The Agriculture Finance Unit of the Environmental Finance Center provides innovative and effective finance expertise to rural communities and farm operations to improve their understanding, development and implementation of strategies to resolve problems and issues of environmental protection and restoration.  Special areas of focus includes nutrient and sediment management, water quality, sustainability, and renewable energy demonstration projects.

Like all infrastructure, stormwater management systems require long-term care and maintenance. The Stormwater Financing and Outreach Unit was created to address a community’s stormwater financing questions and help craft a strategy that best meets local needs.

June 3-4, 2013

Elizabethtown Public Library
Elizabethtown PA 17022

June 10-11, 2013

Community College of Beaver County
Monaca, PA  15061 

Study funded by Maryland DNR estimates probable impacts of changing the reach and scale of the state's vessle excise tax as well as extending fees to non-motorized boats.

The Environmental Finance Center announces the release of a new report on federal support of green infrastructure.  

The Environmental Finance Center Network is working together on this project to build managerial and financial capacity of small public drinking water systems.

In order to create a clearer picture of the environmental health related programs, tools, and resources available to Region 3 schools to assist them in becoming green and healthy, the EFC is compiling an inventory of existing K-12 green and healthy schools efforts in Region 3 states and the District of Columbia.