
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.

It’s Time to Tap Into Innovation: Federal Challenges Can Help Solve Stubborn Problems
Federal challenges, also known as prize competitions, represent an exceptional platform for federal agencies to collaborate with external organizations to push the boundaries of science—and to discover innovative solutions to diverse problems.

The Wide World of Drinking Water Data
For experts working to improve drinking water quality and access, the data is almost as important as water itself. How can we better access this data? Who has safe, affordable, and quality drinking water—and who doesn’t? This blog begins to answer some of those key questions.

ICYMI: A Recap of our 2023 Procurement Policy Work

Probably More Than You Want to Know About SRF Compound Interest

Variation in Borrowing Costs Between Different States’ Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving Fund Programs

Challenges to Scaling RCPP: A review of the Regional Conservation Partnership Program's 2023 notice of funding opportunity

New Report: Challenges to Scaling RCPP
New report examines the challenges to administratively scaling the Regional Conservation Partnership Program

Public Comment: OSTP’s Environmental Justice, Science, and Data Research Plan

Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not just in Iowa anymore!
A conversation about watershed partnerships in Kansas

Why Offsets on Public Lands is a Bad Idea

What do they want? Biodiversity Credits. When do they want it? Soon!
What is motivating biocredit buyers at this early stage as the market is in development? Why would corporate buyers and other entities be interested in investing in migratory songbird or salmon credits? What’s in it for them? Today the BCA released a new issue paper, “Demand-side Sources and Motivation for Biodiversity Credits'' that untangles some of these incentives and rationales.

Navigating Murky Waters: Tackling Saltwater Intrusion in Southeastern Louisiana
While the federal government spent tens of billions on water infrastructure in FY23, it has yet to prioritize the significant economic and health impacts of saltwater intrusion.

The Golden Rules of Pay for Success Procurement

Three Powerful Tools for Tracking Water Infrastructure Investments

A riparian forest buffer outcomes fund for the Chesapeake Bay

President Biden Delivers on Promise to Replace All Toxic Lead Pipes
