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| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Neville Farms | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 6.15 Project Year 2021 Located in the Cape Fear River Basin of Orange County NC The Neville Farms Conservation Mitigation Easement is located in a rural and residential area of Chapel Hill, NC. The easement property consists of ...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Cape Fear Dairyland | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 28.56 Project Year 2018 Located in the Cape Fear River Basin of Orange County NC The Cape Fear Dairyland Conservation Mitigation Easement is located in a rural region of Orange County, NC known for dairy and other agricultural o...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Banished Bull | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 8.72 Project Year 2021 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Orange County NC The Banished Bull Conservation Mitigation Easement was formerly cattle pasture with stream features that were impacted by cattle grazing and pollutant i...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Straight Creek | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 145 Project Year 2022 Located in the Straight Creek River Basin of Morgan County KY The Straight Creek site is relatively large and includes many objectives for restoration and conservation including: Restore degraded perennial,...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Cloud & Banner | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 59.76 Project Year 2019 Located in the Cape Fear River Basin of Alamance NC The Cloud and Banner Conservation Mitigation Easement is a unique and beautiful property tucked away in between mature forest corridors from residential...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Heguy Ranch Species Conservation Bank
Total Acres 25.64 Project Year 2020 Located in Elko Nevada The purpose of the Heguy Ranch Species Conservation Bank is to compensate for unavoidable impacts to habitat associated with the Greater Sage-Grouse while still allowing for livesto...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Clermont Species Conservation Bank
Total Acres 963 Project Year 2021 Located in Clermont Ohio The purpose of the Clermont County Species Conservation Bank is to compensate for unavoidable impacts to the federally endangered Indiana bat and the federally threatened northern l...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Point Farm | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 1,313.11 Project Year 2021 Located in the Edisto River Basin of Charleston South Carolina The Point Farm Mitigation Bank protects approximately 1,166 acres of jurisdictional aquatic resources (tidal salt marsh wetlands). The Ban...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Lucky Landing | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 30 Project Year 2021 Located in the Stones River Basin of Cannon County TN The Lucky Landing Conservation Mitigation Easement includes restoration and enhancement of six streams, most of which are first order tributaries. Stream...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Camp Cove | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 11 Project Year 2022 Located in the Lower Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake River Basin of Sumner TN The Lucky Landing Conservation Mitigation Easement includes restoration and enhancement of UT Camp Creek, a degraded first order trib...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Gum Gully | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 15.72 Project Year 2022 Located in the Buffalo-San Jacinto River Basin of Harris Texas The Gum Gully conservation easement is part of a permittee responsible mitigation site just northeast of Houston in Harris County, Texas. The...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Carolina Bison | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 10.59 Project Year 2018 Located in the French Broad River Basin of Buncombe County NC The Carolina Bison Conservation Mitigation Easement is located just northwest of Asheville, NC and is known locally as a property that raises ...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Dead Oak | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 41.42 Project Year 2020 Located in the French Broad River Basin of Buncombe County NC
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Riverbend Hoss | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 40.06 Project Year 2017 Located in the Roanoke River Basin of Caswell NC The Riverbend Hoss Conservation Mitigation Easement is located near the town of Blanch, North Carolina. The easement property was formerly grazed forest an...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Dogtown | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 75.15 Project Year 2023 Located in the Catawba River Basin of Catawba County NC
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Starker | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 30 Project Year 2022 Located in the Catawba River Basin of Catawba County NC The Starker Conservation Easement Mitigation Site will result in a higher functioning aquatic ecosystem. The project goals and objectives address water...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Firestone | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 15.06 Project Year 2022 Located in the Catawba River Basin of Catawba County NC The Firestone Conservation Mitigation benefits include site specific improvements and watershed scale benefits that include excluding livestock from...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Bethel Branch | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 16.3 Project Year 2019 Located in the Cape Fear River Basin of Chatham NC The Bethel Branch Conservation Mitigation Easement is a part of the Cane Creek Umbrella Mitigation Bank in Chatham and Alamance Counties, NC; a collection...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Pine Hill Branch | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 24.3 Project Year 2018 Located in the Cape Fear River Basin of Alamance NC The Pine Hill Branch Conservation Mitigation Easement is a part of the Cane Creek Umbrella Mitigation Bank in Chatham and Alamance Counties, NC; a collec...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
South Fork | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 18.13 Project Year 2018 Located in the Cape Fear River Basin of Chatham NC The South Fork Conservation Mitigation Easement is a part of the Cane Creek Umbrella Mitigation Bank in Chatham and Alamance Counties, NC; a collection o...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Dudley Mill | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 45.92 Project Year 2020 Located in the Cape Fear River Basin of Cumberland NC The Dudley Mill Conservation Mitigation is unique in that it was once a large pond that was impounded for a mill. The impoundment has now been removed...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Dugout | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 37.17 Project Year 2021 Located in the Cape Fear River Basin of Cumberland NC The Dugout Stream and Wetland Project is located within a watershed primarily composed of agriculture, forests, and commercial and residential areas. ...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Scout | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 13.23 Project Year 2019 Located in the Yadkin Pee Dee River Basin of Davie County NC The Scout Conservation Mitigation Easement, located in Davie County, NC, is a small open valley surrounded by cattle pasture, row crop fields, ...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
North Fork Little River | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 33.43 Project Year 2016 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Durham North Carolina The North Fork Little River Conservation Mitigation Easement is located outside of the city of Durham, NC and was formerly row crop agricultural f...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Catfish Pond | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 31.54 Project Year 2022 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Durham NC The major goals of the the Catfish Pond Conservation Mitigation Easement proposed buffer mitigation and nutrient offset project are to provide ecological and ...