--- title: Roller | Conservation Mitigation Easement | Unique Places to Save description: Roller Mitigation Site ensures long-term protection and restoration of streams, wetlands, and floodplains in Tennessee's Collins River Basin through a conservation easement. image: https://uniqueplacestosave.org/hubfs/roller%20conservation%20easement%20tennessee.png --- [![Unique Places to Save logo](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/hs-fs/hubfs/logo%20horizontal-1.png?width=1254&height=380&name=logo%20horizontal-1.png "Unique Places to Save logo")](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/) - [PROJECTS](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/projects) - SERVICES - [FOR MITIGATION BANKERS](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/conservation-mitigation) - [FOR LAND MANAGERS](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/land-planners-managers) - [FOR LANDOWNERS](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/conservation-for-landowners) - [FOR RESTORATION PARTNERS](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/dam-removals) - ABOUT - [OUR GOALS](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/our-goals) - [OUR VALUES](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/our-values) - [OUR TEAM](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/team) - [CAREERS](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/careers) - [CONTACT US](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/contact) - UPDATES - [CONSERVATION EASEMENTS](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/conservation-easements) - [MITIGATION BANKING](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/mitigation-banking) - [WORKING LANDS](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/working-lands) - [RIVERS, WETLANDS & DAMS](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/rivers-wetlands-dams) - [CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/conservation-and-development) - [CONSERVATION STORIES](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/conservation-stories) - [ORGANIZATION NEWS](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/organization-news) - [ALL POSTS](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news) [Donate](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/wetland-keepers) [Donate](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/wetland-keepers) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. ![A small stream winding through a grassy pasture, with a barn on the ridge behind.](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/hubfs/roller%20conservation%20easement%20tennessee.png) # Roller | Conservation Mitigation Easement Michael Scisco - January 2026 ![](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/hubfs/raw_assets/public/unique-places-theme/images/sep-1-0.png) ### Total Acres 28 ### Project Year 2025   ##### Located in Cannon & Warren Counties of TN [![](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/hs-fs/hubfs/con%20res%20hab%20badge.png?width=240&height=241&name=con%20res%20hab%20badge.png)](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/our-values#badge)The Roller Stream and Wetland Mitigation Site is permanently protected under a conservation easement held by Unique Places to Save, ensuring the long-term preservation of restored streams, wetlands, and riparian buffers within the Collins River Basin. This permanent protection safeguards the site from future development and land-use conversion, securing lasting ecological and water quality benefits across a landscape historically impacted by agriculture and channel modification. Through conservation easement protection, the project ensures that restored stream channels remain stable, connected to their floodplains, and capable of supporting natural hydrologic and ecological processes in perpetuity. Stream re-establishment improves channel form and function, reduces erosion and sediment transport, and strengthens aquatic and riparian habitat connectivity over the long term. Wetland and floodplain resources protected by the easement are restored and enhanced to support natural hydrology, groundwater interaction, and native vegetation communities. The permanent exclusion of livestock, removal of invasive species, and establishment of forested riparian buffers allow wetlands and floodplains to function as resilient systems for water storage, nutrient processing, and habitat diversity. By placing the Roller Mitigation Site under a perpetual conservation easement held by Unique Places to Save, the project guarantees that the ecological, hydrological, and habitat improvements achieved through restoration are preserved indefinitely, providing enduring watershed benefits and high-quality habitat within the Collins River Basin.   ##### Mitigation Partner [![Wildlands Engineering logo](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/hs-fs/hubfs/chub_backup/wildlands%20engineering.png?width=230&height=97&name=wildlands%20engineering.png)](https://www.wildlandseng.com/) Our Role ### Conservation Easement Grantee Mitigation Type ### Stream & Wetland Restoration   About the Author![Michael Scisco](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/hs-fs/hubfs/michael%20scisco.jpg?width=208&height=208&name=michael%20scisco.jpg) Michael brings nearly 20 years of experience to his role as Trusted Conservation Advisor 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. [Learn More](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/michael-scisco-conservation-expert) #### We are a trusted non-profit partner for mitigation banks seeking high-quality conservation projects   [Learn More](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/conservation-mitigation) ![wetland with birds](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/hubfs/wetland%20with%20birds.jpg) [Mitigation Banking](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/mitigation-banking), [Tennessee](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/tennessee), [Projects](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/projects) Madilyn Deifell, October 2026 ### [Why are wetlands so full of life?](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/why-are-wetlands-so-full-of-life) This fall, we are pleased to share a blog from Madilyn, who is working with us as a Conservation Intern through a collaborative effort with UNC-Chapel Hill's EcoStudio. The internship at Unique Places to Save enables students to gain hands-... ![Blackberries ripening on a bramble at the edge of a young pine forest.](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/hubfs/photo%20of%20poes%20landing%20conservation%20easement.jpg) [Mitigation Banking](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/mitigation-banking), [Tennessee](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/tennessee), [Projects](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/projects) Michael Scisco, October 2026 ### [Poe's Landing | Conservation Mitigation Easement](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/poes-landing-conservation-mitigation-easement) Total Acres 321 Project Year 2026 Located in York County, South Carolina Covering approximately 320.69 acres within the Upper Broad River Basin, the easement safeguards critical aquatic corridors including Bullock Creek, Bells Creek, 11 unn... ![A slow stream winds through an open wetland meadow lined with cattails and shrubs, with a band of trees on the horizon under a golden evening sky.](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/hubfs/image%20of%20wetlands%20conservation.jpg) [Mitigation Banking](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/mitigation-banking), [Tennessee](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/tennessee), [Projects](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/projects) Michael Scisco, September 2026 ### [What Happens After a Mitigation Bank is Complete?](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/mitigation-bank-long-term-management) Regulatory closeout is a major milestone for a mitigation bank. It confirms that the required restoration or enhancement work has been completed, performance standards have been met, and the formal monitoring and maintenance period can end.... ![Pink survey flagging tied to shrubs along a marsh-lined creek on the Point Farm conservation easement, with a weathered stump standing in the still water.](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/hubfs/point%20farm%20conservation%20mitigation%20easement.jpg) [Mitigation Banking](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/mitigation-banking), [Tennessee](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/tennessee), [Projects](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/tag/projects) Mandi Taylor, September 2026 ### [The Impossibility of Capturing Nature in a PDF](https://uniqueplacestosave.org/news/baseline-documentation-report) Every profession has the gap between what the job looks like on paper and what actually happens on the ground. In land conservation, that divide can be neatly summarized by one specific, legal document: the Baseline Documentation Report (BD... 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