In-lieu fee programThe Nature Conservancy's Ohio Stream and Wetland In-Lieu Fee Mitigation Program

Ohio. The public-option alternative to buying bank credits — one sponsor sells credits across the whole approved service area, at a rate it publishes rather than negotiates.

Figures mirrored from USACE RIBITS · synced

ApprovedILFHuntington District
published rates
42
program sites
42
states
OH

Published rates

By service area

Published rates by service area

21 service areas · Schedule eff. 2025-01-01
Published rates by service area, 21 rows
Service areaClassificationFee schedule
Blanchard/Auglaize/St. Mary'sStreamWetland$460 / credit — Stream$94,000 / credit — Wetland
Ottawa/Raisin/Lower Maumee/Cedar PortageStreamWetland$455 / credit — Stream$85,000 / credit — Wetland
St. Joseph/Upper Maumee/TiffinStreamWetland$360 / credit — Stream$82,000 / credit — Wetland
Huron-Vermilion/SanduskyStreamWetland$425 / credit — Stream$89,000 / credit — Wetland
Black-RockyStreamWetland$470 / credit — Stream$103,000 / credit — Wetland
CuyahogaStreamWetland$575 / credit — Stream$109,000 / credit — Wetland
ChagrinStreamWetland$575 / credit — Stream$110,000 / credit — Wetland
Ashtabula/ConneautStreamWetland$510 / credit — Stream$97,000 / credit — Wetland
Grand RiverStreamWetland$380 / credit — Stream$83,000 / credit — Wetland
Upper Ohio/Upper Ohio WheelingStreamWetland$335 / credit — Stream$79,000 / credit — Wetland
Shenango/MahoningStreamWetland$365 / credit — Stream$80,000 / credit — Wetland
Little Muskingum/Hocking/Upper Ohio-ShadeStreamWetland$335 / credit — Stream$78,000 / credit — Wetland
Tuscarawas/Mohican/WalhondingStreamWetland$365 / credit — Stream$85,000 / credit — Wetland
Muskingum/Wills/LickingStreamWetland$360 / credit — Stream$81,000 / credit — Wetland
Upper SciotoStreamWetland$370 / credit — Stream$82,000 / credit — Wetland
Lower Scioto/PaintStreamWetland$415 / credit — Stream$84,000 / credit — Wetland
Upper Great Miami/Upper Wabash/MississinewaStreamWetland$400 / credit — Stream$90,000 / credit — Wetland
Lower Great Miami/Whitewater/Middle Ohio LaugheryStreamWetland$400 / credit — Stream$90,000 / credit — Wetland
Raccoon-Symmes/Little Scioto-TygartsStreamWetland$330 / credit — Stream$73,000 / credit — Wetland
Ohio Brush-WhiteoakStreamWetland$365 / credit — Stream$81,000 / credit — Wetland
Little MiamiStreamWetland$345 / credit — Stream$86,000 / credit — Wetland

