Meramec Funding Source Database

The Conservation Easement Assistance Program provides long-term habitat protection for wildlife, water quality, outdoor recreation and/or other ecosystems by funding land purchases and infrastructure that supports public access.

The Conservation Land Acquisition Program provides funds for land acquisition that provides increased public access to nature and outdoor recreation. Land must also enhance conservation of wildlife, habitats and ecosystem services.

The Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program takes emergency measures to safeguard lives and property from floods, drought and erosion. Measures can include purchase of floodplain easements to reduce runoff and soil erosion.

Environmental Impact Bonds allow communities to share the risks and rewards of financing large projects based on outcomes.

Green Bonds provide local governments the ability to borrow money to fund environmental, sustainable infrastructure projects, typically for a low-cost, tax-exempt rate of interest.

The Missouri State Parks provides matching grants to acquire new recreation lands and to plan and develop them into close-to-home outdoor recreation opportunities to America’s youth, adults, senior citizens, and persons with physical or intellectual disabilities.

Each year the US Forest Service encourages collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes through the Landscape Scale Restoration Grant.