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Resilience office highlights land conservation leverage, seeks to show partners and mapping work on wetlands
Summary
The Office of Resilience briefed the committee on recent land acquisitions, the leverage achieved with partner funding and a pending multi-state Carbon Pollution Reduction Grant award; staff said they are mapping wetlands and isolated wetlands and expect draft NOAA data in the fall.
Agency officials told the Legislative Oversight Subcommittee on Oct. 12 that the state has combined public and partner funds to conserve multiple tracts and that leverage — nonstate funding or donated value that stretches state dollars — is a critical metric the office will provide to the Legislature.
"When I say leverage, I mean ... if you're going to do $100 worth of conservation, leverage is you may put in $60 and $40 are coming from other sources," the chair said during discussion about reporting metrics; agency staff agreed to include leverage figures in future reports.
The office listed recent contributions to land and conservation easements, including: $700,000 for the Black River Saint Andrews…
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