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An Abundance of Nature
EPIC champions a bold approach to environmental restoration, aligning with the Abundance mindset by streamlining wetland restoration, leveraging technology, and using pay-for-success models. By focusing on outcomes over process, EPIC aims to make nature restoration faster, scalable, and impactful—ensuring clean air, water, and ecosystems are abundant and accessible.
EPIC and Maryland Department of Environment Announce $47 Million in Clean Water Commerce Funding for Chesapeake Bay Health, Economy and Recreation
Pennsylvania’s Utilization of the Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) IIJA Funding
Biodiversity Credit Principles
Building a Thriving Biodiversity Credit Market
From Law to Legacy: Early Wins of Maryland's Conservation Finance Act
Since enacting the Conservation Finance Act in 2022, Maryland agencies have begun to implement it and attract greater private investment in conservation.
Case Studies of Performance-based RCPP Projects
The US Department of Agriculture has contracted at least seven RCPP projects that used performance-based payments to buy environmental outcomes. This report profiles their challenges and successes.
New paper: USDA is already buying environmental outcomes…kinda
New Paper: Optimizing Payment Schedules in Pay for Success Contracts
A Balancing Act: Optimizing Payment Schedules in Environmental Pay for Success Contracts
USDA Funding Ready to Pay Maryland Oyster Farmers for Nitrogen Reductions
EPIC announces execution of contracts to pay oyster farmers for nitrogen reductions.
How Government Grants Can Use Innovative Contracting Methods to Open Rivers for Fish
Action Alert: Virginia’s Pay for Success Pilot Program
Why Offsets on Public Lands is a Bad Idea
Maryland opens application to purchase $25 million of PA, NY, & MD nutrient reductions
The Susquehanna River Basin Commission announced today the opening of its application for proposals offering cost-effective reductions of nutrient pollution entering the Chesapeake Bay from the Susquehanna watershed.
New Database Has Key Ingredients for Streamlining Restoration Permitting & Buying Environmental Outcomes
Maryland’s Conowingo Pay for Success Program Preliminary Information
New Paper: Procurement doesn’t need to be a choke point
Chesapeake Currency: A current snapshot of private investment flowing into watershed conservation and restoration
