A wetland and stream mitigation bank serving western Montana

The Upper Clark Fork Mitigation Bank serves the wetland and stream mitigation needs of western Montana in the Upper Clark Fork, Flint-Rock, Bitterroot, and Blackfoot drainages.   Mitigation credits generated by the Bank can be used for compensatory wetland and stream mitigation under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. 

The Upper Clark Fork Mitigation Bank offers a straightforward and cost-effective solution to meeting the  mitigation needs of residential, commercial, industrial, and public infrastructure projects in western Montana.  When impacts to streams and jurisdictional wetlands are unavoidable, a one-time credit purchase from the Upper Clark Fork Mitigation Bank prevents mitigation cost overruns and irrevocably transfers your perpetual mitigation liability to Ecosystem Investment Partners (EIP), one of the nation's leading providers of environmental credits.  

The Bank is the result of restoration of 10,950 linear feet of spring creek and associated riparian areas, together with 264 acres of valley wetlands near the famed Blackfoot River.  Prior to restoration, these areas were heavily impacted by cattle grazing.  Today, the restoration has resulted in a high quality mosaic of wet meadow, emergent, and scrub-shrub habitats.  Re-channelization of the stream has restored delivery of clean, cold water to the Blackfoot River by way of Nevada Creek.  This dramatically improved fishery is contributing to the continued restoration of the Blackfoot to its glory days in fishing lore. 

John Kowalski and Paul Roos, lifetime Montanans with deep knowledge of the state's most prized habitat areas, lead the project team.

We invite you to learn more about the Upper Clark Fork Mitigation Bank through these pages, and to contact us anytime about purchasing credits.