News
August 12, 2011
Featured Credit Listing: Habitat Conservation Credits in the Potomac River Basin
Nearly 18,000 conservation credits for brook trout, late successional old-growth forest and globally rare shale barren forest are now available for purchase …
August 9, 2011
$40,000 Available for Brook Trout Habitat Conservation Credits
Bay Bank is now seeking farm and woodland owners to enter into a minimum of 20-year contracts to protect habitat that benefits the prized brook trout.
August 1, 2011
Maryland Forest Service Endorses Bay Bank
The Maryland Forest Service endorsed the Bay Bank in a letter to county and municipal forest conservation planners. …
May 12, 2011
Take Charge of Your Legacy - a workshop for Maryland woodland owners
Join Prince George’s County, Maryland; Forestry for the Bay; and Bay Bank for this workshop to discover how Forest Conservation markets can help you take care of your land and generate income.
July 6, 2010
Bay Bank Marketplace Now Available
The Bay Bank marketplace is now open for business in Maryland, Delaware, and select other states. Bay Bank is the Chesapeake’s conservation marketplace, linking landowners with resources to improve and protect the region’s natural resources and working lands.
August 27, 2009
Markit Group LTD to Provide Registry Services to Bay Bank
The Pinchot Institute for Conservation has selected Markit Environmental Registry to serve as the ecosystem credit and conservation program registry for the Bay Bank. The Markit Registry will track credits and other market-based investments developed through Bay Bank and by its partners. Markit will begin registering habitat conservation, water quality protection, and forest conservation credits in early 2010. The registry will also track investments in conservation programs like the joint USDA NRCS/Bay Bank Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative.
August 27, 2009
Bay Bank Partners with USDA NRCS on Conservation Program Implementation
The Bay Bank was one of three projects selected in a nation-wide competition to participate in the Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI), a program of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
August 27, 2009
“The Other Firm” to Develop Crediting Platform
After reviewing responses to a Request for Qualifications issued in early July, Bay Bank and Willamette Partnership have selected The Other Firm as the primary contractor for the development of a joint Bay Bank - Willamette Partnership ecosystem services crediting platform.
