The Source Water Collaborative is hosting its 3rd webinar as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Webinar Series on April 22, 2024 from 1:00 – 2:30 PM Eastern Time titled Leveraging U.S. Forest Service BIL Funds for Source Water Protection on Forested Lands.
Please register for the webinar here.
Hear from U.S. Forest Service (USFS) speakers about how major funding sources like BIL can be used for forest management projects with multiple benefits: watershed protection, wildfire mitigation, protection of aquatic resources, and protection of drinking water sources.
Learn how these funds can be used on USFS and non-USFS lands for drinking water protection and wildfire mitigation projects, and about the highly successful Drinking Water Providers Partnership. Then hear about two examples of collaborative groups that conserve and manage forested lands for source water protection: Denver Water and Rio Grande Water Fund. The webinar will cover the following topics:
- Working with the U.S. Forest Service
- Forest-water partnerships and projects
- Wildfire mitigation funding
- Managing forested lands for drinking water protection
Speakers:
- Christina Burri, Denver Water
- James Capurso, USDA Forest Service
- Shasta Ferranto, USDA Forest Service
- Matt Piccarello, Rio Grande Water Fund and The Nature Conservancy
Expected Webinar Audience: The webinar is designed for State and Tribal water and forestry programs, water utilities, source water collaboratives and watershed groups, watershed, aquatic, and wildfire staff in the ten USFS Regions and Headquarters, conservation groups, conservation districts, and other forest and water stakeholders.
BIL Learning Exchange
This webinar is part of a larger BIL Learning Exchange made up of a set of webinars and related resources to help water stakeholders use the new BIL funding for source water protection. The BIL Learning Exchange:
- Provides information to member networks and others to spur increased use of BIL funding to support source water protection
- Highlights types of source water protection and green infrastructure projects eligible for funding
- Identifies and addresses barriers for using BIL Emerging Contaminants funding for source water protection
- Develops best practices for funding mechanisms to obtain and use BIL funds, and
- Highlights case studies or example projects
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