Introducing the Wildlands Mitigation Portal

Environmental regulations, including the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act, are far from ambiguous in requiring that impacts to the public’s natural resources must be mitigated. As straightforward as that may be, it becomes complicated when responsible project proponents, progressive consultants, and equitable regulators are figuring out exactly how to satisfy those mitigation requirements.

Mitigation Portal Welcome Screen

With these industry complexities in mind, we are excited to announce the launch of our new Wildlands Mitigation and Conservation Bank mapping tool, the “Mitigation Portal”. This web-based mapping application is the first of its kind, and will become an invaluable resource in your research of mitigation solutions.

Wildlands’ Mitigation Portal is an easily pannable and searchable mapping and satellite imagery tool that will bring the habitat mitigation and species mitigation world to your fingertips. Created with a user-friendly and intuitive interface, the Wildlands Mitigation Portal was designed with agency personnel, project proponents, and the environmental conservation community at large in mind.

Conservation Bank and Mitigation Bank Search Menu

The Mitigation Portal will allow you to easily:

• Access habitat and species mitigation projects

• Pan and search map and satellite imagery

• Search by bank type (credit or habitat type)

• Search by location

By clicking the name of any Bank, a pop-up window conveniently displays all of that bank’s pertinent information including credit types, acreages, service areas, approving agencies, pictures and more. Using this Mitigation Portal, you will be better informed regarding all potential mitigation solutions available, making you the mitigation expert.

Explore the new Mitigation Portal

Questions about our new Mitigation Portal?  Contact us today.

Click on your Bank and credit type of choice to see the approved Service Area for that mitigation credit. Pictured: Service area for Gilsizer Slough South Giant Garter Snake Conservation Bank, Sutter County, CA.

Switch between the "Map" and "Satellite" views to enhance your geographic perspective of our protected landscapes. Pictured: Musket Bay Mitigation Bank in southeast Georgia.

Wildlands Wins 2009 Project Award: West Fork of Linville River

The 2009 Project Award was presented to Linville Resorts for the West Fork of Linville River project in Avery County. This project continued with this adjacent property owner the stream restoration work which received the Project Award in 2008. This natural area rich in trout streams and aquatic habitat was devastated by flooding in 2004 associated with the back-to-back Hurricanes Frances and Ivan. Engineered improvements along a mile of stream restored the natural streambed, reduced stream bank erosion, rejuvenated native vegetation, and reduced the effects of pollutants washing from adjacent roadways into the designated and sensitive trout streams.

Accepting the award on behalf of John Blackburn, President of Linville Resorts, was Shawn Wilkerson of Wildlands Engineering. Wilkerson served as lead design engineer for restoration work along the West Fork of Linville Creek. Wilkerson said, “Working with Pilot View RC&D on these projects has been highly productive and enjoyable. Pilot View brought together the resources and the expertise to lift up and protect this damaged natural resource in the headwaters of an exceptional North Carolina river, one that is treasured throughout the state and the region.”

Full Press Release: Pilot View RC&D Presents Annual Awards for 2009

Ridge Cut Bank to Serve Western Sacramento Valley

Wildlands announces the approval of Ridge Cut Giant Garter Snake Conservation Bank in Yolo County, California, dedicated to mitigation of habitat impacts to the threatened giant garter snake (GGS). The 185-acre bank serves portions of Tehama, Glenn, Colusa, Yolo, Sacramento, and Solano Counties west of the Sacramento River, and is the first bank to offer GGS credits in that territory since Wildlands’ Dolan and Pope Ranch banks sold out three years ago.

Including sites scheduled for construction in 2009, Wildlands will have restored over 2,000 acres of GGS habitat in the Sacramento Valley, more than all other conservation banking entities combined.

For more information about the Ridge Cut GGS Conservation Bank, please contact Julie Maddox at (916) 435-3555.
Press release: Wildlands Reopens Territory for Giant Garter Snake Conservation Banking

We are pleased to present the following video previews of threatened and endangered wildlife, excerpted from work in progress by Orca Films for Wildlands.

Close-up Video of Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle
This clip shows the valley elderberry longhorn beetle (Desmocerus californicus dimorphus) federally listed as a threatened species. Recorded at Wildlands’ Sacramento River Ranch Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle Conservation Bank in Yolo County, California, 2008. See press release: Video from Wildlands Confirms Strategy to Save Endangered Species While Securing Sacramento from Flood

Underwater Video of Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp
This clip shows the vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi) federally listed as a threatened species. The male can be identified by its long antennae. The female is carrying an egg sac, visible toward the end of the body. Recorded at Wildlands’ Blackburn Conservation Bank in Tehama County, California, 2008

Underwater Video of Vernal Pool Tadpole Shrimp
This clip of the vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardis), federally listed as an endangered species, was recorded at Wildlands’ Great Valley Conservation Bank in Merced County, California, 2008.

States are at risk of losing billions of dollars from the federal public works stimulus package if these projects lack environmental permits. Wildlands can provide wetland mitigation credits and stream mitigation credits available now in California, Georgia, and Washington state, for city, county and state agencies needing rapid permitting of public projects.

President Barack Obama signed the $787 billion economic stimulus package into law February 17. It includes massive spending on a variety of public projects including highway and bridge repairs and maintenance, new and upgraded schools, water supply reservoirs, and energy-efficient government buildings, among other projects. However, candidate projects for stimulus funding must be ’shovel ready’ and have all necessary permits within 180 days of package approval.

Public works projects impacting wetlands and streams are often required to offset project impacts through compensatory mitigation and habitat replacement. Wildlands’ mitigation credits provide a quick, efficient and cost-effective solution to this requirement.

For more information about how Wildlands can help, please contact Jeff Mathews at (877) 435-3555.