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The Bay Bank

The Chesapeake’s Conservation Marketplace


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Benefits

Bay Bank provides a range of benefits to communities, ecosystems, landowners, and buyers, including greater economic stability, easy access to a centralized marketplace, and verifiable environmental gains.

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Market areas

Within each market area, Bay Bank provides landowners and service providers with the information they need to develop certified credits. Bay Bank is initially focusing on the six market areas below:

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Ecosystem credits

The natural resources on your property provide a variety of ecosystem services—the natural processes that contribute to the health of your region’s environment and quality of life. Ecosystem credits represent verifiable improvements in the provision of these ecosystem services.