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Restore the Earth Foundation Awarded Louisiana’s First Water Quality Credits

Restore the Earth Foundation Awarded Louisiana’s First Water Quality Credits

St. Charles Parish, Louisiana – May 6, 2025 – Restore the Earth Foundation (REF) is proud to announce the first-in-the-state approval of water quality credits by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ). The credits represent improvement in surface water quality generated from our large-scale, native cypress reforestation at Salvador Wildlife Management Area (WMA), just outside of New Orleans, LA which is owned and managed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF). These credits can be purchased by entities wishing to invest in and be recognized for water quality improvements and provide a market-based avenue for investment in non-point source pollution reduction. 

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REF Receives Second RCPP Award to Launch Pilot in Arkansas

REF Receives Second RCPP Award to Launch Pilot in Arkansas

Easton, MD, November 11, 2023 – Restore the Earth Foundation, Inc. (REF) is pleased to announce that it was awarded a $25 million grant from the USDA Nature Resource Conservation (NRCS), Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). REF brings private partner...

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Restore the Earth Foundation Awarded $7.4 million USDA Grant for Critical Pilot Project in North America’s Amazon -The Mississippi River Basin

Restore the Earth Foundation Awarded $7.4 million USDA Grant for Critical Pilot Project in North America’s Amazon -The Mississippi River Basin

Restore the Earth Foundation, Inc. (REF) is pleased to announce that it was awarded a $7.4 million grant from the USDA Nature Resource Conservation (NRCS), Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).  REF has secured private investment partners to match and amplify this NRCS public funding for a total of $19 million, toward a collaborative private/public partnership to address managing and protecting the watershed, restoring degraded lands to native forests.

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