Construction workers repair a degraded stream at a mitigation bank site in Spanishburg, W.Va. A mitigation bank is a parcel of land or body of water on which a banker has conducted mitigation activities such as More
A mitigation bank is a parcel of land or body of water on which a banker has conducted mitigation activities such as environmental restoration in anticipation of future impacts from unrelated projects. Mitigati More
Mitigation banks, and other compensatory mitigation strategies, help make natural resources exploration, extraction, processing and other development activities possible, while protecting aquatic resources and More
Seedlings are being planted on the banks of a stream undergoing restoration at a mitigation bank in Spanishburg, W.Va. Mitigation banking is a form of trade wherein aquatic resources such as wetlands and stream More
Activities such as mining (photographed), hydraulic fracturing, processing chemicals and even just building homes can impair local rivers, streams and wetlands. Before anyone may legally proceed with such activ More