Stream Mitigation
The 73-acre Big Sandy Mitigation Bank, Phase 2, is located directly adjacent to the existing 1,060-acre Big Sandy Mitigation Bank. Combined, the two banks protect a stretch of over four miles on both sides of Big Sandy Creek and South Sandy Creek, re-establishing the full ecological potential of this ecosystem through 11.8 miles of riparian buffer restoration/enhancement. The easement for the Bank is held by the Freshwater Landtrust. Big Sandy Mitigation Bank, Phase 2, is located in southern Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, within the Black Warrior-Tombigbee basin and Lower Black Warrior watershed. The bank offers stream credits
