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Resilience office details land conservation purchases and outside leverage, cites $50M coalition CPRG award
Summary
The Office of Resilience reviewed recent conservation acquisitions, outlined leveraged funding for specific tracts and said a multi‑state Carbon Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) coalition will bring roughly $50 million to the agency and about $39 million to The Nature Conservancy for regional conservation work.
Office of Resilience staff briefed the Legislative Oversight Subcommittee on recent land acquisitions, leverage from partner funding and a new multi‑state grant award that will support conservation across watersheds.
Alex Butler, resilience director and a master's‑level hydrologist, described how the agency used watershed mapping to prioritize conservation for flood mitigation, noting the value of preserving floodways, flood plains, wetlands and soils with high infiltration to ‘‘slow the water across the landscape.’’ He said the agency has watershed‑level mapping available and uses those priorities when evaluating acquisitions.
The agency listed recent…
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