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The project is part of a three year EPA Wetlands Program Development Grant that is developing a function-based stream mitigation framework for Oregon in order to effectively implement stream mitigation policy in Oregon.
Partnership News Report Volume 4 Issue 4
The Partnership's Board of Directors approves a three-year strategic plan including generating success stories and transferring Counting on the Environment to new places. The plan will be funded by grants from NRCS, USFS, EPA, Meyer Memorial Trust, City of Portland and NFWF. We also welcome two new staff members Carrie Sanneman and Harmony Burright to the team.
Partnership News Report Volume 4 Issue 3
This newsletter describes the strategic planning of the Partnership's Board, what we are wrapping up, and where we are going in the next three years. We also announce that the Ecosystem Crediting Platform is live, post new open positions and accredit third party verifiers.
Partnership News Report Volume 4 Issue 2
Willamette Partnership releases Measuring Up, a national review of biodiversity measurement systems. The report also describes elements that any biodiversity measurement system needs along with the foundation of a standardized approach to measurement. Also in this report, the Partnership welcomes five new Board members.
Partnership News Report Volume 4 Issue 1
This newsletter gives an insight into the next two years of Partnership activities, an overview of the Klamath Tracking and Accounting Program, scaling up efforts with the Northwest Environmental Markets Initiative, an Incentive Trifecta: Markets, Eco-labels and Regulatory Assurances and an update on the Honoring Our Rivers Anthology Project.
Partnership News Report Volume 3 Issue 4
This newsletter focuses on the Willamette Partnership’s verification training program; five training sessions on the business, science, and operations of ecosystem markets. This issue includes experiences from the field, what people can do with this training, and what training opportunities lie ahead.
Partnership News Report Volume 3 Issue 3
Over the next three years in the Willamette, dedicated partners want to make a hard push to: 1) bring new private dollars to restoration, 2) generate verified conservation outcomes from implemented projects , and 3) continue to build new incentives for conservation across Northwest landscapes.
Attention for Cutting Edge Environmental Entrepreneurship
Willamette Partnership praised for leading the nation at Portland’s City Club forum on Green Markets and Environmental Entrepreneurship on February 19
Partnership News Report Volume 3 Issue 1
The Willamette Partnership's Newsletter for January 26, 2010. Following approval to move forward with a first-of-its-kind ecosystem credit accounting system this fall, we haven’t wasted any time launching the next phases of work. With the first version of the Ecosystem Accounting System in place, it’s time to put it to the test– literally. It’s also time to complete the support structure that will ensure the whole system operates credibly. As you’ll see, this involves a lot of moving parts. In this newsletter you’ll get a taste of the breadth of activity the Willamette Partnership and a growing cohort of collaborators is gearing up for. Articles Include: Bobby Cochran on New Currencies, David Primozich on Local Flavor with Regional Infrastructure. Plus: Building Capacity to Operate a Marketplace, Oregon Law on the Ecosystem Services Frontier-Senate Bill 513, and an update on Pilot Projects
Partnership News Report Volume 2 Issue 5
This is the Willamette Partnership's Newsletter dated August 14, 2009. In June, the Willamette Partnership co-sponsored a nationally-significant conference on ecosystem services markets in Portland. In August, Twenty-five Stakeholders Reach Consensus on an Ecosystem Credit Accounting System, and another essential piece of the market: An Electronic Platform for Credit Creation
Willamette Partnership and Pinchot Institute RFQ Results
The Pinchot Institute for Conservation and the Willamette Partnership engage The Other Firm in Ecosystem Service Crediting Platform design
Partnership News Report Volume 2 Issue 4
This is the Willamette Partnerships Newsletter dated May 13, 2009.
Partnership Develops Proposal for Conservation Innovation Grant
To read how the Parternship plans to move forward click on read more.
Oregon Experiments with Mixed Credits
This is an article that recently appeared in the Katoomba Group's Ecosystem Marketplace Newsletter about the Willamette Partnership's efforts.
Partnership News Report Volume 2 Issue 3
This is the Willamette Partnership Newsletter dated April 7, 2009.
Partnership News Report Volume 2 Issue 2
This is the Willamette Partnerships Newsletter dated February 27, 2009
Partnership News Report Volume 2 Issue 1
This is the Willamette Partnerships Newsletter dated January 26, 2009
Partnership News Report Volume 1 Issue 4
This is the Willamette Partnership Newsletter dated December 31, 2008
Partnership News Report Volume 1 Issue 3
This is the Willamette Partnership Newsletter dated November 25, 2008.
Governor Kulongoski Letter of Support
Governor Kulongoski sends a letter of support to Stakeholders for the Counting on the Environment project. He endorses this program as an important tool for protecting and restoring Oregon's environment.
Partnership News Report Volume 1 Issue 2
This is the Willamette Partnership Newsletter dated October 27, 2008.
Time to support DEQ looking beyond end-of-pipe solutions for the Willamette River
This is a response to an Article in the Oregonian on September 16, 2008 regarding the habitat of cool-water fish in the Willamette.
Partnership News Report Volume 1 Issue 1
This is the Willamette Partnership Newsletter dated October 13, 2008.
Interest, Enthusiasm and Action for Ecosystem Credit Accounting in Oregon
Policy Cornerstones & Action Strategies for an Integrated Ecosystem Marketplace in Oregon