by Frances Lee | Dec 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
By Tracy StantonDecember 2020 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...
by Frances Lee | Dec 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
By Tracy StantonDecember 2020 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...
by Frances Lee | Dec 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
By Tracy StantonDecember 2020 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...
by Frances Lee | Sep 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
By Tracy StantonSeptember 15 2020 Across Puget Sound, many organizations are looking for new ways to fund conservation and restoration activities. How can existing funding mechanisms be adapted or expanded to generate more funding and where are the new sources of...
by Frances Lee | Jun 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
by Brandon Parsons, PLA – American RiversJune 10, 2020 A new report by American Rivers and ECONorthwest documents the economic outcomes of urban floodplain restoration on local and state budgets and tax revenue. Here is a link to the project fact sheet and full...
by Frances Lee | Jun 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
by Addie Candib, American Farmland TrustMay 27, 2020 According to Farms Under Threat: The State of the States, a new report by American Farmland Trust, millions of acres of America’s agricultural land were developed or converted to uses that threaten farming between...
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