Water Quality Markets Resources: Tools and Technology

Tools and Technology presentations and resources related to Water Quality Markets

PRESENTATIONS:

Conservation Practice Evaluation

• Jim Klang, Kieser & Associates
• Carrick Detweiler, University of Nebraska

EnviroAtlas

• Genevieve Bennett, Forest Trends
• Anne Neale, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Information Resources & Training

• Amelia Letnes, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Tools for Trading

• Shaun McKinney, Natural Resource Conservation Service
• Shaun McKinney, Natural Resource Conservation Service (2)
• Sara Walker, World Resources Institute
• Jim Klang, Kieser & Associates
• Ali Saleh, Texas A&M
• Mindy Selman, U.S. Department of Agriculture

RESOURCES:

1. Boyd, James and Lisa Wainger, “Measuring Ecosystem Service Benefits: The Use of Landscape Analysis to Evaluate Environmental Trades and Compensation,” Resources for the Future, April 2003. (PDF)
2. Environmental Incentives. “Road RAM User Manual, V2: Road Rapid Assessment Methodology”, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, May 2015. (PDF)
3. Geospatial Platform. “Federal Geographic Data Committee Launches New Geospatial Website” [Press Release]. (PDF)
4. Great Lakes Commission. Point To Nonpoint Water Quality Trading Checklist Template (LINK)(PDF)
5. Kieser and Associates.  A Scientifically Defensible Process for the Exchange of Pollutant Credits under Minnesota’s Proposed Water Quality Trading Rules.  Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. June 2009. (PDF)
6. NEPAssist Fact Sheet (PDF)
7. RIBITS: Credit Classifications (PDF)
8. RIBITS: Finding Credits (PDF)
9. RIBITS: Getting Started with RIBITS (PDF)
10. RIBITS: Understanding the RIBITS Credit Ledger (PDF)
11. RIBITS: Utilizing RIBITS Reporting Tools (PDF)
12. Richardson et al. “Integrated stream and wetland restoration: a watershed approach to improved water quality on the landscape.” Ecol. Engineering 37: 25-39. 2011. (PDF)

Web Resources:

• An Integrated Terrestrial-Coastal Ocean Observation and Modeling Framework for Carbon Management Decision Support: Collaboration Site
• Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Trading Tool
• Federal Highway Administration, Adaptation Resources
• Federal Highway Administration, Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Pilot Program
• Federal Highway Administration, Eco-Logical Environmental Review Toolkit
• Federal Highway Administration, Energy and Emissions Reduction Policy and Analysis Tool (EERPAT)
• Federal Highway Administration, INVEST (Infrastructure Voluntary Evaluation Sustainability Tool)
• Federal Highway Administration, Linking Planning and NEPA
• Federal Highway Administration, Surface Transportation Environment and Planning Cooperative Research Program (STEP)
• Federal Highway Administration: Transportation and Climate Change Clearinghouse
• Georgetown Climate Center, Adaptation Clearinghouse
• GeoSpatial Platform
• Invasive Species Monitoring, Water Sampling for Zebra Mussels using Aerial Water Sampling UAV Video
• Nebraska Intelligent MoBile Unmanned Systems (NIMBUS) Lab
• Transportation for Communities – Advancing Projects through Partnerships
• Transportation Research Board, Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2)
• US Environmental Protection Agency: National Atlas for Sustainability
• US Environmental Protection Agency, NEPAssist
• US Federal Government, Data.gov
• US Fish & Wildlife Service, National Conservation Training Center, Climate Change
• World Resources Institute, Water Quality Trading Work

Further Reading:

• Ore, J.-P., S. Elbaum, A. Burgin, and C. Detweiler. Autonomous Aerial Water Sampling. Journal of Field Robotics, 2015.