Alafia River Mitigation Bank

The Alafia River Mitigation Bank (ARMB) is 468 acre site located north of Lithia Springs in Hillsborough County within the Alafia River Drainage Basin. ARMB was approved by the Southwest Florida River Water Management District in May 2017 and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in April 2018 to provide freshwater forested wetland credits for projects with wetland impacts within portions of Hillsborough and Polk Counties, which include Brandon, Plant City, Lakeland, Riverview and FishHawk areas. 

​As the first mitigation bank in the Alafia River Drainage Basin, ARMB has provided vegetative and hydrologic enhancement and restoration to wetland and upland habitats, enhance floodplain storage capabilities and create wildlife corridor connectivity