69th SWCS International Annual Conference July 27-30, 2014 Lombard, IL

1. © Scott Warren
Achieving Conservation at Scale with
Industry in Western Lake Erie Basin
The Nature Conservancy
www.nature.org/wleb
SWCS Conference, Lombard, IL
Lauren Lindemann
llindemann@tnc.org

2. © Scott Warren

3. Cumulative Impacts

6. Continually Developing 4R
Nutrient Stewardship Certification

7. Building Relationships can
Scale Conservation & Profits

9. Year 1
Onsite Audit
Year 2
Onsite Audit in the
first certification
cycle, possible
Desk Audit in later
certification cycles
Year 3
Desk Audit for
NSPs that have
performed well in
previous years.
$600 Annual Registration Fee
+
Audit Costs (estimated from $900-$1100/year paid to auditor)

10. Grower Customers

11. Nutrient Service Providers

12. Society

14. Triple Bottom Line Evaluation

15. Lake Erie - 2014

16. Who has funded the development
of the 4R Certification Program?

17. © Scott Warren
www.4Rcertified.org
Lauren Lindemann
www.nature.org/wleb