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.
American Water’s Environmental Grant Program provides funding to address watershed or source water protection in local communities in the American Water service area.
The EPA provides funding to community organizations to build partnerships and to work on projects to address environmental and/or public health issues in their community using the “Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model.”
The EPA provides funding to community-based organizations through Environmental Justice Small Grants to support and empower communities working on solutions to local environmental and public health issues.
Forest ReLeaf of Missouri plants trees to enrich communities. With the help of thousands of volunteers, Forest ReLeaf has planted over 200,000 trees throughout Missouri and Illinois, improving thousands of communities.
General Obligation Bonds provide local governments the ability to borrow money to fund infrastructure projects, typically for a low-cost, tax-exempt rate of interest.
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.
Wells Fargo and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation have partnered to provide Resilient Communities funding to help communities: prepare for future impacts of sea-level rise, sustain water quality and quantity, and enhance forest conservation.
