Water in North MICHAEL A. REUTER America Director, North America Water Program

Chicago …blissfully wet

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US: A Global Hotspot for Freshwater Biodiversity Hidden Treasures

Global Significance of US Freshwater Species

Broken Rays Mussel and Bass

American Paddlefish

Source: Rivers of Life, NatureServe

Source: T. Knight, Daily Organism

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Sept. 4, 2014 Drought not just a California problem Extreme dry spell threatens food supply, shows need for spending on public works

March 2011 January 2014

Folsom Lake (Courtesy: State of California) © Huffington Post 1.5 Billion | 5 Times | 4 inches | ½ Inch

Securing Water Through Transactions Unsticking a Static, Over-Allocated System

Shasta River Mill Creek Sacramento River Colorado River Verde River Klamath River Columbia River John Day River Long Creek Carson River Stillwater Wetlands …and negotiating Shasta River Photo: Carson Jeffres

Colorado River: Water Supply and Demand

Source: Colorado River Basin Study

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Scaling Water Transactions Can We Reduce System Risk with Nature?

Bureau of Reclamation, states (AZ, NV, CO, CA) and 1 municipal water providers pay…

…municipal, industrial, and agricultural water users 2 to conserve…

…and conserved “system” water stays in the river and 3 boosts reservoir storage, benefitting people and nature

Graphic: Peter Glick

Approaching the Watershed Discovering Shared Solutions

Mackinaw River Pecatonica River Boone River Root River Meramec River Mississippi Delta Maumee River Wabash River Paw Paw River Saginaw Bay Cheboygan River Susquehanna River Cape Fear Northern Everglades Pocomoke River Potomac River Puget Sound …and more Science | Policy | Partners

Scaling to Whole Systems Aligning for Greater Impact

Chesapeake Bay Gulf of Mexico

Great Lakes Delaware River

Reinvesting in Sustainable Infrastructure Moving from Projects to Watersheds…and Water Security