Fee schedule

Coverage

Program sites

in-lieu fee sites

42 sites

most credits first
42 sites, 42 rows
Mitigation bank5 yr. sales
TNC Smokey Run ILFP SiteApprovedStreamsales by year — 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 0no sales in window
TNC Mill Creek ILF SiteApprovedWetlandno sales
ILF - TNC - Strait Creek Prairie Bluffs Preserve Mitigation ProjectApprovedsales by year — 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 0no sales in window
TNC Fawn Pond ILF SiteWithdrawnno sales
ILF - TNC - Jacoby Branch Mitigation ProjectApprovedno sales
TNC Snow Lake Annex ILF SiteClosed-Outsales by year — 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 0no sales in window
TNC Grassy Creek ILF SiteApprovedno sales
ILF - TNC - The Wilderness Center Mitigation ProjectApprovedno sales
TNC Cuyahoga Headwaters Marsh ILF SiteApprovedsales by year — 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 0no sales in window
TNC Grafton Lorain Correctional Facility ILF SiteWithdrawnno sales
TNC Cuyahoga Valley National Park Breached DamsWithdrawnno sales
TNC Fowler Woods State Nature Preserve ILFP SiteApprovedsales by year — 2021: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 02 sales
TNC Oak Openings Metroparks ILF SiteApprovedsales by year — 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 0no sales in window
ILF - TNC - Memory Lane Farm Mitigation ProjectApprovedno sales
ILF - TNC - Two Glaciers Park Mitigation ProjectApprovedno sales
ILF - TNC - Hueston Farm Mitigation ProjectWithdrawnno sales
ILF - TNC - Rialto Marsh Mitigation ProjectApprovedno sales
TNC Pittenger Dam ILF SiteWithdrawnno sales
ILF - TNC - Wannemacher Reserve Mitigation ProjectApprovedno sales
TNC ILFP Motter MetroparkApprovedsales by year — 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 0no sales in window
TNC Grand River Step Pools ILFP SiteApprovedsales by year — 2021: 1, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 01 sale
ILF - TNC - Baker Swamp Mitigation ProjectApprovedno sales
ILF - TNC - Sycamore State Park Mitigation ProjectApprovedno sales
TNC Raven Rocks ILF SiteApprovedno sales
TNC Walborn Resevoir ILF siteApprovedno sales
ILF - TNC - Gifford State Forest Mitigation ProjectPendingno sales
TNC Black River Preserve ILF SiteApprovedsales by year — 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 0no sales in window
TNC Red Brook Metropark ILF SiteApprovedno sales
ILF - TNC - Shawnee Lookout Mitigation ProjectApprovedno sales
ILF - TNC - Long Branch Farm Mitigation ProjectApprovedno sales
ILF - TNC - Fivemile Creek Wetlands Mitigation ProjectPendingno sales
TNC - Brandywine Creek ILF SiteApprovedsales by year — 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026 (partial year, through 2026-09-10): 0no sales in window
ILF - TNC - Lawrence Woods Nature Reserve Mitigation ProjectPendingno sales
ILF - TNC - Bat Nest Park Mitigation ProjectApprovedno sales
ILF - TNC - Brinkhaven Dam Mitigation ProjectApprovedno sales
ILF - TNC - Clear Fork Reservoir Mitigation ProjectPendingno sales
ILF - TNC - Darby Center Tract Mitigation ProjectPendingno sales
TNC Grand River Conservation Campus ILF SiteApprovedno sales
TNC Bird Family Bog ILF SiteWithdrawnno sales
ILF - TNC - Sugarcamp Creek Mitigation ProjectPendingno sales
TNC Swan Creek Tributaries ILF SitePendingno sales
TNC Lake Erie Bluffs ILF SitePendingno sales
Sponsor & point of contact

Contact this program

Contact this program, 2 rows
NameRoleEmailPhoneLocation
Devin SchenkMitigation Program ManagerRolePOCEmaildschenk@tnc.orgPhone(614) 717-2770LocationDublin, OH
The Nature Conservancy OhioRoleProgram sponsorEmailohio@tnc.orgPhone(614) 717-2770LocationDublin, OH

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About the data on this page

Bank details, status and credit balances are mirrored from the USACE RIBITS registry, the federal public record for mitigation banks. What we call a “credit sale” is a credit withdrawal — the entry written in the federal credit ledger when credits are committed to a permit. At commercial banks a withdrawal generally represents a sale; at a single-client bank it offsets the sponsor’s own project. The figures count ledger transactions, not distinct purchases — one purchase may produce several withdrawals — and we count entries rather than credits moved, because credit classes are different units and cannot be added together. Each bar in a sales chart counts the credit sales recorded in that calendar year — withdrawals from the federal ledger, not quantities of credits. The final bar is the year in progress and is shown in a different color. No bars means no sales in those years.

The rates are not from RIBITS — the federal registry publishes no in-lieu fee price. Each one was transcribed by hand from the program’s own published fee schedule, which is linked beside it, and carries that schedule’s effective date. Schedules are updated when the program republishes, not on a set cycle, so a rate may be several years old and still be the current one. This is an administrative list price, set by the program sponsor as the regulated cost of meeting a permit obligation. It is not a market rate for a mitigation bank credit and should not be read as one. Contact details are mirrored from the bank’s own entry in the USACE RIBITS registry. A map of pins shows where banks and sites are, not where they can sell. Service areas are wider than the pin and are decided by the Corps — open a bank, or run a location search, to see the area it actually covers. The map on this page is drawn live from the EPA NEPAssist RIBITS MapServer when you load it.

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