Comment Letter: Input for RFI on ESA Section 10 Conservation Benefit Agreements, Habitat Conservation Plans
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Comment Letter: Input for RFI on ESA Section 10 Conservation Benefit Agreements, Habitat Conservation Plans

Comments on “Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 10(a) Program Implementation; Development of Conservation Benefit Agreements and Habitat Conservation Plans, and Issuance of Associated Enhancement of Survival and Incidental Take Permits” (FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0049-0001)

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Four Ways to Help Ensure Your Restoration Project is Investment-Ready: Insights from Maycomb Capital
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Four Ways to Help Ensure Your Restoration Project is Investment-Ready: Insights from Maycomb Capital

Discover how small environmental restoration firms can scale their impact and earn revenue through outcomes-based funding like Pay for Success (PFS) contracts. In our latest feature, we talk with Maycomb Capital—a women-owned impact investing firm—about how they use flexible, mission-aligned financing to support projects that deliver measurable results for underserved communities. Learn what funders look for and how to secure the capital you need to launch your next high-impact initiative.

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A Look At CEQ’s New CE Explorer
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A Look At CEQ’s New CE Explorer

On June 5th, the CEQ’s Permitting Innovation Center released their first prototype experiment, the Categorical Exclusion Explorer. The Explorer is the first time a collection of cross-agency Categorical Exclusions (CEs) has been transformed into data for experimentation. This is still in the experimental stage, and we applaud the Permitting Innovation Center for releasing early-stage products and experiments. Early and iterative releases are ideal for gathering feedback and improving future releases.

We’ve discussed using existing environmental review data management and sharing as an area ripe for experimentation and innovation.

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The ESA Edit That Could Affect an $800 Million Species Offset Market and Undermine Decades of Tribal Salmon Recovery
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The ESA Edit That Could Affect an $800 Million Species Offset Market and Undermine Decades of Tribal Salmon Recovery

Last month, EPIC submitted detailed public comments opposing a proposed federal rule that would weaken the Endangered Species Act by removing habitat destruction from the definition of "harm." If the Rule goes through, it has profound implications for the restoration economy and Tribal communities.

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