| Broxton Rocks Tract Site Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Location: | Jeff-Davis County, GA, Coffee County, GA |
| Size: | ±1,591 Acres |
| Credit Types: | Stream and Wetland |
| Primary Service Areas, HUC | Lower Ocmulgee Basin, 03070102, Lower Oconee Basin, 0307012, Little Ocmulgee Basin, 03070105, Altamaha Basin, 03070106, Cumberland-St. Simons Basin, 03070203 |
| Secondary Service Areas, HUC | Canoochee Basin, 03060203, Ogeechee Coastal Basin, 03060204, Ohoopee Basin, 03070107, Satilla Basin, 03070201, Little Satilla Basin, 03070202 |
| Mitigation Credit Price: | TBA |
Description
Broxton Rocks Mitigation Bank is approximately 1,591 acres on the southeastern bank of the Ocmulgee River. It is located contiguous with the Horse Creek Wildlife Management Area to the north, and the Broxton Rocks Preserve to the south. The geology of this region is unique to South Georgia. The Bank lies near a 4-mile long sandstone outcropping of the Altamaha Grit, which is approximately 15,000 square miles of sandstone beneath Georgia’s Coastal Plain. The Bank is comprised of seepage streams, associated hardwood wetland forest floodplain, and forested upland and wetland riparian buffers.
Mitigation Credits
Broxton Rocks Mitigation Bank provides compensatory mitigation for projects with impacts to jurisdictional wetlands, streams or other open waters as per Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, permitted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), according to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Compensatory Mitigation, Wetlands, Openwater and Streams (Def. 65 FR Vol. 47, page 12898).
Type of Credits
The types of mitigation relative to Broxton Rocks Mitigation Bank are as follows:
- Wetland Enhancement
- Wetland Preservation
- Stream Channel Restoration By Structure Removal
- Streambank Stabilization
- Riparian Restoration
- Riparian Preservation
- One of the few wetlands mitigation projects for restoration, enhancement or preservation in the area
