Progress Report – Tye River Mitigation Bank Restoration Project

Beautiful, clear water is once again beginning to flow in some of the tributaries throughout this historically degraded and de-forested property in southern Virginia.  As the Tye Mitigation Bank continues work restoring these vital

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Mitigation Banks Outperform Other Forms of Compensatory Mitigation

If a restoration project will result in significant impacts to streams, rivers, or wetlands the project will be responsible for compensatory mitigation. It must compensate for damage or losses to these resources in an equivalent way to

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Mitigation Bank Announces Initial Credit Release in Central Virginia

Tye River Mitigation Bank in Nelson County approved for initial riverine credits by Corps of Engineers Norfolk District. ARRINGTON, Va. – Tye River Mitigation Bank has been approved for its initial release of riverine

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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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Mussels Have Muscle for Water Filtration

Freshwater mussels USFWS photo. Freshwater mussels are work horses. Just one of these little filter feeders does its part to filter between 10-20 gallons of water per day. A healthy bed of freshwater mussels, in

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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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Restoration Monitoring Shows Successful Revegetation

Willow stakes taking off! Year-one monitoring of the Tye River Mitigation Bank is completed and has been submitted for IRT review.  This vital ecological restoration effort, including invasives management and transplantation of significant new

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Tye River Mitigation Bank Receives Final Approval in Central Virginia

ARRINGTON , Va. – The Tye River Mitigation Bank (TRMB) of central Virginia is pleased to announce its final federal and state approvals by the Virginia Inter-Agency Review Team (IRT).  The fully permitted mitigation

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Bank Site Restoration Implementation Continues

Following fencing of the buffers across the Tye River Mitigation Bank, these photos show American Conservation Experience (ACE) crew members installing nearly 60,000 new native plants as part of Phase I of he mitigation

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Purchase Credits or Request a Quote

Purchase Credits or Request a Quote….. The Tye River Mitigation Bank (TRMB) of central Virginia is pleased to announce its final federal and state approvals by the Virginia Inter-Agency Review Team (IRT).  The fully

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