On October 6, Vince Messerly, president of the Stream + Wetlands Foundation, was guest speaker at a breakfast meeting for the Home Builders Association of Greater Cincinnati. Messerly’s presentation “Compensatory Mitigation and New Waters of the U.S. New Regulation” provided details on compensatory mitigation for impacts to wetlands and streams and provided details on the new Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) regulations which took effect August 28. Messerly also discussed how the local offices of the Army Corp of Engineers will implement the regulations and what homebuilders need to know about the new WOTUS regulations and how current and future projects may affected.