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Report to the Legislature on wetland mitigation banking in California

- Department of Fish and Game Contacts
- Conservation and Mitigation Banks in California Approved by DFG
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conservation Banks
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mitigation Banks
Conservation and Mitigation Banking
DFG Contacts for Conservation and Mitigation Banking
The Department of Fish and Game provides guidance on activities related to the development or utilization of conservation banks. Click on the map below for the DFG banking coordinator in each Region.
*Note: Those portions of Sacramento, San Joaquin and Yolo counties that are south of I-80 and west of I-5 are in Region 3; the balance of those counties are in Region 2.
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Northern Region Serving Del Norte, Humboldt, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity counties |
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North Central Region * Serving Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lake, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties |
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Bay Delta Region * Serving Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Sacramento, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo counties |
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Central Region Serving Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne counties |
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South Coast Region Serving Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties |
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Inland Deserts Region Serving Imperial, Inyo, Mono, Riverside and San Bernardino counties |
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- Marine Region Serving the entire California coastline from border to border and three nautical miles out to sea. There are currently no banks in this region. (831) 649-2870 |
