Blackwater Creek Mitigation Bank is a new viable and effective mitigation solution that is within the Wekiva River Nested Drainage Basin. The 347 acre bank is approved by the St. Johns River Water Management District and the United States Army Corps of Engineers to provide both state and federal:

Freshwater forested wetland credits

Freshwater herbaceous wetland credits 

The mitigation area, the site of a former sand mine operation, was mined below the water table in most areas. As a consequence of mining, the hydrology of the site was altered and overburden was deposited on the adjacent wetlands and uplands. The Wetlandsbank Group will restore these damaged lands to a functional ecological state.

The Wekiva Basin is the primary service area of the Blackwater Creek Mitigation Bank. The St. Johns River Water Management District has determined the Wekiva Basin to be of critical concern and designated it as a Nested Basin. The BCMB is located within the Wekiva River Nested Basin and adjacent to environmentally sensitive tracts of land that are contiguous with the Ocala National Forest. 

The Secondary Service Area for the Blackwater Creek Mitigation Bank includes four planning units of the Middle St. Johns River Basin. These include the Alexander Springs Planning Unit, the Lake George Planning Unit, the Lake Kerr Planning Unit, and the Lake Woodruff Planning Unit.

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