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY TEAMS WITH LOCAL, STATE, REGIONAL AND FEDERAL PARTNERING FOR WATER AGENCIES ON WATER PROJECTS ALL OVER THE U.S. AND ADVISES IN 35 COUNTRIES ● BANK STABILIZATION 27. Fisher Slough Freshwater Tidal Marsh Restor ation, Wash. 1. Buttahatchie River Stabilization 27 Demonstration Project, Miss. 28. Intake Diversion Dam Fish Passage, Q Mont. Maine ● COASTAL RESTORATION Washington 2. Blowing Rocks Preserve Tidal Pond ● WETLAND CREATION Construction, Fla. Missouri 29. Bl oomington Wetland Cr eation, Ill. 3. Harris Cr eek Oyster Restor ation, Md. New Hampshire 30. Cedar River Wetland Construction, Lake Superior Iowa 4. Lower Cape May Meadows G Montana 28 North Vermont Restor ation, N.J. Williamette 35 B Dakota 7 22 ● WETLANDS RESTORATION 5. Living Shoreline Cr eation, Va. 11 23 Yellowstone Minnesota A 31. Erie Marsh Restor ation, Mich. 25 Oregon ● DAM REMOVAL 32. Sensiba Wetland Restor ation, Wis. 6. Restoring River Herring in Lake 33. Mollicy Farms, La. Yellowstone Wisconsin Lake Ontario 21 Massachusett Idaho Lake South 32 Huron Massachusetts 34. Emiquon Preserve, Ill. Dakota M i s s i s s i p p i 7. Penobscot River Dams, Maine C P Lake New York Michigan 6 ● ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION 8. Marvel Slab Low-head Dam Removal, Missouri 16 Ala. Wyoming Michigan 35. Zumwalt Pr airie Preserve, Or e. Lake Erie Rhode 9. Cuddebackville Dam Removal, N.Y. 9 36. Chain Bridge Flats Restoration, (Completed) 19 O Island Washington, D.C., and Va. 10 Great 31 Pennsylvania Connecticut D Salt Lake Iowa 30 37. Village of Oyster Ecosystem ● FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT Nebraska Restor ation, Va. Lake Tahoe Illinois New Jersey 10. Hamilton City Flood Damage 12 36 Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Nevada 34 Ohio 4 ■ GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS Project, Calif. 29 Indiana 3 Delaware A. Lake Ontario/ St. Lawrence Water 11. Minnesota Flood Storage and Utah Illinois Management, N.Y. California West 5 Maryland Retention Pond, Minn. Colorado Virginia N B. Yellowstone River Corridor, Mont., 37 Kansas Virginia C. Redwood Cr eek, Calif. ● SHORELINE RESTORATION M is s is s ip p i 15 D. Truckee Meadows Flood Control, Nev. 26 K Kentucky L 12. Gandy’s Beach Oyster Reef Missouri E. Santa Clara River Watershed, Calif. Breakwater Project, N.J. 24 20 F 14 F. Clinch Valley Program, Va., Tenn. Colorado North ● WATER MANAGEMENT E Tennessee Carolina ■ SUSTAINABLE RIVERS PROJECTS 13. Verde River, Ariz. H Arizona J Tennessee G. Willamette River Basin, Ore. 14. Water Management Plan, N.C. Salton Sea Oklahoma H. Bill Williams River, Ariz. 15. Great Dismal Swamp Water Control 13 Arkansas South I. Big Cypress Bayou, Texas Structures, Va. New Mexico M Carolina Mississippi J. White River, Ark. 16. Infrastructure Modernization, Wis. Savannah Mississippi K. Gr een River, Ky. Georgia ● WATERCOURSE RESTORATION 1 8 enrcom L. Roanoke River, N.C., Va. M. Savannah River Project, Ga. 17. Southeast Alaska Stream 33 An interactive Restor ation, Alaska. I Alabama Louisiana version of this ■ AUTHORIZED USACE PROGRAMS 18. Kelley Branch Impoundment map, with Removal, Fla. Texas drop-down project N. Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery S details, can be 19. Oxbow Restorations in the Boone O. Upper Mississippi River System SHARING EXPERTISE AND AID FAR AND WIDE 18 explored with the Environmental Management River Watershed, Iowa online version of 20. Pumphrey-Buck Creek Meander The Nature Conservancy designs and On the map above, numerous this story. P. Missouri River Fish and Wildlife Restor ation and Riparian Corridor, Ky. performs freshwater conservation large-scal e river and wetlands Recovery and ecological restoration projects on project ar eas are shown where a 21. Mitchell Brook Stream Resilience, R Q. Puget Sound and Adjacent Waters its own lands, such as the Emiquon wide range of studies or restoration Mass. Florida Restor ation Preserve in Illinois (34), but far more activities are underway. The Corps of R. Louisiana Coastal Ar ea Protection 22. Two Hearted River Watershed often it joins teams and contributes Engineers is the lead agency on 2 Stream Cr ossing Improvements, Mich. S. Lower Mississippi River System scientific expertise, planning most of them. But TNC also is Lake Environmental Management 23. Lake Sturgeon Spawning Habitat assistance and funding support. engaged in many smaller projects in Okeechobee T. South Florida Everglades Ecosystem Improvement Project, Minn. Federal partners include the Army remote areas, where the partners Alaska T Restor ation 24. San Juan River Restor ation, N.M. Corps of Engineers, Bureau of include state agencies and local 25. Willamette River Side-Channel Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife environmental groups, municipali- U. Florida Keys Water Quality Reconnection, Or e. Service, Forest Service and National ties, school boards, clubs, and Improvements U 26. Escalante River Invasive Species Park Service, among others. private and corporate entities. = PROJECT PARTNERSHIP Removal, Utah SOURCE: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, USACE MAP CREATED BY TOM SAWYER, DAVID GERSHGORN, RICHARD DEMLER, PAULA DANEZE AND JEFFREY COX WITH USACE 17

Tercek, a former investment banker, seems an im- Sachs, where he analyzed sustainability for investment with others to ensure the vital services nature provides vides—clean air and water, pollination and a stable probable choice to run a conservation group. But he opportunities. He saw that companies that improved remain available to future generations,” Tercek says. climate—are the basic underpinning of our quality of has come to see a business advantage in sustainability, their environmental behavior delivered two benefits: He notes that, with the global population expected to life, prosperity and economies. “We have to feed and as he explains in his recent book, “Nature’s Fortune: good commercial results and good environmental out - rise to 9 billion in 2050 from 6.6 billion today, seques- sustain people without damaging the natural systems How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in comes. Sustainability is good business, he concluded. tering lands from development is no longer enough. we all rely on. By helping people understand how Nature,” co-authored with Jonathan S. Adams. With that, he found a new mission. Tercek says we simply have to rethink our relation- COVER STORY closely tied their well-being is to the health of the nat- NATURE Before taking the helm at TNC, he was at Goldman “The work of conservation is, ultimately, working ship with nature because the “services” nature pro- ural systems, we hope we can help them understand

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Changing Our Perceptions about What Is Possible A River Returns to Mexico

Photo: Jonathan Waterman Colorado River Delta, Mexico, June 2014 Photo: Cheryl Zook, National Geographic