Financial Sharing Models for Watershed Protection

Report from the Environmental Finance Center:

"The Environmental Finance Center carried out a series of educational and research activities for the Conservation Trust for North Carolina to assess alternative finance and cost sharing models available to North Carolina communities and watershed organizations to support increased watershed protection and conservation work.

As part of the research, the EFC reviewed the underlying legal authority behind the most prevalent and promising multi-jurisdictional models. This report identifies examples of existing water resource programs that rely on some type of multi-jurisdiction partnership or institutional model within or nearby the Upper Neuse River Basin. Each model was examined to identify key distinguishing factors between the different models. This inventory research was integrated into a series of informal interviews and structured educational events with local water resource leaders, many of who are directly involved with existing multi-jurisdiction water resource efforts. During these events, leaders exchanged views about models and factors critical to each model’s success."