RIBITS
- REGIONAL IN-LIEU FEE AND BANK INFORMATION TRACKING SYSTEM
RIBITS is an Internet-based tracking system that allows U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Districts to monitor wetland mitigation banking, developed by the
US Army Engineer Research and Development Center.
Mitigation banking is the restoration, creation, enhancement, or preservation of wetlands to compensate for unavoidable
wetland losses in advance of development actions. Banking typically involves the consolidation of small, fragmented
wetland mitigation projects into one large contiguous site. Units of restored, created, enhanced or preserved wetlands
are expressed as "credits" which may subsequently be withdrawn to offset "debits" incurred
at a project development site.
Instructions on using RIBITS:
To navigate through the system, you will NOT need to log in. Go to the lower panel marked "Access" and
set the Filter to "Chicago". Move to the upper panel marked "Navigation" and click on "Reporting".
Once you get to this page, click on "Approved Active Mitigation Banks by District". This will give you
the list of all active banks in Chicago along with the amount of credit available. You can also look at mitigation
banks individually, by hitting the "Existing Banks" link on the Navigation Panel.
If your browser is having issues with certificates for RIBITS, here are
instructions for importing the DoD CA
PKI root certificate authorities certificates into Internet Explorer.
We have additional information about mitigation options for both Illinois and Indiana.
