Study reveals stream restoration trade-offs: Higher environmental benefits to be had where homeowners are less willing to pay
University of Maryland, College ParkAlthough stream restoration filters pollutants out of local waterways and improves the health of the Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore area neighborhoods where it would do the most for water quality are far less willing to pay for such projects, according to a new study by a University of Maryland environmental economist and an interdisciplinary team of colleagues.