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Learn about our latest restoration & conservation efforts and discover how healthy land & aquatic resources benefit our communities across the US
| Michael Scisco, November 2024
Upper Rocky Mitigation Bank
Total Acres 44 Project Year 2020 Located near Charlotte NC The Upper Rocky restoration project restored and enhanced over 16 acres of wetlands and 8,000 linear feet of stream in an area experiencing increased suburban development pressure. ...
| Michael Scisco, October 2024
Zunino Ranch Mitigation Bank
Total Acres 338 Project Year 2024 Located in Elko County Nevada Zunino Ranch Conservation Credit System Project is part of the Sagebrush Ecosystem Program (SEP) in Nevada. The SEP was legislatively established in 2013 and worked to develop ...
| Michael Scisco, September 2024
Gulf Coast Plains Wetland Mitigation Bank
Total Acres 464 Project Year 2024 Located in Chambers County Texas The goals of the Gulf Coast Plains Wetland Mitigation Bank are the following: To restore historically occurring, high quality, tidal and freshwater wetland and aquatic habit...
| Michael Scisco, August 2024
Great Pee Dee Mitigation Bank
Total Acres 1,094 Project Year 2023 Located in Mason & Dillon Counties, SC The goal of the Great Pee Dee mitigation banking project is to preserve, enhance and restore streams and wetlands associated with the Great Pee Dee River, Mill Creek...
| Michael Scisco, August 2024
Pushmataha Bat Conservation Bank | Endangered Species
Total Acres 90 Project Year 2022 Located in Pushmataha County OK The purpose of this species mitigation bank is to help offset potential negative impacts on habitat for Indiana Bats (Endangered) and Northern Long-Eared Bats (Threatened) fro...
| Michael Scisco, August 2024
Hatch's Hill | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 56.2 Project Year 2024 Located in Wayne County NC The Hatch’s Hill Conservation Easement is located on active farms used for cropland and pasture for goats, donkeys, and alpaca. The 56.2‐acre conservation easement includes multi...
| Michael Scisco, July 2024
Smiley | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 18 Project Year 2024 Located in Knox County TN The Smiley Conservation Easement is a remarkable project and a great example of pairing ecological conservation with agricultural working lands. This easement protects 4,458 feet of...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
French Quarter Creek | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 440.49 Project Year N/A Located in the Edisto River Basin of Berkeley SC The French Quarter Creek mitigation project provides restoration and enhancement of approximately 94.39 acres of bottomland hardwood, the enhancement of ap...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Knob Creek | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 16.04 Project Year 2017 Located in the French Broad River Basin of Yancey County NC
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Twiman | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 29.88 Project Year 2019 Located in the Yadkin Pee Dee River Basin of Yadkin County NC The Twiman Conservation Mitigation Easement is located in a rural area near Boonville, NC between cattle pastures and agricultural fields. The...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Compass Point | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 16.46 Project Year 2019 Located in the Yadkin Pee Dee River Basin of Yadkin County NC The Compass Point Conservation Mitigation Easement is located on a cattle farm near Boonville, NC. There are three stream reaches that converg...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Critcher Brothers | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 72.46 Project Year 2020 Located in the Yadkin Pee Dee River Basin of Wilkes County NC The Critcher Brothers Conservation Easement encompasses a large portion of the South Fork of Fishing Creek Watershed. Land uses surrounding th...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
O’Berry Road | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 28.9 Project Year 2022 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Wayne County North Carolina The major goals of the the O’Berry Road Conservation Mitigation Easement proposed buffer mitigation and nutrient offset project are to provid...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Rosewood | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 47.5 Project Year 2022 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Wayne County NC The major goals of the the Rosewood Conservation Mitigation Easement proposed buffer mitigation and nutrient offset project are to provide ecological and...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Black Dirt | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 28.6 Project Year 2022 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Wayne County NC The major goals of the the Black Dirt Conservation Mitigation Easement proposed buffer mitigation and nutrient offset project are to provide ecological a...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Anderson Farm | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 16.95 Project Year 2022 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Wayne County NC The major goals of the the Anderson Farm Conservation Mitigation Easement proposed buffer mitigation and nutrient offset project are to provide ecologic...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Thoroughfare Swamp | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 23.55 Project Year 2019 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Wayne County NC The Thoroughfare Swamp Conservation Mitigation Easement is 23 acres of former open row crop fields turned dense riparian buffer for the Thoroughfare Swa...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Scarborough | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 231.19 Project Year 2020 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Wayne County NC The Scarborough Conservation Mitigation Easement is located in the Inner Coastal Plain Physiographic Region of North Carolina, near the town of Goldsbo...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
McClenney Acres | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 77.41 Project Year 2020 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Wayne County NC The McClenny Acres Conservation Mitigation Easement is a beautiful, open, native wetland landscape that was re-established from from agricultural fields...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Long Pond Branch | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 36.1 Project Year 2021 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Wayne County NC The Long Pond Branch Conservation Mitigation Easement has been significantly impacted by surrounding land use activities. The degraded stream banks and f...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Hollowell | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 72.05 Project Year 2019 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Wayne County NC The Hollowell Conservation Mitigation Easement near Goldsboro, North Carolina is a spread out property surrounded by active row crop fields. The easemen...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Grantham Branch | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 68.29 Project Year 2018 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Wayne County NC The Grantham Branch Conservation Mitigation Easement is the second phase of the Falling Creek stream and wetland mitigation bank in Wayne County, NC. Th...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Falling Creek | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 371.32 Project Year 2017 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Wayne County NC The Falling Creek Conservation Mitigation Easement is 371 acres of restored stream, wetland, and forest habitat situated in the middle livestock and ro...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Caraway Creek | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 28.85 Project Year 2015 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Wayne County NC The Caraway Creek Conservation Mitigation Easement is nestled between active row crop fields. The easement property consists of restored riparian stream...
| Michael Scisco, February 2024
Buck Swamp | Conservation Mitigation Easement
Total Acres 47.08 Project Year 2017 Located in the Neuse River Basin of Wayne County NC The Buck Swamp Conservation Easement is located near the town of Princeton, NC bordered by active row crop fields. The 47 acre Easement Property consist...