Cover -- Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Acknowledgment of Review Participants -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Outcomes of Wetland Restoration and Creation -- 3 Watershed Setting -- 4 Wetland Permitting: History and Overview -- 5 Compensatory Mitigation Mechanisms Under Section 404 -- 6 Mitigation Compliance -- 7 Technical Approaches Toward Achieving No Net Loss -- 8 Institutional Reforms for Enhancing Compensatory Mitigation -- References -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Survey of Studies: Comparison of Mitigation and Natural Wetlands -- Appendix B Case Studies -- Appendix C Analyses of Soil, Plant, and Animal Communities for Mitigation Sites Compared with Reference Sites -- Appendix D California Department of Fish and Game, South Coast Region -- Guidelines for Wetland Mitigation -- Appendix E Examples of Performance Standards for Wetland Creation and Restoration in Section 404 Permits and an Approach to Developing Performance Standards -- Appendix F Memorandum for Commanders, Major Subordinate Commands, and District Commands, April 8, 1999 -- Appendix G Army Corps of Engineers Standard Operating Procedures for the Regulatory Program -- Appendix H Selected Attributes of 40 Common Wetland Functional Assessment Procedures -- Appendix I Functions, Factors, and Values Considered in Section 404 Permit Reviews -- Appendix J Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Glossary -- Index.