George Howard Challenges to Eco-Markets: A Veteran Speaks

Ft. Lauderdale ACES December 11, 2012

• 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

Katy Prairie Stream Bank

Jesuit Bend Mitigation Bank

Rebuilding the Delta

Nobody Wakes up in the Morning

Wanting a Bowl of Wetlands

Don’t Blame the Hospital for ill

People

Government does not Grow Corn

Planning is often Fruitless –

Goal Setting Essential

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

Thank You!! And come see me!