Blue Heron Mitigation Bank

Efforts

Efforts describe the work of workgroups

Involved Workgroups:

• Knowledge Creation
  • Adaptive Management
  • Arts and Crafts
  • Lessons
  • Monitoring
  • Research
• Protection
  • Acquisition
  • Green Infrastructure
  • Regulation
• Restoration
  • Beach Nourishment
  • Engineered Log Jams
  • Fish Passage
  • Revegetation
• Social Change
  • Advocacy
  • Coordination
  • Education
  • Funding
  • Integrated Ecosystem Management
  • Legislation
  • Planning

Effort References

• RCO's PRISM Project Search
• Salmon Recovery Portal
• Ecology's Administration of Grants and Loans
• USACE Regulatory In-lieu Fee and Bank information Tracking System

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This is a large-scale mitigation bank in the Snohomish Delta created by the Port of Everett with Wildlands, Inc. As the bank sponsor. The site is certified by NOAA as a conservation bank. It was used for resolution of liability in the Port Gardner NRDA Case.

Notes

• As of 2023, Ecology reports the project as a proposed mitigation bank and the bank is not certified for Clean Water Act wetland credits.
• https://www.wildlandsinc.com/banks/blue-heron-slough-conservation-bank-salm/
• The US Army Corps of Engineers has a RIBITS file on the bank: https://ribits.ops.usace.army.mil/ords/f?p=107:10:15444152684442::NO::P10_BANK_ID:1209 indicating the ongoing sale of conservation credits.
• Settlements related to the Port Gardner NRDA Case were used in part for development of the project, making this effort a multi-currency bank.
  • https://darrp.noaa.gov/hazardous-waste/port-gardner
  • The case administrative record in maintained at https://www.diver.orr.noaa.gov/web/guest/diver-admin-record/7107