Mitigation Banks

TUALATIN VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL BANK (TVEB):

This 106 acre wetland mitigation bank is located in Hillsboro, Oregon.  It provides wetland mitigation credits for the Tualatin River Watershed (HUC 17090010) below 1,000 feet in elevation.  Please see the wetland credit summary table below for the TVEB.  Contact Green Banks for more information about credit availability and pricing.  
 

Wetland Credit Summary Ratio Square Feet Acreage Credits
Restoration 1:1 179,120 4.11 4.11
Creation 1.5:1 796,194 18.28 12.19
Farmed Wetland Enhancement 2:1 805,807 18.50 9.25
Enhancement 3:1 644,193 14.79 4.93
Buffers 10:1 1,598,821 36.70 3.7
No Credit 0:0 591,109 13.57 0
TOTAL   4,615,244 105.95 34.18
Cowardin Class        
Palustrine Emergent (PEM)   734,010 16.85  
Palustrine Shrub-Scrub (PSS)   651,657 14.96  
Palustrine Forested (PFO)   1,039,647 23.87  
Buffers   1,598,821 36.70  
No Credit   591,109 13.57  
TOTAL   4,615,244 105.95  
The Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) Classes of the mitigation wetlands are approximately 70% Riverine and 30% Slopes/Flats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Photo overlooking TVEB, taken in January of 2011, facing northwest; Photo compliments of Steve Sahnow.

 

-we are devoted to the development, management and trading of ecosystem credits. we believe that ecosytem credit trading is, and will be, the solution for environmental impact mitigation.