Overview:
Pembroke Pines Mitigation Bank (PPMB), the first mitigation bank approved in South Florida in 1993, is a 450-acre site owned by the City of Pembroke Pines and the first mitigation bank approved in South Florida. Located in the New River Drainage Basin. PPMB is approved by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to provide freshwater forested and herbaceous wetland credits.
The PPMB site had been overrun by harmful and destructive exotic species including Melaleuca and Brazilian Pepper, and was used by the public for illegal dumping and off-road recreational vehicles. The successful restoration and enhancement of onsite wetlands has produced a diverse, multi-habitat ecosystem. Pembroke Pines Mitigation Bank was the first mitigation bank in the nation to transfer a mitigation credit with the USACE and has been nationally recognized as a model project.
Pembroke Pines Mitigation Bank’s service area includes all of Broward County and includes SFWMD’s East Everglades and New River Drainage Basins as well as the southern portion of the Eastern Palm Beach County Basin.
