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.
Sand County Foundation and the Environmental Policy Innovation Center evaluate the successes, challenges, and immediate opportunities for watershed partnerships in the Midwest.
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.
This report describes how to proliferate connections between point and nonpoint sources of nutrients to meet permit requirements and improve water quality.
This report, published with New Jersey Future, looks at the New Jersey Water Bank (NJWB), which has provided over $9 billion in low-cost financing for water and wastewater infrastructure projects in the state. The report analyzes NJWB awards (i.e. low interest loans and principal forgiveness) over a 5-year period and also assesses the underlying policies governing how New Jersey defines disadvantaged communities.
The report’s ten recommendations would increase the equity and effectiveness of the NJWB program and ensure that communities with the greatest needs receive adequate assistance.
An analysis of incentives driving forest management decisions by Maryland landowners and the current state of their coordination
A Technical Advisory Toolkit for Lead Service Lines
New $1 Million Great Lakes Water Infrastructure Loan Fund Supporting Improved Water Quality in the Great Lakes Region
Stretching the Dollar to Get the Lead Out: Good Decision-Making and Planning for Lead Service Line Cost Efficiencies
Stretching the Dollar to Get the Lead Out: Advancing Lead Service Line Programs with Low or No-Cost Policies and Practices
A Revolving Loan Fund Could Help Protect Watersheds, Biodiversity and Public Access in America’s National Forests
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.
A Balancing Act: Optimizing Payment Schedules in Environmental Pay for Success Contracts
Joint Public Comment: Creation of the White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council
Following the Money: SRF Policy Explainers and Briefs
How Government Grants Can Use Innovative Contracting Methods to Open Rivers for Fish
Report: Adopting Innovation at the US Forest Service
Funding Nature Not Paperwork - Policy and Programmatic Pathways to Speed Restoration Permitting
Joint Public Comment on Phase 2 of the Environmental Justice Scorecard
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.