Site History
The 362.3-acre Tuckabum Creek Mitigation Bank is located in Choctaw County, Alabama, along the Tuckabum Creek floodplain. Historically, the site supported extensive bottomland hardwood forests. Over time, much of the property was cleared and converted to intensive pine silviculture, replacing native hardwood communities with managed pine plantations
Restoration Approach
Restoration focuses on reestablishing native bottomland hardwood wetlands and hardwood forested uplands while improving stream and riparian conditions. Work includes removing pine plantations, leveling forestry beds, planting native species, restoring and enhancing degraded stream reaches, reconnecting historic stream flow, and enhancing riparian buffers. Portions of an artificial ditch will also be filled or converted into discontinuous oxbow lakes.
Location:
Choctaw County, AL
Credit Types:
Acres:
362.3
Approving Agencies:
U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
The primary service area includes all portions of HUC 03160201, Middle Tombigbee-Chickasaw Watershed.
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WES coordinated with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma throughout the planning and design of Tuckabum Creek Mitigation Bank, which is located within the Nation’s ancestral homeland. The partnership included restoring native rivercane, a culturally significant species, using planting techniques informed by Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK).
In 2024, WES and project partners transplanted more than 250 rivercane plants at the Bank, supporting cultural values alongside ecological benefits such as streambank stabilization, wildlife habitat, and improved water quality.
