Mitigation Bank Announces Credit Release in Northern Virginia

Significant Stream and Wetland Credits Now Available  April 4, 2024 – The Plains, Va. Whitewood Farm Mitigation Bank has received its first release of mitigation credits (9290 stream and 4.60 non-tidal wetland) today following approvals by

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Mitigation Banks and The Efforts On Stream Erosion Prevention

Mitigation banks continue to support much-needed offset for unavoidable impacts to our Nation’s streams, but are we deploying the best methods for restoration of stream banks and enhancement of riparian areas? According to the

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Mitigation Banking – Working to Reverse Environmental Destruction

The continued growth of mitigation banking represents the very real potential that environmental destruction can be reversed. The Whitewood Farm Mitigation Bank is such an example, restoring, enhancing and preserving in-perpetuity, streams and riparian

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Developers, Builders, Architects, Engineers – Why Buy Credits from a Mitigation Bank?

Why buy credits in a mitigation bank to offset unavoidable impacts to stream or wetland resources? Once you’ve avoided impacts and reduced impacts, purchasing mitigation credits serves industry, builders, and others with these major

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How Mitigation Banks Meet Four Environmental Needs at Once

As our world struggles to balance the push of continued development with the realities of accelerated impacts on natural resources, solutions are emerging that skillfully blend conservation with the needs of human expansion.  Mitigation

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Year One Monitoring Reveals Successful Enhancement of Native Vegetation

Year one monitoring of the Whitewood Farm Mitigation Bank was completed in early May 2020 and has been submitted for IRT review.  This vital ecological restoration effort, including invasives management and transplantation of significant

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Proper Riparian Weed Management Boosts Biodiversity

The “many little hammers” approach to noxious weed management is not a new concept, but when working around streams and rivers using all the tools in your toolbox is critical. Weeds are typically non-native

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