Rock Island District Public Notices

Naturion West, LLC (CEMVR-RD-2026-0377)

Press Operations — Fri, 15 May 2026 05:01:00 GMT

The purpose of the Bank is to provide mitigation credits to satisfy compensatory mitigation requirements for adverse impacts to wetlands and Waters of the United States (WOTUS) within the Mississippi Service Area. The sponsor proposes to complete activities on 42.74 acres of property currently owned by Robert Deutsch that would result in the generation of stream mitigation credits. The bank would be called Odyssey Stream Mitigation Bank.

Patrick Raney, Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (CEMVR-RD-2025-0660)

Press Operations — Thu, 07 May 2026 05:01:00 GMT

Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (DU) proposes to establish the Ducks Unlimited Iowa In-Lieu Fee Program (Program) to provide a mitigation option at a watershed-scale, prioritizing implementation of ecologically significant wetland and stream projects.

SCP Platte River, LLC, Sandy Creek Partners (CEMVR-2024-1080)

Press Operations — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:35:00 GMT

The applicant is requesting a DA permit to develop a stream and wetland mitigation bank to aid in offsetting environmental losses resulting from unavoidable impacts to waters of the United States authorized by DA permits.

Special Public Notice for the Nationwide Permit Reissuance and Regional Conditions for the State of Missouri

Press Operations — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:21:00 GMT

On January 8, 2026, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published a final rule in the Federal Register (91 FR 768) announcing the reissuance of 56 existing nationwide permits (NWPs) and issuance of one new NWP, as well as the reissuance of NWP general conditions and definitions with some modifications. These 57 NWPs will go into effect on March 15, 2026, and will expire on March 15, 2031.

Announcing Reissuance of the Nationwide Permits (NWPs), Illinois Regional Conditions, 401 Water Quality Certifications & CZMA

Press Operations — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 06:01:00 GMT

On January 8, 2026, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published a final action in the Federal Register (91 FR 768) announcing the reissuance of 56 existing nationwide permits (NWPs) and one new NWP, as well as the reissuance of NWP general conditions and definitions with some modifications. These 57 NWPs will go into effect on March 15, 2026, and will expire on March 15, 2031. One NWP was not reissued.

Announcing Reissuance of the Nationwide Permits (NWPs), Iowa Regional Conditions & 401 Water Quality Certifications

Press Operations — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 06:01:00 GMT

Breann Bundgaard, Naturion West, LLC (CEMVR-RD-2026-0167)

Press Operations — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 06:01:00 GMT

The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on 18.8 acres of property owned by Robert L. & Barbara J. Holland Rev. Trusts. The project would result in the restoration of the UNT along with the adjacent riparian buffer area to generate approximately 29,571 stream mitigation credits.

Special Public Notice: Rock Island District Stream Mitigation Method Update (Iowa and Illinois)

Press Operations — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 06:01:00 GMT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Rock Island District, has combined the Illinois Stream Mitigation Method and the Iowa Stream Mitigation Method to create the Rock Island Stream Mitigation Method (RISMM). The RISMM establishes a standardized approach for determining the amount of stream mitigation credits required to offset unavoidable impacts and the amount of stream mitigation credits generated through mitigation activities within the Rock Island District, which encompasses Iowa and Illinois.

SCP Little Sioux, LLC, Little Sioux Mitigation Bank (CEMVR-RD-2026-0129)

Press Operations — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 06:01:00 GMT

The purpose of the Bank is to provide mitigation credits to satisfy compensatory mitigation requirements for adverse impacts to wetlands and Waters of the United States (WOTUS) within the Upper Missouri Service Area. The sponsor proposes to complete activities on 118.31 acres of property owned by SCP Little Sioux, LLC that would result in the generation of emergent wetland and stream mitigation credits.

Ann Wasser, Severson Dells Education Foundation (CEMVR-RD-2026-0106)

Press Operations — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:25:28 GMT

The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on 57.21 acres of property owned by the sponsor that would result in the restoration of Manning Creek along with areas of emergent wetland to generate stream mitigation credits and/or emergent wetland credits.

