Mitigation Banks and Credits

Paint Rock Stream and Wetland Mitigation Bank

BRW has completed construction of the Paint Rock Creek Stream and Wetland Mitigation Bank on a 75-acre tract in Roane County, Tennessee.  The project restored and established 11,360 linear feet of stream and rehabilitated, established and re-established nearly 50 acres of wetlands.  We have planted over 36,000 native trees and shrubs on the site.  The former cattle pasture will now be a functional, forested riparian corridor in perpetuity.  The bank will generate over 4,300 functional feet stream mitigation credits and nearly 37 wetland mitigation credits.  The service area includes the Watts Bar Lake, Lower French Broad and Chickamauga Reservoir watersheds. We currently have functional feet stream credits available. Please contact us to discuss your mitigation needs.

West Fork Drakes Mitigation Creek

The West Fork Drakes Creek Mitigation Bank is located near Portland in Sumner County, Tennessee.  Restoration was completed in May 2020 on 4,285 linear feet of two tributaries to West Fork Drakes Creek. The project included removing an obsolete farm pond dam, installing two miles of livestock exclusion fencing and planting over 10 acres of native riparian trees and shrubs.  The project will generate 2124 functional feet stream mitigation credits, with a service area that includes the Barren River, Old Hickory Lake and Red River watersheds. 

Released credits have been sold, but we will have a future credits release. Please contact us to discuss your mitigation needs.

Notchy Creek Stream and Wetland Mitigation Bank

Blue Ridge Waterways has received IRT approval for the Notchy Creek stream and wetland mitigation bank in Monroe County, TN. The bank will provide wetland and functional feet stream mitigation credits in the Lower Little Tennessee, Watts Bar Lake and Middle Tennessee watersheds. When constructed, the bank will have restored over 9,500 linear feet of stream and 43 acres of wetland within a 67-acre property.

Please contact us to discuss your mitigation needs in East Tennessee.

Oostanaula Creek Mitigation Bank

The Oostanaula Creek Mitigation Bank, located in McMinn County TN, was approved by the Interagency Review Team for compensatory mitigation for permitted stream impacts within a service area that includes the Hiwassee River, Chickamauga Reservoir, Ocoee River, and Little Tennessee River watersheds.

This mitigation bank restored and enhanced approximately 21,520 LF of stream channel along Oostanaula Creek, Johnson Branch, and three unnamed tributaries to Oostanaula Creek.  All credits have been sold and the bank was closed in 2020.