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    North America
    Outcomes
    March 3, 2026

    US Communities Reduce Risks of Wildfires by Improving Forest Health

    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • fires
    • extreme weather
    The upper Weber River flows through the community of Alpine Acres.
    • Top Outcome: 2025
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • fires
    • extreme weather
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    February 17, 2026

    From Energy Use to Air Quality, the Many Ways Data Centers Affect US Communities

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Air Quality
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Energy
    Aerial view of a large data center campus near homes and a playfield.
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Air Quality
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Energy
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    February 10, 2026

    Utah Pioneers a New Model for Wildfire Resilience

    • fires
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Water Security
    • adaptation
    • nature-based solutions
    • climate finance
    • Forests
    • land use
    • Solutions in Focus
    A controlled burn
    • fires
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Water Security
    • adaptation
    • nature-based solutions
    • climate finance
    • Forests
    • land use
    • Solutions in Focus
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    March 3, 2025

    US Takes Important Step Toward Tackling Its Massive Abandoned Mine Problem

    • water pollution
    • environmental justice
    • U.S. Energy
    An EPA worker sprinkles lime powder in a polluted river.
    • water pollution
    • environmental justice
    • U.S. Energy
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    June 6, 2024

    Community Mangrove Management and the Transformation of Coastal Communities

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    • Economics
    • Gender
    • restoration
    Two women presenting in a workshop.
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    • Economics
    • Gender
    • restoration
    Freshwater
    North America
    Update
    August 30, 2022

    Small Reservoirs More Vulnerable to Climate Extremes

    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • water pollution
    A manmade reservoir with powerlines in the background
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • water pollution
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    July 6, 2020

    Nature-Based Flood Mitigation Can Help Mississippi River Farmers

    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Flooding in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Oceania Asia North America
    Insights
    March 4, 2019

    In World That Says It’s Cutting Nutrient Pollution, Progress Is Lacking

    • water pollution
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Algal blooms in Florida’s Santa Fe River
    • water pollution
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    February 22, 2019

    After 15 Years, EPA Updates Water Quality Trading Policy. It Could Do More.

    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • wastewater
    • Water Quality
    Wetlands like these in the Chesapeake provide cost-effective water quality services.
    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • wastewater
    • Water Quality
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 23, 2018

    STATEMENT: Fourth National Climate Assessment Confirms Climate Change Will Affect All Regions and All Sectors of U.S. Economy

    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    November 1, 2018

    Investors Think They Can Make Money Reducing Wildfire Risk. A Forest Restoration Project in Yuba, CA Puts this Idea into Practice.

    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Learning about forest resilience with rangers. Photo: Leah Schleifer
    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    September 18, 2017

    As Wildfires Scorch U.S. Forests, Forest Resilience Bond Blazes a New Trail

    • fires
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    Firefighter in Arizona.
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    May 16, 2017

    When Improving America’s Infrastructure, Don’t Forget Forests

    • Freshwater
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Watershed
    • Freshwater
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    • water risk