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Forests to Faucets (F2F) Initiative Getting the Project Underway

Forests to Faucets (F2F) Initiative Getting the Project Underway. Michael Collins, AICP Executive Director Conserv : Marketplace for Ecosystem Restoration March 11, 2010. F2F Major Objectives. Create F2F Advisory Council Develop PES Protocols Create Priority Areas Methodology and Map

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Forests to Faucets (F2F) Initiative Getting the Project Underway

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  1. Forests to Faucets (F2F) InitiativeGetting the Project Underway Michael Collins, AICP Executive Director Conserv : Marketplace for Ecosystem Restoration March 11, 2010

  2. F2F Major Objectives • Create F2F Advisory Council • Develop PES Protocols • Create Priority Areas Methodology and Map • Create Landowners Screening Methodology and Screen Landowners • Create an F2F Marketing Plan and advertise the initiative

  3. F2F Objectives cont’d • Create a Watershed Health Index (WHI) and model pre- and post-project conditions • Develop a Cost Benefit Analysis methodology and prepare analysis

  4. F2F Advisory Council • The major purpose of the Council is to opine on general aspects of the project. • The Council also provides commentary on Administration and Findings of Technical Sessions.

  5. F2F Advisory Council Administration • As it is a pure Technical Advisory Group no need for a Chair or rigid committee structure • Meets on an ad-hoc basis, probably 3 times in 2010 and once in 2011 and several times in 2012

  6. F2F Technical Sessions • Technical Sessions are discussions structured around a particular topic on particular deliverables, that are open to anyone, but geared toward those that have particular expertise • Technical Sessions replace committees, they are ad-hoc

  7. F2F Technical Session Topics 1. Ecosystem Service Protocols 2. WHI 3. Prioritization 4. Landowner Screening 5. Cost Benefit Analysis

  8. Ecosystem Service Protocols • Practices for payments • Payment methodology • Payment amounts

  9. Priority Areas Methodology and Map • Optimum areas for resilience/water quality enhancement – sediment reduction • Based on biophysical conditions (geology, soils, slopes, land cover) and land management conditions • Parcels • Easements • Conservation priority areas

  10. Eligible Landowner Screening • Reactive • EQIP eligible • Sensitivity to annual payments • General interest ecosystem services markets • Willingness to transfer forest management responsibilities at sale of property • Proactive • Search for eligible landowners through initiative marketing

  11. Create a Watershed Health Index (WHI) and model pre and post conditions • Purpose is to model watershed health before and after initiative • Methodology probably similar to EPA Rapid Watershed Assessment (RWA) • Maybe integrate this with Cost Benefit Analysis!

  12. Cost Benefit Analysis • Create methodology • Prepare analysis

  13. What is this CBA? This tool should be designed to graphically portray how much a dollar spent on land cover stabilization will achieve in the currency of sediment reduction vs. a dollar spent on dredging for the NEXT reservoir.

  14. What kind of tool would do this? • An abstract model using data from other similar situations • An abstract model using data from this area

  15. Next Steps • Convene Technical Session • Request Technical Session Participants

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