Coastal America & the Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership

1. Coastal America & the Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership Patmarie S. Nedelka & Carla Logan November 2006

2. Federal Department of Agriculture Department of the Air Force Department of the Army Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of Housing & Department of Interior Urban Development Department of the Navy Department of State Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency Executive Office of the President COASTAL AMERICA The Partnership State & Local Governments Over 400 partners Non-Governmental Organizations & Corporations Over 600 partners

3. COASTAL AMERICA The Purpose • Protect, preserve and restore the nation's coastal ecosystems through existing federal capabilities and authorities • Collaborate and cooperate in the stewardship of coastal living resources • Coordinate federal efforts • Integrate federal, state, local and non-governmental efforts • Provide a framework for action • Focus agency expertise • Focus agency resources • Produce environmental results

4. National Level-- Policy Formulation • Principals Group • National Implementation Team • National Coordination Office • Regional Level -- Planning Process • Regional Principals Group • Regional Implementation Teams • Local Level-- Project Implementation • Local Project Teams COASTAL AMERICA Organizational Structure

5. COASTAL AMERICA National & Regional Structure UM/GLRIT NWRIT NERIT MARIT SWRIT SERIT GMRIT AKRIT PIRIT

6. Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership What is it? A restoration program that is a collaborative effort between the federal government, state agencies and private corporations and non-profits. Sagamore Marsh Restoration, MA

7. How Does it Work? Companies contribute funds and services to match funding for aquatic habitat restoration, education and research projects. Gulkana River Pedestrian Overlook, AK

8. CWRP Partners Corporate Partners Over 270 corporations (e.g. manufacturing, energy, legal, etc.) Coastal America 13 Federal & 27 State Agencies Non-Governmental Partners Over 125 organizations, universities and associations (e.g. The Nature Conservancy, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Atlantic Salmon Commission, Ramsar Secretariat) Participating Foundations Coastal America Foundation & United Nations Foundation Lynde Point, CT

9. Duke Energy, Chair Battelle ENSR/AECOM FMC Corporation The Gillette Company, Vice Chair PSEG Restore America’s Estuaries The Nature Conservancy National Sponsor National Association of Manufacturers National-Level Management Subcommittee Circa 1890 Dingley Island, ME

10. Regional Corporate Leaders New England - The Gillette Company Mid-Atlantic - Public Service Enterprise Group Gulf of Mexico – Duke Energy Alaska – BP Exploration California – BBL Southeast – Oldcastle & CH2M Hill Northwest -- Battelle Regional Level Smelt Hill Dam Removal, ME

11. State Corporate Leaders Alaska – BP Exploration & LGL California – BBL & Oldcastle Connecticut – Northeast Utilities & Duracell Delaware – Conectiv Energy Georgia – Oldcastle & CH2M Hill Maryland – Constellation Energy Massachusetts – The Gillette Company Maine – Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline New Hampshire – Jacques Whitford & Public Service New Hampshire (PSNH) New Jersey – Public Service Enterprise Group New York – National Grid & Louis Berger Rhode Island – ESS Group & Narragansett Electric Company Texas – Duke Energy & ENSR Virginia – Smithfield & Hunton and Williams State Level San Jacinto, TX

12. CWRP Development Status Active (board established & projects selected or completed): AK, CT,DE, GA, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, TX, VA Under Development: CA, LA, MD, MS, OR, WA, etc Preliminary Activities: FL, HI, MO, NC, TN, others

13. CWRP Projects Over 160 Projects

14. CWRP is Making a Difference In Texas, employees of Duke Energy volunteered labor to restore oyster reef in Galveston Bay. In Rhode Island, the CWRP provided the cash needed to make a $1.4M project happen Almost 20,000 acres and 3,000 stream miles restored

15. Benefits to the Government • Provides Matching Funds for Federal Dollars • Expedites Project Implementation • Promotes Environmental Awareness in Private Sector • Builds Trust and Working Relationships • Improves Communications with Corporations • Expands Public-Private Partnership Pilgrim Trail Dam Removal, MA

16. Benefits To Companies • Voluntary and Flexible Program • Significant Environmental Returns • Leveraged Return on Environmental Investment • Broad Choice from a menu of Projects • Positive Public Relations • Enhanced Community Involvement • Improves Communications with Agencies • Efficient Administration

17. EHJV leading efforts in Canada: • First Project Accomplished in Nova Scotia Province with support of Maritimes • Informational Meetings Occurring in Other Provinces • State Department, United Nations Foundation, The Nature Conservancy and The Gillette Company Designing Program for Developing Countries: • Small Projects Funded Through Ramsar • Large Projects Funded Through United Nations Foundation • Demonstration Project Launched in Mexico in 2005 • US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce and Duke Energy-Gas Transmission • Northeast Mexican States International Efforts

18. VA CWRP Established: March 2005 Leadership : Smithfield Foods & Honeywell Partners: 10 Projects: 1

19. MD CWRP Established: Fall 2006/Winter 2007 (proposed) Leadership : Constellation Energy Partners: 2 Projects: 1

20. CWRP Call for Engagement • The CWRP Is: • A Strategic Partnership • An Example of Cooperative Conservation • Expanding to Other States • Seeking Additional Corporate Involvement