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This Article seeks to provide policymakers and coastal resource managers with detailed insights into the challenges and opportunities for incorporating considerations of "blue carbon" into compensatory mitigation required under Clean Water Act Section 404. As our understanding of blue carbon systems deepens, so too does the urgency of responding to the global climate crisis. Commentators have encouraged the inclusion of blue carbon into existing domestic policies, including Clean Water Act Section 404. It is the authors' hope that focused articles such as this can shine a light on which approaches might be most tenable under existing law, directing efforts towards workable solutions.

Hill, K. and Spivak, A.C. 2024. Blue Carbon and Wetlands Compensatory Mitigation: Fitting a Climate-Sized Peg into a Watershed-Sized Hole. Sea Grant Law and Policy Journal. 13:31.