BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sierra Nevada Alliance - ECPv6.2.9//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Sierra Nevada Alliance X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sierranevadaalliance.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Sierra Nevada Alliance REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211119T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211119T130000 DTSTAMP:20240329T025856 CREATED:20211117T232937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211210T214410Z UID:2922-1637323200-1637326800@sierranevadaalliance.org SUMMARY:Water Seminar Series: Conservation Finance Funds Water Supply Protection DESCRIPTION:Funding water supply protection through conservation finance in the Yuba River watershed \nThe Office of Water Programs at Sacramento State presents the latest in its Water Seminar Series\, with guest speakers from Blue Forest Conservation and the Yuba Water Agency. \nIn the Western U.S.\, federally owned forests provide up to 52% of drinking water supplies\, but many are overstocked and at risk of fire\, tree die-offs\, and other disturbances. Forest and ecosystem restoration projects in these source water basins have the potential to protect and enhance water resources. However\, funding these projects at the pace and scale needed to meaningfully address risks to our water supply is challenging. Here\, we discuss how understanding water-related benefits of restoration projects can support increased funding through a conservation finance tool\, the Forest Resilience Bond (FRB). We explain this financing model\, present an example of a successful FRB project in the North Yuba watershed in Northern California\, and discuss how these projects can benefit hydroelectric utilities like Yuba Water Agency. In particular\, we explore the science of quantifying water-related benefits such as water supply enhancement and fire risk and how that knowledge can be leveraged to support an FRB. \nFind more details and a list of speakers here. \n  URL:https://sierranevadaalliance.org/event/water-seminar-series-conservation-finance-funds-water-supply-protection/ LOCATION:Zoom webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sierranevadaalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/seminar-11-19-2021-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Water Programs Sacramento State":MAILTO:wateroffice@owp.csus.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR