Conserving restoring and enhancing stream and wetland resources for future development use
White Fox Mitigation Bank
The White Fox Mitigation Bank is owned and operated by
Broken Arrow, LLC and Larry Anderson in Wright County, Iowa.
Mitigation banking is the preferred method of resource agencies for
mitigating unavoidable wetland and stream impacts, versus
permittee-responsible mitigation.
Mitigation banks are resource areas that have been restored and then set aside in perpetuity to compensate for future impacts to aquatic
resources resulting from permitted activities.
Bank Owner/ Sponsor:
Broken Arrow, LLC.
Larry Anderson,
Member.
Bank Operator:
Broken Arrow, LLC.
Larry Anderson,
Member.
Address:
2839 Madison Avenue
Clarion, Iowa
Phone: 515-290-4336
Environmentally
conscious
processes
The White Fox Mitigation Bank will create, restore and enhance wetlands on the 89.3-acre parcel to generate approximately 35.94 wetland credits.
Additionally, approximately 4,000 plus feet of White Fox Creek will be
stabilized and enhanced with both in-stream and stream
buffer habitat and generate 19,643.22 stream credits.
The bank’s primary service area includes the following HUC 8 Watershed:
- East Fork Des Moines River
- Middle Des Moines River
- Boone River
The secondary service area for the White Fox Mitigation Bank includes the
following HUC 8 Watershed:
- Upper Des Moines River
- North Raccoon River
- South Raccoon River
The White Fox
Mitigation Bank
Broken Arrow LLC chose to partner with JEO to assist with the permitting and development of the White Fox Mitigation Bank because of their
extensive knowledge and experience of regulatory processes within Iowa and their commitment to completing the project on time.
JEO completed all the necessary steps for banking as outlined in the Iowa
Mitigation Banking.
(Last revised: August 2014).
This included the following:
Draft Prospectus and Final Prospectus
- Topographic surveys
- Threatened and endangered species review
- Conceptual engineering design
- Iowa Stream Mitigation Method (ISMM)
- Mitigation bank market analysis
- National Historic Preservation Act, Section 106 (Cultural resource
surveys and reports)
Mitigation Banking Instrument
The final banking instrument included the following:
- Final design and construction oversight
- Long term management cost analysis
- On-site meetings with the Interagency Review Team (IRT)
- Local native ecotype tree plantings
- Local native ecotype prairie and wildflower plantings
- Designing aquatic habitat and riparian stream buffer habitat features
- Invasive species management techniques
