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Resources

Compendium of Federal Funding Sources for State and Tribal Wetlands Programs (pdf)
Wetlands Sample Grant Application (pdf)
Focus on Results Example (pdf)
Talking About Your Program Example (pdf)
Guidelines for News or Press Releases (pdf)
Wetlands media example 1 (pdf)
Wetlands media example 2 (pdf)
Maryland asset map (pdf)
Blank asset map (pdf)

 

Trainings

Upcoming

EFC's Glenn Barnes will lead a series of day-long interactive workshops on sustainable finance, including sessions on federal grants for wetlands, innovative tribal and state finance approaches, partnership opportunities, and program marketing. The workshops will be designed either around tribal programs or around state and tribal programs.

Sustainable Finance for Tribal Wetlands Programs
EPA Region 10 Training: December 8, 2009, Spokane, WA
EPA Region 9 Training: December 10, 2009, San Francisco, CA

Sustainable Finance for State and Tribal Wetlands Programs
EPA Region 1 Training: March 10, 2010, Chelmsford, MA

Past

Sustainable Finance for State Wetlands Programs (click for copies of presentations)
EPA Region 3 Training
June 11, 2009, Annapolis, MD
EFC’s Glenn Barnes led a day-long interactive workshop on sustainable finance, including sessions on federal grants for wetlands, innovative state finance approaches, partnership opportunities, and program marketing.

Sustainable Finance for State Wetlands Monitoring Programs WEBINAR (recording)
April 23, 2009, online webinar.
A presentation on innovative financing strategies for state wetlands monitoring programs, including Federal grants, generating funds through the state, partnering with other units of government and/or non-governmental agencies. Click here for the PowerPoint slides.

Sustainable Finance for State and Tribal Wetlands Programs: Strategies to Market Your Work More Effectively (pdf)
State/Tribal/Federal Coordination Meeting: Opportunities to Streamline and Integrate Section 404 with Other Clean Water Act Programs through State/Tribal Leadership
Association of State Wetland Managers
March 18, 2009, Shepherdstown, WV
EFC’s Glenn Barnes presented a 90 minute interactive session on identifying stakeholders and marketing to them.

Sustainable Finance for State and Tribal Wetlands Programs (pdf)
Surface Water Monitoring and Standards (SWiMS) Meeting, EPA Region 5
Feb. 11, 2009, Chicago, IL
EFC’s Glenn Barnes presented on financing strategies for state and tribal wetlands monitoring programs as well as tips for promoting wetlands programs through the media.

Sustainable Finance for State and Tribal Wetlands Programs (pdf)
National Wetlands Monitoring and Assessment Workgroup
December 3, 2008

Sustainable Finance for State and Tribal Wetlands Programs webinar
October 15, 2008
Recording / Presentation (pdf)

 

Background

Many state and tribal wetlands programs today are not able to meet all of their program goals because of insufficient or inconsistent funding. This is true both for small, emerging programs and larger, well-established programs.

The purpose of the sustainable finance project is to help state and tribal wetlands programs develop a stable and appropriate funding model to better meet their goals. There are five key elements to sustainable finance:

  • Know the projects you want to pay for
  • Seek out all appropriate federal funding options
  • Combine federal money with funds generated at the state/tribal level such as appropriations, fees or bonds
  • Collaborate with other units of government such as state/tribal agencies and local governments to avoid duplicating work and to increase the chance of receiving funding
  • Seek out non-governmental organizations as partners
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    During the trainings, we will present information on a variety of potential funding mechanisms for state and tribal wetland programs. We will also give an overview of different strategies that states and tribes are currently using to finance their wetland programs, and identify what has been working and why. Furthermore, the presenters will provide information on funding sources from federal agencies, and identify how best to access these sources. Finally, the trainings will provide pointers on how to market a wetlands program to state legislators and to stakeholders.

    The trainings will begin with a webinar on October 15, 2008 that will present an overview of sustainable finance. This webinar will be followed up with several in-person trainings (1-2 days) around the country in 2009 and beyond. We will also present shorter training sessions at relevant conferences and national meetings. Finally, programs that participate in the trainings will have the opportunity to have their sustainable finance plans evaluated individually.

    The sustainable finance program has been developed by Glenn Barnes of the Environmental Finance Center and Romell Nandi of EPA Headquarters' Wetlands Program. The project is funded by the Environmental Protection Agency.

     

     

     

    Please contact Glenn Barnes for more details.