Case Studies
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![Colorado Smelter Superfund Site]()
Colorado Smelter Superfund Site
Facilitating the Community Advisory Group for a Superfund Site in Pueblo, Colorado, CBI has helped turn attention to environmental justice and public health issues.
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![Forest for All NYC]()
Forest for All NYC
CBI helped bring together community members, conservationists, policymakers, and others to create the NYC Urban Forest Agenda.
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![Restoring Eelgrass in the Mid-Atlantic]()
Restoring Eelgrass in the Mid-Atlantic
CBI partnered with The Nature Conservancy and others to design and facilitate a 2022 Eelgrass Restoration Workshop, moving beyond the limits typically imposed by institutional siloes.
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![Water-Sharing in the Russian River Watershed]()
Water-Sharing in the Russian River Watershed
In California, CBI worked with a range of Russian River users, who have come to a creative agreement for sharing water.
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![Corporate Water Target-Setting]()
Corporate Water Target-Setting
CBI worked with the Science-Based Targets Freshwater Hub to articulate a common framework for corporate water target-setting.
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![Interbasin Coordination in the Northern Sacramento Valley]()
Interbasin Coordination in the Northern Sacramento Valley
CBI helped groundwater sustainability agencies identify and share technical and general information, directed participants to consider cross-boundary flows and stream interactions, and helped establish a framework for long-term regional coordination.
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![Building Water Collaboration by Helping Water Managers Engage Productively]()
Building Water Collaboration by Helping Water Managers Engage Productively
CBI developed an assessment, first-ever strategic plan, and governance policy to help the Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District in Colorado clarify and create a lasting vision for its role in the Yampa River.
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![Guiding Chile’s Salmon Farmers toward More Sustainable Community Relations]()
Guiding Chile’s Salmon Farmers toward More Sustainable Community Relations
CBI worked with Chilean farmed salmon companies and communities to improve the industry’s social performance.
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![Marsh and Cliff: Piermont, New York, Takes on Climate Change’s Flood Risk]()
Marsh and Cliff: Piermont, New York, Takes on Climate Change’s Flood Risk
CBI piloted innovative methods to help residents of one coastal community understand and begin adapting to the complex and emotionally fraught issue of long-term flood risk.
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![Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge]()
Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge
San Francisco, faced with effects of rising sea levels, flooding, and storms, sought novel planning solutions.
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![CBI Leads Summits to Address New York State Harmful Algal Blooms]()
CBI Leads Summits to Address New York State Harmful Algal Blooms
When Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) threatened public health and drinking water safety, CBI helped convene regional summits and create 12 action plans to address water quality in New York.
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![Cross-Sector Collaboration for Extractive Industry Transparency Standards]()
Cross-Sector Collaboration for Extractive Industry Transparency Standards
CBI supported the Department of Interior in a multi-stakeholder effort to implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
