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Board approves Smith Farm mitigation bank agreement with Clearwater Mitigation; county receives stream and nutrient credits
Summary
After months of negotiation a subcommittee-backed agreement with Clearwater Mitigation was approved. Clearwater will fund and build a mitigation bank on about 165 acres of Smith Farm; the county keeps the underlying property and receives mitigation credits with no upfront county capital contribution.
Franklin County supervisors voted to approve a draft agreement with Clearwater Mitigation LLC to establish a mitigation bank on a portion of the county-owned Smith Farm property.
The board approved the agreement after summary remarks from county staff and two supervisors who served on a negotiating subcommittee. The draft agreement (dated 10/21/2025) would place an easement over roughly 165 acres of the farm for mitigation purposes while the county retains ownership of the underlying land. Clearwater Mitigation will invest all capital for permitting and construction and will manage the mitigation bank; the agreement reserves credits for county use.
Why it matters: The mitigation work is intended to improve stream channels and riparian buffers on the Smith Farm and reduce sediment and nutrient…
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