The Primary Advantages of Using a Wetland Bank

• We will provide an immediate resolution to the mitigation needed. After you receive your letter from USACE, we will complete the transaction within a few days.
• We have the water rights to grow and maintain a wetland.
• We take care of the 5-10 years monitoring program requirements. Depending on your requirements, these requirements include the success of the diversity of wetland plants, crown cover of trees, weed management, water testing, and more.
• We know our site will support the plants needed for your mitigation.
• We take on the risk of site failure. 
• Your risks are eliminated.
• We have the long-term financial assurance required.
• We have long-term site management in place.
• We provide the required conservation easement.
• We cover the wetland replacement's design, engineering, and construction costs.
• We procured the expensive wetland plants.
• We are responsible for weed management.
• We have studied the science of wetland mitigation; we know what plants to plant at what elevation, at what time of the year, how much water they need to be successful, and at what intervals.  We know the weeds and the science of what to do to eliminate them.
• We are responsible for any damage to the wetlands by humans or wildlife. Beavers enjoy cutting down trees in wetlands, elk like to use the trees as scratching posts, and voles eat the young roots of cottonwood trees.
• We monitor the health of the plants and take the necessary actions to ensure the plants succeed.
• We pay for the annual monitoring reports due to the USACE.
• We save you time, money, and resources.
• We take care of the litter that enters the wetlands.
• You do not have to purchase additional land or use some of your land.
• Small and isolated mitigation sites are difficult and expensive to manage in perpetuity.
• We change a wetland problem into a finite expense.  You will not get another bill from us. You do not have to worry about ongoing costs or budgeting for wetland expenses in future years.
• Maintaining our wetland bank is our primary job; it is not an add-on to someone's job description.

  To summarize how the mitigation bank process works for you. The Army Corps of Engineers will provide you with a letter with their mitigation requirement details. Our bank is one of the options you can use to meet your requirements.

You sign the contract, and we will receive payment. 

We provide the Army Corps with a copy of the mitigation certificate, and they will sign off on you having completed your mitigation obligation in full.

The transaction can be finished in just a few days.