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Bay Bank is a conservation marketplace, linking landowners with resources to improve and protect the Chesapeake region's natural resources and working lands. It is a collaborative effort to increase the pace and scope of conservation across the Chesapeake and brings multiple benefits to communities, ecosystems, landowners and buyers.

Communities and Ecosystems

• Greater economic stability for farm and forest lands, protecting the rural character of the region.
• New business opportunities for project developers who can implement and maintain ecosystem projects.
• Verifiable environmental gains such as cleaner air and water and healthier ecosystems.

Landowners

• A central marketplace and quick and easy access to multiple ecosystem markets and conservation programs.
• Lower participation costs through improved efficiency and increased market participation.

Buyers

• Cities, industries, businesses and non-profits offsetting unavoidable environmental impacts and funding conservation programs.
• Lower transaction costs through improved efficiency and market participation.
• A transparent marketplace, credit monitoring and independent verification.