Wildlands Opens Solano Mitigation Bank.ROCKLIN, Calif. -- Wildlands, Inc. is proud to announce the opening of their latest mitigation bank in Solano County. The 627-acre North Suisun Mitigation Bank is dedicated to mitigation of habitat impacts to endangered vernal pool vernal pool A seasonal body of standing water that typically forms in the spring from melting snow and other runoff, dries out completely in the hotter months of summer, and often refills in the autumn. species as well as the endangered California Tiger Salamander The California Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma californiense) is an endangered amphibian native to Northern California. Previously considered to be a Tiger Salamander subspecies, the California was recently designated a separate species. . The bank serves portions of a 12-county area including Solano, San Joaquin San Joaquin (săn wäkēn`), river, c.320 mi (510 km) long, rising in the Sierra Nevada, E Calif., and flowing W then N through the S Central Valley to form a large delta with the Sacramento River near Suisun Bay, an arm of San Francisco Bay. , Contra Costa, Napa, Yolo, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, Placer, El Dorado and Sacramento. "The North Suisun Mitigation Bank provides much needed habitat to mitigate the impacts of numerous development projects along the Interstate 80 corridor," says Sandy Person, Vice-President, Solano County Economic Development Corporation. Bank credits are purchased by the public and private development communities to fulfill permit obligations of the United States Army Corps of Engineers The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is a federal agency made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military men and women. The Corps's mission is to provide military and civil works engineering services to the United States, including: Specific credits available include vernal pool creation, vernal pool preservation, California Tiger Salamander breeding pond, and California Tiger Salamander upland (estivation estivation the dormant state in which certain animals pass the summer. The opposite of hibernation. ). The bank area also protects habitat for Heckard's Peppergrass peppergrass, any species of the genus Lepidium, widely distributed peppery-tasting herbs of the family Cruciferae (mustard family). They commonly have toothed leaves, clusters of small usually white flowers, and little flat, roundish pods (actually capsules) , Alkali Milk-Vetch, Brittlescale and Carquinez Goldenbush. For more information about the North Suisun Mitigation Bank, please contact Julie Maddox at (916) 435-3555. Wildlands, Inc., a private mitigation and conservation banking firm based in Rocklin, CA, has been in business since 1991. With mitigation and conservation projects throughout California and Washington state, Wildlands, Inc. has preserved and protected over 20,000 acres of habitat; offering mitigation and conservation credits to public and private developers. |
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