gulf coast plains wetland conservation mitigation easement non-profit

Gulf Coast Plains Wetland Mitigation Bank

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Total Acres

464

Project Year

2024

 
Located in Chambers County Texas

The goals of the Gulf Coast Plains Wetland Mitigation Bank are the following:

  1. To restore historically occurring, high quality, tidal and freshwater wetland and aquatic habitat resource functions;
  2. To restore and enhance wetland hydrology onsite through the implementation of sustainable hydrological site modifications to reestablish historic surface water drainage and flow patterns; and,
  3. 3) To restore and enhance wetland vegetation to prior-converted agricultural areas that will re-establish historical native plant communities and habitat similar to those found on the adjacent Anahuac NWR that surrounds the Bank to the west, south, and east.

Restoration of these areas will provide optimal ecologically significant aquatic resource functions locally, to the region, and to the watershed, including unimpeded essential fish nursery habitat and access to the East Bay-Galveston Bay estuarine system, and high quality foraging, resting, feeding, nesting and breeding habitat for waterfowl, neotropical migrants and local wildlife populations throughout the year.

Unique Places to Save’s services of ensuring good financial stewardship of the endowment funds will enable perpetual maintenance of the mitigation banking components.

 

Mitigation Partner

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Our Role

Endowment Fund Manager

Mitigation Type

Wetland Mitigation

 

About the Authormichael scisco

Michael brings nearly 20 years of experience to his role as Conservation Director at Unique Places to Save. He has worked to conserve over 200,000 acres across the U.S. while securing over $200M in funding and transacting $500M in land and other real estate.

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