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Rappahannock River Basin Commission enables creation of Rappahannock Ecosystem Services Exchange(0)

Date: June 25th, 2009 | Category: Commentary, News Updates | Tags: American Conservation Brokers, birdwatching, cap and trade, carbon sequestration, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Economy, Conserv, conservation, Conservation and private property rights, conservation property, Conservation real estate, ecological economy, Ecosystem Services, Environmental assets, Environmental markets, forestry and water quality, green building, hunting and fishing leases, non-point source nutrient trading, nutrient trading, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, sustainability, sustainable economy

Yesterday, environmental history was made at the Old Beale Memorial Church in Tappahannock, the oldest documented courthouse in Virginia. Surrounded by Flemish bond brickwork with salt-glazed headers and compass-headed windows, the Rappahannock River Basin Commission took the first step toward moving Virginia into the ranks of the leaders of the worldwide ecosystem services movement.
In a [...]

Ecosystem services and the new metropolitan age(0)

Date: June 18th, 2009 | Category: Commentary, News Updates | Tags: Biodiversity markets, built infrastructure, Carbon markets, Conserv, Ecosystem Services, enviroment=economy, environmental policy, green infrastructure, MetroMonitor, metropolitan policy, natural infrastructure, nutrient markets, nutrient trading, regional economy, Sally Collins, sustainability, sustainability challenge contract, urban economy, urban policy, USDA Office of Ecosystem Service and Markets, Water markets, Wildlife Habitat Council

My colleague Buck Kline, at the Virginia Department of Forestry, attended the Wildlife Habitat Council 1st Ecosystem Services conference last week in Maryland. He just forwarded me his speaker’s notes for Sally Collins’s presentation. Sally Collins, as folks may know, is the new Director of the USDA Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets.
Ms. Collins’s comments [...]

Deep Green Classifieds adds Hunting and Fishing Leases(0)

Date: June 15th, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Tags: Fishermen seeking ponds and streams to fish on, Fishing leases, Free hunting and fishing lease advertising, Hunters seeking hunting property, Hunting leases, Landowners seeking hunters and fishermen, Outdoor recreation leases, Wildlife observation leases

Today, Deep Green Classifieds has added three new marketplace categories:

For Fee Hunting Leases
For Fee Fishing Leases
For Fee Wildlife Observation Leases

Ads for these leases are free and can be posted with just a few steps at Deep Green Classifieds.
We hope to be working with partner hunting and fishing organizations in the months ahead to assist landowners [...]