Working timberlands are at the heart of Lyme’s investment strategy and make up the vast majority its invested capital to date. Lyme also invests opportunistically in mitigation banks and other conservation assets.
Other Conservation Assets
Although timberlands make up the bulk of Lyme’s portfolio, the company also pursues investments in ecosystem service markets, including mitigation banks. In partnership with experienced operating partners, Lyme invests in properties with potential to mitigate wetland, stream, or endangered species impacts. In addition, Lyme opportunistically pursues investments in smaller properties with exceptional conservation attributes. Working in partnership with conservation organizations, Lyme seeks to sell conservation easements and/ or fee interests that protect conservation values. Investment realizations are generated from the sale of conservation interests and/or limited development rights.
427-acre mitigation use rights easement in Richland County, South Carolina
4,338 acres between two separate mitigation banks in Central Florida.
172 acres in the Middle James River watershed
1,568 acres to establish a stream mitigation bank in the West Fork Trinity watershed in Texas
242 acres for restoration as a stream mitigation bank in the Lower Sabine watershed in Texas
A 158-acre agricultural and recreational property for restoration within the Big Muddy River watershed in Illinois
The property, adjacent to the Hilochee Wildlife Management Area, is designated by the State of Florida as a Green Swamp Area of Critical State Concern.
Real estate and easement rights underlying four stream mitigation banks across five counties in West Virginia
Wetland mitigation bank on 1,100 acres of degraded wetlands in Polk County, Florida
71 acres of undeveloped land in northern San Diego County for the establishment of a wetland mitigation bank
141 acres in Blount County, Alabama purchased in 2014 to establish a stream mitigation bank
Cowasee Basin
Reedy Creek & Hammock Lake
Back Mountain
Mustang Ranch
Call Junction
Swanwick Creek Mitigation Bank
Crooked River Mitigation Bank
Bunrootis Mitigation Banks
Fox Branch Mitigation Bank
Moosa Creek Mitigation Bank
Mulberry Fork Mitigation Bank