# MitigationDesk

> MitigationDesk is the system of record for regulatory environmental credit markets in the United States. It aggregates, structures, and enriches mitigation credit data from federal and state sources, delivering it through a web application, AI assistant integrations (MCP), and a REST API.

## What MitigationDesk Does

MitigationDesk solves a critical gap in environmental compliance: finding and evaluating mitigation credits is fragmented, opaque, and manual. Developers and environmental consultants must purchase compensatory mitigation credits — wetland, stream, species habitat, nutrient, or buffer — whenever a project impacts regulated natural resources under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act or equivalent state programs.

MitigationDesk unifies federal RIBITS data and state-level mitigation program data (starting with NC DEQ) into a single, searchable, real-time platform. Users can search credits by geography (HUC watershed, state, county), credit type, credit amount, and bank status.

## Data Coverage

- **Federal:** RIBITS (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) — all mitigation banks, credit ledgers, service areas, contacts, and documents nationwide
- **State (live):** North Carolina DEQ — buffer, nitrogen, and phosphorous credits
- **State (coming):** Florida, Virginia, and additional Southeast states
- **Credit types:** Wetland (PEM, PSS, PFO), stream (linear feet), species habitat, nutrient (nitrogen, phosphorous, buffer)

## Who Uses MitigationDesk

- **Environmental consultants** — research credit availability, generate availability reports, identify qualified banks by project location and credit type
- **Mitigation bankers** — manage bank profiles, monitor demand signals, track peer benchmarks
- **Developers and project owners** — understand mitigation obligations and cost ranges early in project planning
- **API / data consumers** — programmatic access to structured mitigation credit data

## AI / Agent Access (MCP)

MitigationDesk exposes a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that allows AI assistants (Claude, GPT, and others) to query mitigation credit data directly using natural language. Supported tools:

- `search_mitigation_banks` — search banks by state, credit type, HUC, status, keyword
- `get_mitigation_bank_detail` — full detail for a specific bank (contacts, ledger, service areas)
- `get_bank_credits` — credit availability and ledger transactions for a bank
- `get_huc_credits_availability` — credit availability aggregated by HUC watershed

MCP connector available at: https://data-api.mitigationdesk.com

## REST API

Full data API documentation: https://data-api.mitigationdesk.com/docs

## Key Concepts (Glossary)

- **Mitigation credit:** A unit of compensatory environmental value, generated by restoring or protecting natural resources, used to offset permitted impacts
- **Mitigation bank:** A site where wetlands, streams, or other aquatic resources are restored and held in reserve to offset future permitted impacts
- **RIBITS:** Regulatory In-lieu fee and Bank Information Tracking System — the federal database maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- **HUC (Hydrologic Unit Code):** A geographic watershed boundary used to define mitigation bank service areas
- **Section 404:** Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, which regulates the discharge of dredged or fill material into Waters of the United States and triggers compensatory mitigation requirements
- **ILF (In-Lieu Fee):** An alternative to mitigation banking where permittees pay a fee to a third-party program that performs mitigation on their behalf
- **Service area:** The geographic boundary within which a mitigation bank's credits can be used to offset permitted impacts

## Links

- Homepage: https://mitigationdesk.com
- Application: https://app.mitigationdesk.com
- API Docs: https://data-api.mitigationdesk.com/docs
- Terms of Use: https://app.mitigationdesk.com/terms-of-use
- Privacy Policy: https://app.mitigationdesk.com/privacy-policy