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Lake Jesup Wetland Mitigation in Seminole County, Florida If your project in Sanford, Oviedo, Winter Springs, Longwood, Casselberry or anywhere else in the Lake Jesup Basin will affect wetlands, you will probably need compensatory mitigation before you can get your permits. A 2025 change in Florida law made that much simpler for this basin. What Changed With SB 492 There are no mitigation banks located inside the Lake Jesup Basin (SJRWMD Basin 23). For years that meant tight options for projects there:

How to Submit a New ERP Application Through SWFWMD’s e-Permitting System On July 7, 2026, the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) launched Appian, a new e-permitting system that replaces the water management information system (WMIS) for new Environmental Resource Permit (ERP) applications. Any application already in progress in WMIS will continue to be reviewed there. Every new ERP application now moves through Appian. Here is what changed and how to submit a new application under the updated system. What

Wetland Mitigation Banking in Florida: From Regulation to Credit Sales On August 19, 2026, Victoria Bruce, CEO of The Mitigation Banking Group, joined two fellow experts at the Tampa Bay Association of Environmental Professionals (TBAEP) August luncheon to walk through how a wetland mitigation bank comes together in Florida, from the legal framework to construction to credit sales. The Legal and Regulatory Framework Susan Roeder Martin, Esq. of Nason Yeager Gerson Harris and Fumero opened with the basics, tracing mitigation banking back

DEP Confirms Local Governments Can Use Mitigation Bank Credits On September 10, 2025, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection issued a memorandum clarifying a question that has come up among water management districts: whether mitigation bank credits can be used to offset wetland impacts regulated outside of the Environmental Resource Permit program, specifically under local pollution control programs. DEP’s position is clear. The use of mitigation bank credits for this purpose is allowable under Florida law.   The Statutory Basis Section 373.4135(2), F.S.,

Florida Expands Mitigation Bank Credit Use Beyond Traditional Service Areas In 2025, Florida made the most consequential updates to its wetland mitigation banking framework since the program’s inception in the 1990s. Writing in The Florida Bar Journal, Susan Roeder Martin provides a practical overview of two major changes: a new pathway for mitigation bank credits to be used outside of a bank’s traditional service area, and a standardized credit release schedule across the state. The following is a