8 Jul 2025

Bjorklund Compensatory Mitigation Bank

Expiration date: 8/9/2025

The sponsor is proposing to restore approximately 188.4 acres of natural habitat consisting of wet meadow wetland, mesic prairie and forested buffer within the Rum River watershed. The sponsor and the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources have entered into a partnership agreement to complete the proposed wetland restoration project. Currently, much of the site is planted to row crop agriculture with several private ditches providing drainage. The sponsor proposes to achieve the project objectives by disabling the existing private surface drainage systems within the site, stabilizing hydrologic conditions, and re-establishing native plant communities through seeding and planting within the permanently protected conservation easement area.

2 Jul 2025

Potomac Marsh Wetland Bank

Expiration date: 8/1/2025

The sponsor is proposing to develop the Potomac Marsh Wetland Mitigation Bank. The proposed bank site is approximately 55 acres in size, including upland buffer areas. The sponsor intends to restore 2.1 acres of shallow marsh, 16.9 acres of fresh wet meadow, 3.9 acres of hardwood swamp, and 22.5 acres of upland buffer within the property. In addition, the sponsor is proposing to preserve 7.2 acres of upland prairie and upland forest. The sponsor is proposing to restore these wetland communities by filling ditches to restore wetland hydrology and establishing native vegetation by installing native seed mixes in the wetland and upland communities.