Nahant Marsh Education Center, Nahant Marsh Wetland Mitigation Bank (Phase III) (CEMVR-RD-2025-0668)

Press Operations — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:20:56 GMT

The purpose of the Bank is to provide mitigation credits to satisfy compensatory mitigation requirements for adverse impacts to wetlands and Waters of the United States (WOTUS) within the Mississippi Service Area. The sponsor proposes to complete activities on 57.62 acres of property owned by the Nahant Marsh Education Center that would result in the establishment of wetland mitigation credits.

Rick McDowell, Pops Plot Spot, LLC (CEMVR-RD-2020-0582)

Press Operations — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 05:01:00 GMT

The sponsor proposes to complete activities on 47.66 acres of privately owned property that would result in the establishment of both stream and wetland mitigation credits. The goal of the bank is to restore 5,140 linear feet of North Beaver Creek to generate 53,822 stream credits and restore/enhance onsite wetlands to generate 11.82 wetland credits.

Larry Anderson, White Fox Farms, LLC (CEMVR-RD-2022-0577)

Press Operations — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 05:01:00 GMT

The Sponsor would develop credits on 58.22 acres of property they own by creating wetland habitat, wetland and stream buffers, and in-stream features such as installing stone toe protection, shaping streambanks, re-meandering the stream channel, creating floodplain benches, restoration/enhancement of riffle structures, and removal of sediment to reconnect oxbows along a 5,462 linear foot reach of White Fox Creek.

Brad Erickson, ISPD, Inc. (CEMVR-RD-2025-0875)

Press Operations — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:01:00 GMT

The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on 51.97 acres of privately owned property that would result in the enhancement of both emergent and forested wetland mitigation credits. The goal of the bank is to enhance emergent and forested wetlands and upland herbaceous buffer to generate 25.18 total credits (24.44 emergent wetland credits and 0.74 forested wetland credits).

John Arter, Honest Assets, LLC (CEMVR-OD-P-2019-1198)

Press Operations — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 05:01:00 GMT

The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on 74.35 acres of privately owned property that would result in the restoration and enhancement of both forested and emergent wetland mitigation credits. The goal of the bank is to enhance/restore emergent and forested wetlands and upland buffer to generate 32.01 total credits.

Rock Island District Mitigation Banking/ILF Guidance Version 2.0 (Revision)

Press Operations — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:25:19 GMT

The U.S Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District, with the assistance of both the Iowa and Illinois interagency review teams (IRT), including Illinois DNR, and USEPA (Regions 5 & 7) have revised the original mitigation banking guidance last updated in July of 2019. The revised guidance provides direction to prospective mitigation bankers within the Rock Island District boundary (Iowa and Illinois).

M. Gray Stevens, SCP Prairie Creek, LLC (CEMVR-2025-0605)

Press Operations — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:03:56 GMT

The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on approximately 77.63 acres along Prairie Creek. The project would result in the generation of stream compensatory mitigation credits. The goal of the project is to restore 5,681 linear feet of stream with buffers to generate an initial estimate of 71,864.65 stream credits.

Spring Creek Mitigation Bank (CEMVR-2020-0776)

Press Operations — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:43:00 GMT

The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on 39.29 acres of privately owned property that would result in the establishment of stream mitigation credits. The goal of the bank is to restore 5,440 linear feet of Spring Creek to generate 66,349.01 stream credits.

State of Iowa, Iowa Department of Transportation (CEMVR-2025-0212)

Press Operations — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 05:01:00 GMT

The Iowa DOT proposes to develop an UMBI to establish a framework and eliminate redundancy in administration as individual bank sites are added facilitating the focus of review on technical issues related to the development, implementation and success of individual mitigation bank sites as they are added.

Cory Hoffmann, Hoffmann Mitigation Bank (CEMVR-2025-0369)

Press Operations — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 05:01:00 GMT

The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on approximately 115.85-acres of property owned by the bank sponsor. The goal of this project is to restore 17.27-acres of emergent wetland, enhance 61.68-acres of emergent wetland, and establish 25.27-acres of buffer to generate an initial estimate of 54.44 wetland credits.