Overview
Our Team of Environmental Scientists and Engineers have completed feasibility investigations and design and development of the first phase of the Woodford Wetland and Stream Mitigation Bank. The approximately 400 acre project site adjoins the north bank of the Mattaponi River and has historically been disturbed by a combination of sand and gravel mining operations in the mid 1950’s and more recent agricultural processes. The project presents a unique opportunity to combine abandoned mine land reclamation with natural resource banking development that include wetlands, streams, and forested upland buffers. The variation of existing wetland habitat types provides a unique opportunity to build upon and maximize potential benefits of restoration at a location that shares a riparian corridor boundary with more than one half mile of the Mattaponi River. The Woodford Bank will include the combined preservation, enhancement, and restoration of 300 acres of wetlands and over 9,000 linear feet of stream channel to service offsite development in the Mattaponi, Pamunkey, and York River watersheds.
Construction of Phase 1 was completed in April 2012.
Project Highlights
- The project presents a unique opportunity to combine abandoned mine land reclamation with natural resource banking development that will include wetlands, streams, and forested upland buffers.
- The unique habitat creation opportunities of this project have allowed the coordination of long term habitat management of the Bank through Ducks Unlimited.
