The Delaware River Basin provides drinking water for more than 13 million people and is home to an abundance of fish and wildlife including some endangered, threatened, and at-risk species. People and wildlife depend upon the water resources of the Basin, and the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), for their water security – for an adequate and sustainable supply of clean and healthy water that can be equitably accessed and is resilient in the face of climate change and extreme conditions.

2013 (March)

The EFC presented "Financing Strategies for Green Infrastructure Programs" as part of the American Rivers’ winter webinar series for Chesapeake Bay communities in March 2013.  Attachments city_of_york_webinar_part_3.pdf (2.56 MB) Financing Strategies for Green Infrastructure Programs

2006 (April)

The University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center, on behalf of the Cacapon and Lost Rivers Land Trust (the Trust), convened a financing charrette to assist the Trust in their efforts to develop a long-range financial strategy for protecting a particularly critical section of land in the watershed. The goal of the event was to develop the framework for a financing and implementation plan for preserving more than 14,000 acres linking an existing conservation hub to a national forest and a wildlife management area.

2005 (November)

In June 2005, the Environmental Finance Center, on behalf of Talbot County, Maryland, convened a financing workshop to assist County officials in their efforts to finance and implement a new Countryside Preservation Area program. The goal of the event was to develop the framework for financing and implementing a plan for protecting more than 11,000 acres around each of the four incorporated municipalities within the County.