In 2024, Earth Economics, with funding from The Kresge Foundation, conducted a high-level valuation of co-benefits created by natural ecosystems in the Ohio River Basin for ORBA. This study used a model that Earth Economics had previously developed for the Land Trust Alliance, which estimates the value of eleven services across nine ecosystems. For this effort, Earth Economics estimated the value of the Ohio River Basin’s natural ecosystems to be at least $50 billion in annual benefits! 

 

A special thanks to the team at Earth Economics, including Glen Delaney, Carson Risner, and Thomas Christensen, for their expertise and efforts in producing the report and thanks to The Kresge Foundation for funding the study. This report would not have been possible without their generous financial support.  To learn more, click on the buttons below.