Environmental markets present significant financial opportunities for landowners and investors while incentivizing the conservation and stewardship of our most valuable natural resources.

WRA’s Conservation Strategies Team works with clients to identify market-based opportunities and implement revenue-generating projects on-the-ground. Our key services include land monetization assessments, mitigation bank development, mitigation sales, advanced mitigation planning, and mitigation land management. Our team brings decades of collective experience in mitigation markets, and we leverage WRA’s in-house biologists, permitting specialists, landscape architects, engineers, and geographic information system specialists to execute projects efficiently and effectively. Our team has worked in mitigation markets across the country, including 30 different states.

Our core service offerings include:

• Land Monetization Assessments
  WRA identifies opportunities to generate revenue from natural resources on public or private lands through mitigation and conservation markets, tailoring assessments to client goals and regional market dynamics.

• Natural Resources & Crediting Potential Assessment
  WRA evaluates on-site ecological conditions and restoration potential to estimate marketable mitigation credits through conceptual restoration planning.

• Real Estate & Regulatory Assessment
  WRA analyzes legal and regulatory frameworks to identify constraints, forecast development timelines and costs, and recommend strategies to streamline permitting and maximize project viability.

• Market Analysis
  WRA assesses credit demand, competition, and pricing using proprietary data and industry insights to guide strategic decision-making in mitigation markets.

• Financial Analysis
  WRA models project feasibility by forecasting financial outcomes based on credit estimates, market data, cost assumptions, and investor criteria.

• Mitigation Bank Development
  WRA delivers full-spectrum mitigation bank development services nationwide, guiding projects from site selection through entitlement and credit sales with a focus on efficiency, profitability, and ecological integrity.

• Mitigation Bank Management
  WRA ensures the long-term performance and compliance of mitigation banks through expert oversight of monitoring, reporting, maintenance, and credit release processes.

• Mitigation Sales
  WRA facilitates mitigation transactions and offers brokerage services by leveraging its broad network and deep market knowledge to align landowners, investors, and agencies.

• Advanced Mitigation Planning
  WRA helps clients plan for long-term mitigation needs by analyzing project impacts, real estate assets, and connecting them with appropriate mitigation providers.

• Land Management Oversight
  WRA oversees land stewardship and habitat management to ensure compliance, ecological success, and efficient project implementation across sensitive environments.