Hydrogeomorphic Assessment of Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve Sycamore Land Trust You have been asked to evaluate the ecological functions of a prior converted (formerly in agriculture) wetland by the Sycamore Land Trust (SLT) Sycamore Land Trust is considering the creation of a wetland mitigation bank on the property The bank would sell mitigation credits to INDOT to replace wetlanddependent functions that will be lost due to activities associated with construction of I-69 The proposed mitigation bank consists of a young aggrading forest that is developing on an old field A nearby forested wetland, also owned by SLT, is available as a reference site Using the Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) approach developed by the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, your job is to quantify functions associated with hydrology, biogeochemistry, plant habitat and animal habitat Functions to assess consist of I Long-term surface water storage II Nutrient cycling III Maintain characteristic plant communities IV Maintain spatial structure of habitat How you scale mitigation credits? (Does of mitigation bank wetland= of "natural" wetland?)