This fact sheet compiles state-by-state evidence demonstrating the measurable economic returns of watershed protection across six benefit categories: drinking water treatment cost savings; natural hazard mitigation; recreation and tourism; subsistence hunting, fishing and foraging; quality of life and health; and property values. The fact sheet draws on peer-reviewed literature and studies published since the original 2012 publication to illustrate how nature-based solutions and healthy watersheds generate substantial, quantifiable returns that extend well beyond environmental outcomes.
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