Ecological Benefits Establishes mitigation in advance of unavoidable project impacts to avoid temporal loss of aquatic function Provides an opportunity to achieve large, "landscape-scale" restoration through providing an economic incentive to SHMB sponsor Avoids problems associated with project-specific mitigation sites that often fail Allows for larger restoration sites that accommodate increased habitat diversity and substantially higher ecological lift Provides protection and management of the site in perpetuity through a Conservation Easement