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(top left): Gopher Tortoise (juvenile)
Photo credit: Randy Browning, USFWS
(bottom left): Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle (female)
Photo credit: Brian Hansen, USFWS
(right): Florida Panther
Photo credit: George Gentry, USFWS
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What do these species have in common?
They are all benefiting from high quality habitat preserved in conservation banks.
What are conservation banks?
Conservation banks are permanently
protected lands that contain natural
resource values. These lands are
conserved and permanently managed
for species that are endangered,
threatened, candidates for listing as endangered or threatened,
or are otherwise species-at-risk.
Conservation banks function to offset
adverse impacts to these species
that occurred elsewhere, sometimes
referred to as off-site mitigation. In
exchange for permanently protecting
the land and managing it for these
species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS) approves a specified
number of habitat or species credits
that bank owners may sell. Learn More
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States with Conservation Banks
The USFWS has approved conservation banks in 10 States and Saipan.
Information on Service-approved banks can be found in RIBITS, the Regulatory In-lieu
Fee and Bank Tracking System. Click here or the map below to enter RIBITS. 
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Did you know the U.S. fish and Wildlife Service has approved more than 105 conservation banks nationwide that collectively conserve more than 90,000 acres of valuable habitat for more than 60 threatened or endangered species?
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Ohlone Preserve
Conservation Bank
Three rare species in California are benefiting from a property manager's decision to diverge from the typical commercial, residential, and ranchland management and dabble in conservation bank properties. Learn More.
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Elsie Gridley Mitigation Bank
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If you would like more information on conservation banking, please contact the FWS Regional Office with responsibility for the State or Territory in which the project is being proposed.
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For an overview see the Conservation Banking 
