Conservation and Mitigation Banking

A conservation or mitigation bank is a free-market enterprise that:

• allows landowners economic incentives to protect natural resources
• saves permittees/project proponents time and money by providing them with pre-approved compensation lands
• consolidates small, fragmented mitigation projects into large contiguous sites that may have a higher wildlife habitat value
• provides for long-term protection and management of habitat
• offers the sale of mitigation credits in advance of identifying the compensatory mitigation project