The Sipsey River Mitigation Bank is about 20 miles west of Tuscaloosa, Alabama and is the first bank approved to provide wetland and stream compensatory mitigation credits in the Sipsey River watershed (03160107). This is WES’ fourth mitigation bank in the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Basin. The SRMB totals 517 acres and includes over 25,000 linear feet of streams. The USACE approved mitigation credits for 501 acres of enhancement in bottomland hardwood wetlands and hardwood uplands and 8,800 linear feet of restoration in intermittent streams.
Location:
Greene County, AL
Credit Types:
Bottomland Hardwood, Stream
Acres:
517
Approving Agencies:
Alabama Department of Environmental Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
The primary service area for Sipsey River includes all portions of Fayette, Greene, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston Counties, within HUC 03160107.
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