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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

Pennsylvania’s Utilization of the Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) IIJA Funding

New Report: Building a Thriving Biodiversity Credit Market

Biodiversity Credit Principles

Building a Thriving Biodiversity Credit Market

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

New bill aims to improve USACE Environmental Mitigation

USDA Funding Ready to Pay Maryland Oyster Farmers for Nitrogen Reductions
EPIC announces execution of contracts to pay oyster farmers for nitrogen reductions.

How Government Grants Can Use Innovative Contracting Methods to Open Rivers for Fish

Opportunities for Washington State to adopt Pay for Success

Action Alert: Virginia’s Pay for Success Pilot Program

Maryland Forest Stewardship Disalignment Report
An analysis of incentives driving forest management decisions by Maryland landowners and the current state of their coordination

Maryland opens application to purchase $25 million of PA, NY, & MD nutrient reductions
The Susquehanna River Basin Commission announced today the opening of its application for proposals offering cost-effective reductions of nutrient pollution entering the Chesapeake Bay from the Susquehanna watershed.

Maryland’s Conowingo Pay for Success Program Preliminary Information

New Paper: Procurement doesn’t need to be a choke point

Chesapeake Currency: A current snapshot of private investment flowing into watershed conservation and restoration
