{"id":7120,"date":"2016-11-15T12:56:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T17:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/growingreturns\/?p=7120"},"modified":"2025-12-08T15:50:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T20:50:51","slug":"despite-a-new-political-landscape-landscape-conservation-commitments-remain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/growingreturns\/2016\/11\/15\/despite-a-new-political-landscape-landscape-conservation-commitments-remain\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite a new political landscape, landscape conservation commitments remain"},"content":{"rendered":"

The presidential election has changed the political landscape both nationally and in the states we work. As we continue to make sense of the changes, what hasn\u2019t changed is the commitment of many state leaders \u2013 Republicans and Democrats \u2013 to protecting our nation\u2019s treasured landscapes.<\/p>\n

In Nevada, the state just made a second wave of funding available to Nevada landowners who enhance and restore high-quality habitat for greater sage-grouse. This funding supplements an initial $1 million<\/a> made available earlier this year to fund the first four credit projects through the Nevada Conservation Credit System (CCS).<\/p>\n

Nevada created the CCS to keep the greater sage-grouse off the Endangered Species List and to provide a robust, efficient mitigation program for industries seeking to offset impacts to the imperiled bird\u2019s habitat. Under the system, landowners sell credits to industries needing to\u00a0mitigate future disturbances to the bird\u2019s habitat in order to receive permits from the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.<\/p>\n

“The State of Nevada and its partners through the Nevada CCS have effectively demonstrated the value that cooperative effort, advanced mitigation and market-based solutions can bring to major conservation challenges.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The market potential of the program is already proving to be significant for\u00a0both private landowners who will develop credits (dozens of landowners submitted credit applications for the first round of funding) and industries that need to mitigate their activities. With this second round of funding, the market will only grow, putting more dollars directly in the hands of landowners who can rapidly create benefits on the ground.<\/p>\n

Calling all credit producers<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Farmers
For more information about the criteria and timeline for the application process, please see the official announcement<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Up to $1,200,000 is available for private landowners, businesses, conservation organizations, mitigation bankers and state agencies interested in submitting projects to the Nevada CCS. Interested parties can apply for funding using a\u00a0Letter of Interest<\/a>\u00a0form, due January 9, 2017. Final projects will be awarded in spring 2017 and are to be implemented by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

The State of Nevada will provide selected projects with upfront financial and technical assistance necessary to implement projects that generate high-value credits. Future credit sales will create the opportunity for project proponents to receive additional payments and for the state to recover the funding provided.<\/p>\n

Status of existing projects<\/strong><\/p>\n

Four projects were funded through the initial round of funding, which completed habitat assessments over the summer and are now developing management plans and performing habitat improvements. These initial\u00a0projects<\/a> are anticipated to generate approximately 5,500 credits by enhancing and protecting 13,607 acres of greater sage-grouse habitat.<\/p>\n

The State of Nevada and its partners through the Nevada CCS have effectively demonstrated the value that cooperative effort, advanced mitigation and market-based solutions can bring to major conservation challenges. Thanks to the leadership of the Governor\u2019s office, state and federal agencies and the Sagebrush Ecosystem Council, Nevada is well positioned to manage sage-grouse conservation in a way that\u2019s good for its people, industries and environment.<\/p>\n

Related:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Nevada landowners eager to generate conservation credits, help sage-grouse >><\/a><\/p>\n

$2 million available for Nevada landowners to earn revenue through sage-grouse pilots >><\/a><\/p>\n

First-ever habitat exchange opens for business >><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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