Resources for Producers and Landowners
Overview Documents
Guide to Environmental Markets for Farmers and Ranchers
NRCS Natural Resources Credit Trading Reference
Ecosystem Accounting Protocol: Increasing the Effectiveness of Investments in the Environment
Water Markets
Getting Paid for Stewardship: An Agricultural Community Water Quality Trading Guide
Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Markets
Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Opportunities for Livestock Management in the US
Climate Change Resource Center: Information for Landowners
Payments for Forest Carbon: Opportunities and Challenges for small Forest Owners
Conservation Banking and Wetland Banking
Guidance for the Establishment, Use, and Operation of Conservation Banks
EPA Wetland Mitigation Banking Factsheet
USDA Grants
The organizations below offer funding for a variety of initiatives including environmental market projects.
Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG)