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As single in kind of the state's largest land developer the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) uses large amounts of land for a statewide transportation method that serves the needs of Ohio's citizens. And like all responsible land developer ODOT look fors to perform that duty while at the same time recognizing and respecting nature and the environment.

ODOT members have begun exploring the uses of a universal called "Wetland Banking," a means by the agency of which the department can easily and outlay effectively compensate for wetland impacts caused on highway construction projects.

While ODOT must maintain with regulations that limit the use of banking, there is real expectancy that it will be an increasingly valuable tool for hereafter use.

Wetlands are defined as land areas that are saturated either with acres or surface water for in the same state [i]or[/i] condition a duration and frequency that they can, and usually do, support "hyrdophytic vegetation," or plants that