SOMERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Tennessee state agencies and developers are

set to pick up the tab for the restoration of more than 160 acres of
Fayette County land that was drained and cleared to grow crops.

The Mount Tena Creek Mitigation Bank is a place where
wetland-restoration work is conducted to offset environmental damage caused
by construction elsewhere. Builders purchase credits in the bank to fund
the work and in return can get permits under the federal Clean Water Act
authorizing projects that destroy wetlands.

The Mount Tena bank is located southeast of Moscow adjacent to the
Ghost River State Natural Area.

The conservation program’s manager, Eric Held, told The Commercial
Appeal (http://bit.ly/1w0t0X0 ) that Ducks Unlimited will sell the credits
and do the wetland-restoration work.
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Information from: The Commercial Appeal,
http://www.commercialappeal.com