Restoration Economies: Tools for Valuing and Financing Restoration
Molly Mugglestone1
1 Business for Water Stewardship, Portland, OR; molly@businessforwater.org
Molly Mugglestone is the Director of Communications and Colorado Policy at Business for Water Stewardship, a project of the Bonneville Environmental Foundation. She will present their new report on the economic contributions of river-related recreation in Colorado and the importance of adequate flows and healthy habitat to the state's economic well being. BWS also works with corporate partners to help protect water supply and instream flows and Molly will discuss some of these examples and ways that corporate funding is one way to leverage other types of funding for river projects. Attendees will learn about new data related to the Colorado River's impact on the state of Colorado's economy and how corporations are leading the way in funding public/private partnerships on river restoration.