Water Quality Markets Resources: Tools and Technology
Tools and Technology presentations and resources related to Water Quality Markets
PRESENTATIONS:
Conservation Practice Evaluation
EnviroAtlas
Information Resources & Training
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:
- 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)
- Environmental Incentives. “Road RAM User Manual, V2: Road Rapid Assessment Methodology”, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, May 2015. (PDF)
- Geospatial Platform. “Federal Geographic Data Committee Launches New Geospatial Website” [Press Release]. (PDF)
- Great Lakes Commission. Point To Nonpoint Water Quality Trading Checklist Template (LINK)(PDF)
- 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)
- NEPAssist Fact Sheet (PDF)
- RIBITS: Credit Classifications (PDF)
- RIBITS: Finding Credits (PDF)
- RIBITS: Getting Started with RIBITS (PDF)
- RIBITS: Understanding the RIBITS Credit Ledger (PDF)
- RIBITS: Utilizing RIBITS Reporting Tools (PDF)
- 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.