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nature-based solutions
Please join me in welcoming the newest member of the Conservation Finance Network team: Jessica Brenner! Jessica is CFN's Project and Operations Coordinator, helping organize our signature CFN events and internal operations among other tasks. With experience in marketing, HR, and finance and a passion for the environment, we are thrilled to work alongside Jessica. Her favorite outdoor experience is hiking to the top of Mount Watson in Utah's Uinta Mountains in honor of her dog (a dachshund) named Watson. 
Jessica lives in Minnneapolis, Minnesota. This means we now have staff in pacific, central and eastern time zones!
Happy Spring!

- Conservation Finance Network staff
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From the Field

News & Resources
New report: How Government Grants Can Use Innovative Contracting Methods to Open Rivers for Fish. Learn how to speed up deployment of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act unds for culvert projects and optimize environmental benefits from funded culvert projects. (Environmental Policy and Innovation Center)
Protecting forests for clean water. OSI reported on a 10-year assessment of the Delaware River Watershed and the cobenefits of forested areas on cleaner water. (Open Space Institute)
Presentation and recording available on tools to quantify the carbon value of forest protection. Updated data allows for better identification of at-risk high-carbon forests for the continental U.S., including projections of permanent forest cover loss, and estimates of avoided emissions from land protection. (Open Space Institute)
How to act fast and smart (and where to move more cautiously) on nature-based climate solutions. EDF summarized this recently published scientific article on effective, lasting nature-based climate solutions vital to address the climate emergency. (Environmental Defense Fund)
The Chesapeake Conservation Partnership's Federal Grants 101 webinar recording. Both a recording and presentation are available to offer guidance and tips for applying for federal grants. (Chespeake Conservation Partnership)

Funding
Environmental Protection Agency:
Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program: Implementation Grants (General Competition)
Applicaiton Due: April 1, 2024

Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program
Application Due: November 21, 2024

Department of Defense:
Enhancing Recreation Opportunities Near Military Installations through the 2024 Readiness and Recreation Initiative
Application Due: August 21, 2024

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation:

America’s Ecosystem Restoration Initiative: America the Beautiful Challenge 2024 RFP
Pre-Proposal Due Date: April 4, 2024
Full Proposal Due Date (by invitation only): July 16, 2024

2024 REPI National Coastal Resilience Fund
Applications Due: April 10, 2024
U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities:
Innovative Finance for National Forests (IFNF)
Applications Due: April 22, 2024
USDA Forest Service:

Innovative Finance for National Forests
Application Due: April 22, 2024

U.S. Forest Service Forest Legacy Program and Inflation Reduction Act Forest Landowner Support
Second Round Deadline: Monday, May 20, 2024

Forest Landowner Support: Tribal Access to Emerging Private Markets for Climate Mitigation and Forest Resilience
Application Due: August 21, 2024

USDA Forest Service Inflation Reduction Act Forest Landowner Support
Applpication Due: August 21, 2024
USDA National Resource Conservation Service:
Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) Competitive Grants Program
Application Due: April 9, 2024

Virtual + In-Person Events
Forests + Climate Learning Exchange Series
Co-hosted by the Forest Carbon and Climate Program & Society of American Foresters
First Wedenesday of the month from Nov. 1, 2023 - June 5, 2024 at 3pm ET, Virtual

Tribal Forestry: Understanding Current Issues & Challenges in Contemporary & Traditional Management of Forested Landscapes
The Yale Forest Forum
Thursdays, January 18 to April 25 from 12:00-12:55 pm U.S. ET, Virtual

CDFA Tribal Finance Webinar Series
April 23, July 9, & October 15, 2024
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
International Forest Business Conference
Forest Business Analytics
May 20-21, 2024 at the Sheraton Sopot Hotel in Sopot, Poland

Jobs + Fellowships
Northwest Florida Sentinel Landscape (NWFSL) Resilience Specialist
LegacyWorks
Remote in Northwest Florida

Curator of the Loeb Fellowship
Harard Graduate School of Design
Hybrid position in Massachusetts (more details in job description)

Carbon Marketing Specialist
National Indian Carbon Coalition
Remote

Project Manager (Reforestation)
National Indian Carbon Coalition
Remote
Assistant Program Manager
Greenprint Partners
Seattle, WA

Climate Programs Specialist
Greenprint Partners
Chicago, IL
Community Engagement Specialist
Center for Heirs' Property
Charleston, NC
Forestry Outreach Specialist 
Federation of Southern Cooperatives 
East Point, GA 
Development and Investor Relations Director
Black Farmer Fund
Northeast, preference for NYC metro area

Enterprise Account Executive, HydroForecast
Upstream Tech
USA, Remote
Policy and Data Analyst, Water Infrastructure
Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Remote or D.C.

Funding Navigator Manager
Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Remote or D.C.
Director of Philanthropy (Colorado-Southwest and Southeast)
Trust for Public Land
Varies by Region 
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