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Black Bayou – Phases I, II, III, IV Stream and Wetland Mitigation Bank

PROJECT SNAPSHOT

Project Type
Mitigation Bank
Location
Louisiana | Catahoula Parish
Service Area
08040202-Lower Ouachita-Bayou De Loutre | 08040205-Bayou Bartholomew | 08040206-Bayou D'Arbonne | 08040207-Lower Ouachita
Project Size
Wetland: 2,632.94 AC Streams: 19,729 LF
Solution
Wetland Mitigation
Habitat Types
  • Bottomland Hardwood Forest
  • CWA 404
  • Stream

CONTACT

Brittany Lancon

D: 337.443.6929

The Black Bayou Mitigation Bank includes four phases of restoration activities. Phase I restored 577 acres of agricultural land into Bottomland hardwood forest (BLH). Phase II restored and/or protected 115.1 acres of agricultural land into BLH, including 3.74 miles of stream channel. Phase III restored and/or protected 613.12 acres of agricultural land, including 5.26 acres of non-mitigation ponds. Phase IV restored 996 acres of bottomland hardwood restoration, 171 acres of wetland riparian buffer, and 32 acres of non-mitigation land for access roads and right-of-way (ROW).