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D. Regional Trail Corridors

Regional Trail Corridors provide opportunities for non-motorized recreational use and serve as multi-
modal transportation facilities for bicycle commuters and pedestrians. Portions of these trail corridors
may be within Regional Parks or Regional Greenways.

Site Selection Criteria:
• Corridors may follow natural features such as regional greenways or man-made features
such as utility or transportation corridors.
• The regional trail and greenway trail corridor shall serve as the spine for the countywide
trail system connecting Waukesha County communities and providing access to
regional parks, cultural sites, special use facilities, local trail systems, trail systems in
adjacent counties, and statewide trail systems.

Waukesha County Regional Trail Corridors:

Bugline Trail, Lake Country Trail, and New Berlin Trail
E. Regional Special Use Areas

Regional Special Use Areas provide facilities to meet countywide educational or recreational needs that
are generally not found in the regional parks, greenways, or trail corridors. This classification covers a
broad range of special park facilities oriented toward single purpose use or more active uses that are
incompatible with passive, nature-based recreation emphasized within the Regional Parks and
Greenways.

Site Selection Criteria:

• Not meant to occur in Regional Parks, Regional Special Use Areas are to have a separate
and distinct location.

• Size varies with use
Waukesha County Regional Special Use Areas:

Retzer Nature Center, Eble Ice Arena, Naga-Waukee Ice Arena, Moor Downs Golf Course, Naga-
Waukee Golf Course, Wanaki Golf Course, Expo Center, Stand-alone Lake and River Boat Access
Facilities.

F. Wetland Mitigation Banking Sites

Wetland mitigation banks are restored, enhanced or created wetlands whose purpose is to provide
credits to offset unavoidable impacts to existing wetlands. A bank can be located on land that
historically supported wetlands or currently holds degraded wetlands. The bank is a system of
establishing wetland compensatory mitigation “credits” at a wetland bank site. Credits can be sold to
DNR permittees whose obligation to provide compensatory mitigation is then transferred to the
mitigation bank sponsor. A wetland mitigation bank is owned/operated as a private business by the
bank sponsor and regulated by an Interagency Review Team (IRT) made up of the Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE), Wisconsin DNR (WDNR), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Once the mitigation bank
instrument (MBI) is approved by the USACE and WDNR, the bank will receive credits over time as
performance standards are met. The final standards must be met to warrant the final credit release.
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