Environmental Markets

A Scientifically-Defensible Process for the Exchange of Pollutant Credits under Minnesota's Proposed Water Quality Trading Rules (PDF). Prepared for Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (June 2009).

Review of Market-Based Schemes for a Water Offset Program Framework (PDF). Prepared for The Water Footprint Working Group, Good Stuff International (May 2009).

An Economic Comparison of the USDA-NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program Payments and Water Quality Trading in the Great Miami River Watershed of Ohio (PDF). Prepared for the Miami Conservancy District (December 2008).

Financing Great Lakes Restoration: Identifying Opportunities for Market-Based Programs in the Maumee River Watershed (PDF). Prepared for the American Farmland Trust (September 2008).

Preliminary Economic Analysis of Water Quality Trading Opportunities in the Great Miami River Watershed, Ohio (PDF). Prepared for the Miami Conservancy District (July 2004).

Phosphorus Credit Trading in the Kalamazoo River Basin: Forging Nontraditional Partnerships (PDF). Prepared for the Water Environment Research Foundation, Project 97-IRM-5C (2000).

Stormwater Management

Urban Build-out and Stormwater BMP Anlysis in the Paw Paw River Watershed (PDF)- Prepared for the Southwest Michigan Planning Commission (April 2008).

Analysis of Urban Stormwater Best Management Practices Options for the St Joseph River Watershed (PDF). Prepared for the Friends of the St Joseph River (April 2005).

Watershed & Lake Management

Modeling of Agricultural BMP Scenarios in the Paw Paw River Watershed using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) (PDF). Prepared for the Southwest Michigan Planning Commission (February 2008).

Evaluation of Lake Somerset Water Quality Conditions with Management Recommendations (PDF). Prepared for Lake Somerset Property Owners Association (March 2006).

Hydrologic Evaluation of Cedar Lake with Reference to Lake Levels - Phase I report (PDF) - Phase II report (PDF). Prepared for Alcona/Iosco Cedar Lake Association (July 2005 and September 2006).

SWAT Modeling of the St Joseph River Watershed, Michigan and Indiana (PDF). Prepared for the Friends of the St Joseph River (June 2005).

Non-point Source Modeling of Phosphorus Loads in the Kalamazoo River/Lake Allegan Watershed for a Total Maximum Daily Load (PDF). Prepared for Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (April 2001).a