EPA’s Compendium of Tools and Methods to Estimate Environmental Benefits for Nature-Based Solutions identifies open-source tools and methods that can be used to estimate and communicate environmental benefits related to water quantity, climate mitigation, air quality, ambient air temperature reduction and habitat management. Section 319 grantees can use the new resource to estimate and communicate environmental benefits for watershed-based planning, decision making, grant writing, and the communication of environmental benefits to other stakeholders. The compendium highlights tools for both restoration and protection nature-based solutions implemented in urban and agricultural settings.

See also the webinar on nature-based solutions on December 10.