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Announcement of Banking Agency Management Team (BAMT) Public Meeting
Meeting Date/Time: October 27, 2025, 1pm to 3pm
To Attend Webinar: Please Register Here
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,, the California Natural Resources Agency, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the State Water Resources Control Board, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, as potential participants in Interagency Review Teams (IRT), collectively known as IRT agencies, is hosting a virtual public meeting on October 27, 2025, from 1:00-3:00 pm. The purpose of this meeting is to provide mitigation banking updates and solicit input from stakeholders.
The IRT agencies entered into an interagency Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Mitigation and Conservation Banking and In-Lieu Fee Programs in California (MOU) in 2006, which established the Banking Agency Management Team (BAMT) and the California Interagency Mitigation Bank Project Delivery Team (PDT) to improve consistency in mitigation and conservation banking throughout the state of California. The MOU was updated and executed in 2011. Pursuant to the 2011 MOU, the BAMT, in coordination with the PDT, is responsible for hosting public meetings to provide updates on templates, guidance, processes, etc., or to address areas for improvement in mitigation and conservation banking.
MEETING DESCRIPTION: Pursuant to the 2011 MOU, the BAMT and the PDT will hold a public meeting on Monday, October 27, 2025, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Interested parties must RSVP here to participate. The meeting agenda is as follows:
Agenda
1:00 - 1:10 pm Welcome and BAMT Introductions
1:10 – 1:40 pm 2025 Agency Alignment Actions
- PDT Checklist revisions
- CBEI template
- CDFW Guidelines Update
- Increased BAMT engagement & prioritization
- Improved PDT Workplan
- Bank Approvals
1:40 – 2:00 pm Future Agency Alignment Actions
- IRT Best Management Practices
- IRT training
- Conservation Easement template revisions
2:00-2:10 pm Break
2:10 – 2:20 pm Sales without transfers at Banks approved prior to 2021 BEI template
2:20 – 2:50 pm Question and Answer
2:50 – 3:00 pm Wrap-up
The meeting will include an update on agency alignment actions, approved templates and new templates in development, and an open forum for stakeholders to provide input on ways to improve engagement with the agencies.
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact mitbank@wildlife.ca.gov. Thank you for your continued support of the Conservation and Mitigation Banking program.
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