Mitigation banks continue to support much-needed offset for unavoidable impacts to our Nation’s streams, but are we deploying the best methods for restoration of stream banks and enhancement of riparian areas?
According to the 2008 Mitigation Rule, All restoration and/or enhancement measures should be designed with the goal of improving integrity, habitat, and water quality using the most passive, least invasive techniques available.
In places like the Upper Yellowstone River watershed in Montana and elsewhere across the U.S., increasing flood frequency and duration are causing traditional bank stabilization and rechannelization efforts to fail wholly and catastrophically.
Yellowstone River
NEBA member, Trout Headwaters, Inc. (THI) recently published an article describing one example of a proven approach to reducing excess streambank erosion and restoring stream buffers that is lower-cost, lower-risk, and sustainable.
The Effects of Hardening the Artery – Rivers and Riprap by THI
If you work in mitigation banking, ecological restoration, or ecosystem markets, there’s one event you can’t afford to miss this fall: 2026 NEBA Annual DC Fly-InSeptember 15–17 in Washington, DC Hosted by the National Environmental Banking Association (NEBA), this annual event brings industry leaders face-to-face with federal policymakers to influence environmental legislation and regulation that directly impact
Read MoreThe National Environmental Banking Association (NEBA) is pleased to announce the proposed Board of Directors slate that will be presented to members for election during the Annual Membership Meeting on September 16, 2026, as part of the NEBA Annual DC Fly-In in Washington, D.C.The proposed slate is:JEFF OYEN, ChairKEVIN MORAN, Vice-ChairKENNETH JESENSKY, Secretary/TreasurerROBERT SPOTH, Board
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