Conservation Finance Toolbox for Outdoor Recreation Projects

Conservation Finance is an effective way to fund large scale projects that have public benefit. While many may know about financing fuels reduction, public works and other public projects, conservation finance for outdoor recreation actually uses a suite of tools to identify sustainable funding opportunities. This session will feature the tools used by Quantified Ventures, the leader in outdoor recreation conservation finance, and a real-time case study of the feasibility of these tools. Land managers, local communities, and the non-profit TREAD are partnering to apply conservation finance principles to a suite of related outdoor recreation-enhancing projects in the central Cascades of Washington.

Presenters:

• Hanne Beener, Policy and Planning Manager, TREAD

• Cailin O'Brien-Feeney, Senior Director for Outdoor Recreation, Quantified Ventures

Learning Objectives:

• Define conservation finance broadly and in the context of outdoor recreation projects. 

• Describe the conservation finance tools available for outdoor recreation projects.

• Identify the application of conservation finance tools to manage the high demand for recreation in central Washington.

• Identify durable funding solutions for outdoor recreation in central Washington.