Tapping Clean Water State Revolving Funds for Conservation
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About This Webinar
Recent federal legislation greatly increased the resources available to fight climate change and improve water quality through conservation. The Clean Water State Revolving Funds provide many of these resources to communities throughout the country. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law appropriates more than $11.7 billion to the SRF over the next five years. In addition to traditional ‘grey’ stormwater infrastructure and treatment facilities, these funds will support ‘green’ infrastructure in the forms of rain gardens, land protection and other ‘nonpoint source’ pollution reduction projects. Learn how your land trust can tap into this underutilized source of federal funding to protect land and improve water quality in your community.
Agenda
- 2 p.m.
Welcome and topic overview
Land Trust Alliance - 2:10 p.m.
USEPA Program overview
Alison Souders, USEPA - 2:30 p.m.
Insights from trusted partners
Erin Kanzig, River Network and Phoebe Higgins, Environmental Policy Innovation CenterGetting SRF to work for you: Advocating in states that need it
Setting up for success: Good project design, potential match & repayment sources
- 2:50 p.m.
Land Trust Examples
Chris Szell, Western Reserve Land Conservancy and Andrew Szwak, Land Trust AllianceUsing SRF to Conserve Wetlands in Ohio
Other examples from around the country
- 3:10 p.m.
Question and Answer Panel
- 3:30 p.m.
Closing & Adjourn
