Mitigation Credit Services

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The Willow Road Conservation Bank

The Willow Road Conservation Bank supports high-value habitats, including sage scrub, chaparral, freshwater seep, willow scrub, and open grassland. The bank site functions as both a local and regional wildlife corridor, facilitating wildlife movement across the landscape to other preserved lands nearby.

The Willow Road Conservation Bank offers the following habitat-based mitigation opportunities: Diegan Coastal Sage Scrub (occupied), Coastal Sage-Chaparral Scrub, Chamise Chaparral, and Non-native Grassland. Species-based mitigation opportunities include California Gnatcatcher, Palmer’s Goldenbush, Lakeside Lilac, and San Diego Coast Horned Lizard credits.

The Red Mountain Conservation Bank

As the largest privately-owned Conservation Bank in San Diego County, the Red Mountain Conservation Bank supports high-value habitats and numerous sensitive species. The Bank forms a unique wildlife corridor, allowing wildlife movement throughout the northern Fallbrook area and into Riverside County.

The Red Mountain Conservation Bank offers the following habitat-based Mitigation Credits: “California Gnatcatcher Occupied” Coastal Sage Scrub, Chaparral, Native Grassland, Oak Woodland and Riparian Habitats, as well as an extensive list of "Covered" Species Credits.

The Miller Valley Ranch Conservation/Mitigation Bank

The Miller Valley Ranch Conservation/Mitigation Bank, located south of Interstate Highway 8 in the Mountain Empire area of unincorporated San Diego County, offers 464.43 acres of Conservation and Mitigation Credits to offset development impacts in southern and eastern areas of San Diego County.

The Miller Valley Ranch Conservation Bank offers the following habitat-based Mitigation Credits: Wetland WOUS/WOS/Riparian mitigation credits as well as Covered Habitat Credits including of Great Basin Scrub, Granitic Chamise Chaparral, Red Shank Chaparral, Flat-top Buckwheat, Non-native Grassland, Montane Meadow, and Coast Live Oak Woodland. The bank is also home to an array of sensitive species including Jacumba Milk-vetch, Sticky Geraea, Payson’s Jewelflower, and many others.

The Railroad Avenue Ambrosia Conservation Preserve

The Railroad Avenue Ambrosia Conservation Preserve supports several thousand specimens of San Diego Ambrosia (Ambrosia pumila), a Federal Endangered Species Act (FESA)-listed Endangered Species and Subregional MSCP Narrow Endemic Plant Species. The Preserve was established in 2016 for the perpetual conservation of a regionally-important population of this very rare and endangered species. The Preserve is located in close proximity to a large stands of A. pumila found on Gillespie Field in the unincorporated County of San Diego.

The Railroad Avenue Ambrosia Conservation Preserve offers opportunities for translocation of the following native grassland-associated species: San Diego Ambrosia, Graceful Tarplant, Orcutt's Brodiaea, and other species on a case-by-case basis. The Preserve also offers Native Grassland mitigation opportunities for projects requiring the creation of new native grasslands.