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EIP Articles
Katherine Birnie Joins EIP Team as Director of Markets
October 29, 2009 -- After completing a nationwide search, Ecosystem Investment Partners is very pleased to welcome Katherine Birnie to her new home in Baltimore and to our office as the new Director of Markets. Katherine comes to us from the Maine...
Close to 1,000 Acres Near Dismal Swamp to be Protected
April 2, 2009 -- The Nature Conservancy announced Wednesday that 966 acres next to the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in southern Chesapeake will be protected from development and restored as wetlands and forests...
Largest In-Holding of Great Dismal Swamp NWR Protected
April 1, 2009 -- The Nature Conservancy of Virginia and Ecosystem Investment Partners announced today the conservation of 966 acres adjacent to Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, once the Refuge’s largest unprotected in-holding...
USDA Announces New Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets
December 18, 2008 -- Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced the intention to establish a new USDA Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets and the creation of a federal government-wide Conservation and Land Management Environmental Services...
Earth For Hire
Last year, the land’s owner, a timber company, sought to sell the property. Normally, it would have been snapped up by a developer looking to pave it over with housing subdivisions. Instead, however, the land was purchased by a Maryland-based group...
Once Reviled, Wetlands Awaken to Preservation's Touch
Nick Dilks saw the potential even as he first laid eyes on 1,200 acres of forest west of Georgetown. It had been ditched, drained and cut over. In short, the 1,200 acres purchased late last year by Ecosystem Investment Partners told the story of the toll...
From Successful Financier to Mitigation Banker: A Profile of Fred Danforth
After a successful career in private equity investing, Fred Danforth followed his passion for fly fishing into a second career as a wetland and stream mitigation banker. His story and his experience may provide some interesting insights into the future of conservation...
Partners in Conservation: EIP Pioneers New Model
Ecosystem Investment Partners is re-writing the book on land conservation. The Ecosystem Marketplace finds out what the men behind the new business have to say about the synergies they see between conservation and investment returns...
In The News
US Military Strategically Protects Endangered Species Habitat
February 21, 2010 -- Military bases around the country are seeking to protect and enhance endangered species habitat on and around bases because it's both good for the species and good for military operational strategy...
New EPA Wetland Guidelines to Boost Mitigation Banks
The US Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers just released their long-awaited regulations for offsetting lost wetlands. They should mean a major boost for mitigation banking...
Army Corps and EPA Improve Wetland and Stream Mitigation
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released a new rule to clarify how to provide compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts to the nation's wetlands and streams. The rule will enable...
Environmental Law Institute Study on Mitigation Banking Released
In the first major study to quantify the total volume of the U.S. wetland mitigation banking market, the Environmental Law Institute estimates the total amount spent on aquatic resource mitigation under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act in FY2003 was...
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