Stories from The Emerald Alliance

Liz, tell us about City Forest Credits.City Forest Credits (CFC) is a national carbon registry and impact certification organization. We provide financing pathways for businesses to contribute to society and urban forests in metropolitan areas across the United...

The Washington Farmland Trust released their 2020 Annual Report, which details milestones and achievements for Washington farmland conservation. In addition to a new DEI plan to guide their organizational transformation, the WFT concluded their 5-year long “Our Farms,...

Our friends at Confluence West have produced several blog posts and curated other resources focused on the mounting costs of western wildfires as well as the pathway forward. This year’s wildfire season is creating early concern for western forest/watershed managers....

The Fall 2020 journal, Issues in Ecology, included an article about conservation finance titled: Innovative Finance for Conservation: Roles for Ecologists and Practitioners.Here is a blurb from the summary:“Global efforts to conserve biodiversity and maintain...

From our colleagues at the Highstead Foundation, three new case studies from New England show how open space opens new economic pathways for local communities in both urban and rural contexts.Read the underlying study about the connection between conservation and...

In the recent monthly newsletter from the Conservation Finance Network, our own Washington Farmland Trust was featured for its innovative funding approach to protecting vital farmland near the Snohomish River. Excerpt: “Consider this story of a quiet success within a...