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Laurel Hill Creek Mitigation Bank

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Jon Kasitz

Region Manager, Client Solutions, East

September 2020

PROJECT SNAPSHOT

Project Type
Mitigation Bank
Location
Pennsylvania | Somerset County
Service Area
HUC 02040203
Project Size
  • Wetland: 36.5 AC
  • Streams: 21,873 LF
Solution
Wetland and Stream Mitigation
Credit Types
  • Stream
  • Wetland
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Laurel Hill Creek Mitigation Bank is a watershed-scale mitigation bank established to restore and preserve self-sustaining, functional stream, wetland, and riparian systems. The project restored or enhanced approximately 21,873 linear feet of stream and 36 acres of wetlands to reestablish ecological integrity across the site.

The bank provides in-kind compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts to stream and wetland resources within the Monongahela River Subbasin and adjacent subbasins. Restoration design emphasized channel stability, floodplain connectivity, wetland hydrology, and riparian corridor establishment to support long-term functional uplift.

Laurel Hill Creek Mitigation Bank entered the monitoring phase in 2021 and completed monitoring in the fall of 2024. The site is now in long-term maintenance, having achieved performance standards and developed into a stable, self-sustaining stream and wetland complex.