Montebello Mitigation Bank (VA) recently received formal approvals from all required federal and state authorities for its project near Orange Virginia. Trout Headwaters, tasked with co-management of the Mitigation Bank, has begun restoration of wetlands, streams and riparian buffers on this important project. The vital water resources and their associated riparian buffers will be preserved in perpetuity by easements and stewardship agreements through the Virginia Outdoors Foundation.
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The Montebello Mitigation Bank provides compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts to aquatic resources in the Rapidan-Upper Rappahannock 02080103 and Lower Rappahannock 02080104 Watershed including the City of Fredericksburg and those portions of Stafford and Spotsylvania Counties within the Lower Rappahannock watershed.
Geographic Service Area for Montebello Bank in Virginia
Montebello-Rosse Trust, the Bank Sponsor, has established the Montebello Mitigation Bank to provide offset compensation for the unavoidable loss of jurisdictional Waters of the United States, including streams and riparian buffers, and their associated ecological functions and services related to permitted impacts within the Bank’s Geographic Service Area (GSA) under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act.
“We are so glad to finally be fully approved and look forward to doing our part in preserving our headwaters and watersheds,” said Colin Rosse of the Trust.