Stories from The Emerald Alliance

From our colleagues at the Highstead Foundation, three new case studies from New England show how open space opens new economic pathways for local communities in both urban and rural contexts.Read the underlying study about the connection between conservation and...

In the recent monthly newsletter from the Conservation Finance Network, our own Washington Farmland Trust was featured for its innovative funding approach to protecting vital farmland near the Snohomish River. Excerpt: “Consider this story of a quiet success within a...

Across Puget Sound, many organizations are looking for new ways to fund conservation and restoration activities. How can existing funding mechanisms be adapted or expanded to generate more funding and where are the new sources of funding for conservation and...

A new report by American Rivers and ECONorthwest documents the economic outcomes of urban floodplain restoration on local and state budgets and tax revenue. Here is a link to the project fact sheet and full report. A large portion of restoration funding for the Puget...

According to Farms Under Threat: The State of the States, a new report by American Farmland Trust, millions of acres of America’s agricultural land were developed or converted to uses that threaten farming between 2001 and 2016. The report’s Agricultural Land...

COVID-19 has raised so many questions in our lives – and provided a few answers. Abrupt life changes have put into sharp focus what is important and valued. The experience of shelter-in-place, and figuring out how to continue work, school and personal relationships,...