Site Data

462 acre site •  Est. 2001  •  55.3 credits available for sale • $28,000 per credit (forested and non-forested) • Additional credits remaining to be released • updated 1/20/2012

Habitat

Wetlands Restoration:
  • Forested Wetlands
  • Shallow Emergent Wetlands
  • Deep Emergent Wetlands
  • Sedge/Wet Meadow Wetlands
  • Scrub/Shrub Wetlands
Upland Forest Restoration

Service Area

  • Ashtabula River watershed (8-digit HUC 04110003)
  • Chagrin River watershed (8-digit HUC 04110003)
  • Conneaut Creek watershed (8-digit HUC 04120101)
  • Cuyahoga River watershed within Geauga and Portage Counties (8-digit HUC 04110002)
  • Grand River watershed (8-digit HUC 0411004)

Stewardship

Long-term owner and managing partner:

The Trumbull Creek Wetlands Mitigation Bank is located on State Route 166, along the Ashtabula-Geauga county line. Encompassing 462 acres of retired farmland and woods, Ohio Wetlands Foundation plans to donate the entire property to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. Then ODNR will open the site to the public for passive recreational uses including hiking, bird watching, hunting, and trapping.

The restored wetlands will provide a substantial amount of lowland woods, shallow emergent, scrub/shrub, and deep emergent wetlands, and floating aquatic beds. The area includes an impressive array of plants thanks to the numerous wetlands that previously existed on site.  These existing plant communities will provide an excellent seed source for encouraging wetlands restoration.  In addition to the native seedbank, over 100,000 native trees and shrubs have been planted at Trumbull Creek.   The project also includes the permanet protection of more than 4,000 feet of high quality headwater habitat streams.  The restored wetlands and protected streams will provide an excellent habitat for amphibians, reptiles, waterfowl,  insects and other water dependent animals.

The Trumbull Creek Wetlands Mitigation Bank and the Pine Brook Wetlands Mitigation Bank complement one another as a mitigation solution. The minimum 1:1 restoration ratio can be accomplished at Trumbull Creek, while the remaining mitigation requirements can be achieved through use of preservation at Pine Brook. For instance, a 1 acre impact that requires 3 acres of mitigation can purchase 1 credit of restoration at Trumbull and 2 credits of preservation at Pine Brook.