

Restoration Site Upper IL $801,000 $228,400 24.25

Wisconsin DNR Helen Davis Site UMBR $390,100 $0 43.50 *Amounts could change as project review continues

Credit Fee Evaluation For CY 2017 credit fee evaluation, the Sponsor used the same methodology used to determine Calendar Year 2016 (“CY 2016”) credit fees. First, the Sponsor analyzed construction and monitoring financial assurances for mitigation banks and permittee responsible mitigation projects approved in CY 2016. Next, the Sponsor utilized land sales data in the same way as for CY 2016 credit fees. The land sales data was prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service Wisconsin Field Office. Total agricultural land sales specific to 9 separate districts that span Wisconsin provided the basis for the land cost portion of the credit fee. The Sponsor again used this data to estimate the


percent change in land sales for Wisconsin’s three major HUC-4 basins. These two costs (mitigation bank costs and ag land sales) provide the foundation for the credit fee method, which also considers the estimated long-term maintenance, contingency, and administrative costs when ultimately setting the credit fee.

Once WWCT projects are constructed on-the-ground, WWCT credit fees will be further refined based on actual construction and monitoring costs for these projects. Until this occurs, only estimates of mitigation bank construction and monitoring costs and land sales data can be analyzed, as outlined above. Below is a synopsis of the changes to these baseline metrics utilized to set the credit fee:

Construction/monitoring costs: were similar to CY 2015 costs

Ag Land Sales Data: Total Agricultural Land Sales for 2015 (latest data dated 6/27/2016) have changed on average as indicated below:

• Superior HUC-4 Area – AG Land Sales increased on average an estimated 6% • Lake Michigan HUC-4 Area – AG Land Sales did not change (0% increase) • Mississippi River HUC-4 Area – AG Land Sales decreased on average an estimated 4%

When the percent change in land sales data was incorporated into the credit fee determination methodology, CY 2017 credit fees would change less than 0.5% for the three major HUC-4 basins. Because of these very minor changes in land values, and after reviewing CY 2016 mitigation bank costs, there was no substantial evidence suggesting that a change in CY 2017 credit fees was justified. Therefore, it was determined that CY 2017 credit fees would remain the same.

Table 10 – Credit Fee Schedule for CY 2017 The information below depicts the old credit fee of the preceding program year alongside the new credit fee for CY 2017 organized by SAs within the three major HUC-4 basins.

Service Area 2016 Credit Fee 2017 Credit Fee

Major HUC-4 Basin Area (Effective Jan 1,

2016-Dec 31, 2016) (Effective Jan 1,

2017–Dec 31, 2017)

Lake Superior $59,000 $59,000 Lake Superior Basin

St. Croix $61,000 $61,000 Mississippi River Basin

Chippewa $61,000 $61,000 Mississippi River Basin

Upper Mississippi – Black Root $61,000 $61,000 Mississippi

River Basin

Upper Wisconsin $61,000 $61,000 Mississippi River Basin


Lower Wisconsin $61,000 $61,000 Mississippi River Basin

Upper Mississippi – Maquoketa Plum $61,000 $61,000 Mississippi

River Basin

Rock $61,000 $61,000 Mississippi River Basin

Upper Illinois $61,000 $61,000 Mississippi River Basin

Northwestern Lake Michigan $62,000 $62,000

Lake Michigan

Basin

Fox $62,000 $62,000 Lake

Michigan Basin

Southwestern Lake Michigan $62,000 $62,000

Lake Michigan

Basin

Additional Information Additional information related to the WI Wetland Conservation Trust can be found by visiting the following webpage:

http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Wetlands/mitigation/WWCT.html

http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Wetlands/mitigation/WWCT.html

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