Sipsey River Mitigation Bank

The Spisey River Mitigation Bank is about 20 miles west of Tuscaloosa, Alabama and is the first bank approved to provide wetland and stream compensatory mitigation credits in the Sipsey River watershed (03160107). This is WES’ fourth mitigation bank in the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Basin. The SRMB totals 517 acres and includes over 25,000 linear feet of streams. The USACE approved mitigation credits for 501 acres of enhancement in bottomland hardwood wetlands and hardwood uplands and 8,800 linear feet of restoration in intermittent streams.

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The site has been managed for timber and fiber production for the past 80 years. Management activities included converting botomland hardwood wetlands and hardwood uplands to loblolly pine plantations, mechanical site preparation, ditching wetlands, and straightening and relocating streams to improve pine survival and productivity.

WES will restore the streams through Priority 1 restoration, including constructing a new alignment, harvesting and installing suitable bed material, and installing grade and bank stabilization structures and vegetation. WES will also restore connectivity to the surrounding floodplain and bottomland hardwood wetlands, remove the existing pine plantation, perform earthwork as needed, and plant target tree species in the surrounding wetland and upland areas.