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Tools to Improve Water Quality

By Cy Jones on August 29, 2012
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This post is part of a series on World Water Week, an annual event designed to draw attention to and discuss global water issues..

Eco-Compensation in China: Opportunities for Payments for Watershed Services

By Erin Gray and Cy Jones on May 15, 2012
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Water supply and availability could be the most pressing problem restricting China’s economic growth in the next 10-15 years, according to a new report by the…

New Fact Sheet Helps Chesapeake Bay States Design Nutrient Trading Programs

By Evan Branosky on July 15, 2011
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2011 will be an important year for the Chesapeake Bay, not only because scientists are predicting an

2011 Ecosystem Markets Conference: Innovating Ways to Reward Conservation

By Robert Winterbottom on June 30, 2011
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Wisconsin is a state blessed with abundant natural beauty and was home to one of America’s first conservationists, Aldo Leopold<

New Web-Based Map Tracks Marine "Dead Zones" Worldwide

January 20, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C. and GLOUCESTER POINT, VA

Research Identifies 530 Coastal “Dead Zones” and 228 Marine Eutrophic Sites

NEWS RELEASE: Chesapeake Bay Farmers Could Benefit from Nutrient Trading

August 5, 2010
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Farmers in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia could earn thousands a year in additional revenue if Congress passes legislation to create an interstate nutrient trading program – a cost-effective so

NEWS RELEASE: Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Trading Could Benefit Maryland Farmers

June 17, 2010
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Proposed federal legislation to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay could also help a typical Maryland crop farm earn an additional $10,000 in net profit each year, according to a new analysis by

Obama Administration Releases New Strategy to Clean Up Chesapeake Bay

By Evan Branosky on May 14, 2010

The federal commitment to develop and support environmental markets could have national significance.

Protecting Waterways from a Deadly Problem

By Mindy Selman on December 17, 2009

Nutrient pollution emerges as one of the greatest threats to water quality.

Fact Sheet: How Nutrient Trading Can Help Restore the Chesapeake Bay

By Cy Jones on December 14, 2009

A new Fact Sheet on nutrient trading in the Chesapeake Bay region covers issues such as potential costs and revenues, and how farmers and other stakeholders can benefit.

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