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EPIC and Maryland Department of Environment Announce $47 Million in Clean Water Commerce Funding for Chesapeake Bay Health, Economy and Recreation
“A Good Program in Theory”: Opportunities for Administrative Improvements to USDA’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program
The Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) and the next Farm Bill
How Donald Trump or Kamala Harris should spend a billion dollars at USDA
Demystifying environmental sandboxes: What are they, and what aren’t they?
Everybody’s talking about environmental sandboxes. What are they, and maybe more importantly, what aren’t they?
Sandboxing Nature in Maryland Handout
How could Maryland legislators build a sandbox for nature to accelerate restoration?
From Law to Legacy: Early Wins of Maryland's Conservation Finance Act
Since enacting the Conservation Finance Act in 2022, Maryland agencies have begun to implement it and attract greater private investment in conservation.
Case Studies of Performance-based RCPP Projects
The US Department of Agriculture has contracted at least seven RCPP projects that used performance-based payments to buy environmental outcomes. This report profiles their challenges and successes.
New paper: USDA is already buying environmental outcomes…kinda
New Paper: Optimizing Payment Schedules in Pay for Success Contracts
A Balancing Act: Optimizing Payment Schedules in Environmental Pay for Success Contracts
40 Senate Farm Bill Provisions to Get Excited About
40 provisions from the Senate’s Farm Bill draft to get excite about.
USDA can now help small producers participate in environmental markets. Should it?
Should USDA start competing as a seller in the ecosystem services market?
President Biden and Freshwater
USDA Funding Ready to Pay Maryland Oyster Farmers for Nitrogen Reductions
EPIC announces execution of contracts to pay oyster farmers for nitrogen reductions.
Action Alert: Virginia’s Pay for Success Pilot Program
Evaluating watershed partnerships
New report evaluates the last three years of efforts developing Midwest watershed partnerships
Midwest Watershed Partnerships: Successes, Challenges, and Immediate Opportunities
Sand County Foundation and the Environmental Policy Innovation Center evaluate the successes, challenges, and immediate opportunities for watershed partnerships in the Midwest.
Progress of Iowa Watershed Partnerships
A report on the progress of nine Iowa cities that have signed memoranda of understanding with the state Department of Natural Resources to establish watershed partnerships.
Establishing a Watershed Partnership
This report describes how to proliferate connections between point and nonpoint sources of nutrients to meet permit requirements and improve water quality.