Coweeman River Wetland and Conservation Bank
Established in 2016, the 302-acre Coweeman Bank is located in Cowlitz County. The bank is approved for wetland and fish habitat mitigation use.
Constructing the Coweeman Bank, August 4, 2016.
Project sponsor
Habitat Bank
P.O. Box 354
Kirkland, WA 98083
Bank sponsor's web page
Victor Woodward
425-785-8428
victorw@habitatbank.com
Zach Woodward
425-205-0279
zachary.woodward@habitatbank.com
Project status
- Initial credit release: June 14, 2016.
- Mitigation Banking Instrument (MBI) certification date: May 5, 2016.
- Ecology public notice issued: Oct. 14, 2015, and March 14, 2016.
- Joint Corps and Ecology public notice: Aug. 22, 2013, with Prospectus.
Site location
- Water Resource Inventory Area 26, Cowlitz County
- East of the City of Kelso at the end of Valley View Drive via a private road
- Site location map
Project details
- Mitigation Banking Instrument
- Size: 302 acres
- Site actions: Re-establish, create, rehabilitate, enhance, and preserve wetland functions across the site; restore and create riparian habitat and off-channel rearing and refuge habitat in reach of Coweeman River.
- Service area map
Contact information
Kate Thompson
Department of Ecology
kate.thompson@ecy.wa.gov
360-628-3445
Michael LaDouceur
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Michael.A.Ladouceur@usace.army.mil
206-472-0783
Stephanie Ehinger
NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region
360-504-6803