Tomorrow at 9:30, Conserv staff will brief the Rivanna River Basin Commission TAC on ecosystem services in the Rivanna Basin. The outline of the briefing includes:
1. THE BIG VISION - BIOREGIONAL MARKETS TO RESTORE KEYSTONE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS
2. The Current Conservation Model
3. Ecosystem Services - Another Conservation Model for the 21st Century
4. Aquatic Ecosystem Services
5. Emerging [...]

The City of Charlottesville, County of Albemarle, Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority, The Rivanna River Basin Commission,  Congressman Tom Perriello, The World Resources Institute, and others have provided letters of support for a Virginia Department of Forestry proposal to undertake a pilot project for payment of regulating ecosystem services (PRES) in the South Fork Rivanna [...]