| Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic |
| Project Name: | Upper Valley Trails for Life
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| Location: | Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Vermont
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| Summary: | With Robt. Wood Johnson Foundation funds, Upper Valley Trails Alliance & National Park Service are promoting physical activity in four towns by using trails and doctors' "prescriptions for walking."
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| Website: | www.uvtrails.org/albd.html |
| Contact: | Lelia Mellen
RTCA Vermont Field Office
National Park Service
(802) 457-3368, ext 14 lelia_mellen@nps.gov
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| Southeastern |
| Project Name: | Preserving and Protecting the Environment of New River
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| Location: | Southeastern: North Carolina
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| Summary: | Our project and mission is to restore the New River to an ecological and economically sound river for public and commercial use.
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| Website: | co.onslow.nc.us/soil |
| Contact: | Bill Norris
Soil and Water Conservation Officer
Onslow County Soil and Water Conservation
(910) 455-4472 ext. 3
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| Project Name: | Pine Mountain Georgia
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| Location: | Southeastern: Georgia
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| Summary: | The Ida Cason Callaway Foundation Preserve adjoins Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park with rare Montane Longleaf Pine. A conservation easement was sold to the State to maintain this land in forest use.
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| Contact: | LuAnn Craighton
Director of Land Stewardship
Ida Cason Callaway Foundation, Callaway Gardens
706-663-5192 LCraighton@callawaygardens.com
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| Midwest/Northern High Plains |
| Project Name: | Midwest Invasive Plant Network
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| Location: | Midwest/Northern High Plains: Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin
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| Summary: | Addressing the threats of non-native invasive plants to the Midwest by providing leadership, facilitating information development and exchange, and coordinating regional efforts.
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| Website: | mipn.org |
| Contact: | Katherine Howe
Midwest Invasive Plant Network Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy
(317)951-8818 khowe@tnc.org
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| Project Name: | Nebraska Partnership for All-Bird Conservation
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| Location: | Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
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| Summary: | Partners promote coordinated & voluntary land stewardship that will conserve, improve, and expand habitat for all bird species in Nebraska.
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| Website: | www.nebraskabirds.org |
| Contact: | Kelly Wells
Coordinator
Nebraska Partnership for All-Bird Conservation
(402) 471-5363 kwells@ngpc.state.ne.us
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| South-Central/South-West |
| Project Name: | Bob Long Safe Harbor
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Texas
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| Summary: | Recovery of the Houston toad by providing safe harbor assurances and incentives to private landowners for their participation in habitat restoration and enhancement
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| Contact: | David Wolfe
Scientist
Environmental Defense
(512) 478-5161 dwolfe@environmentaldefense.org
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| Project Name: | Southwestern Fire Learning Network
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas
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| Summary: | Project goal is to accelerate restoration of fire-adapted ecosystems on private & public lands through applied science, coordination and collaboration.
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| Website: | tnc-ecomanagement.org/Fire/ |
| Contact: | Anne Bradley
Fire Initiative Manager
The Nature Conservancy
(505) 988-3867 abradley@tnc.org
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| Project Name: | James Bates Blue hole County Park
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Texas
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| Summary: | Developed a 300+ acre County park facility to preserve key wetlands and provide the public access to a recreational area
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| Contact: | Darrell H. Schwebel
President
Cradle of Texas Conservancy, Inc
(979)285-2173 dhschwebel@dow.com
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| Project Name: | Southern Arkansas Environmental Improvement Project
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Arkansas
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| Summary: | A complex partnership has significant success conducting outreach, monitoring cleanups, and conducting compliance inspections of past and present oil fields.
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| Contact: | Gary Looney
Manager-Permitting and Field Services
Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission
870-862-4965 gary@aogc.state.ar.us
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| Far West |
| Project Name: | Trumpeter Swan Restoration
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| Location: | Far West: Idaho, Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming, Montana
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| Summary: | A private/public captive breeding and release program for trumpeter swans in the Rockies has helped prevent their listing as endangered.
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| Website: | www.r6.fws.gov/redrocks/rrl3.htm |
| Contact: | William M. Long
President
Wyoming Wetland Society
307-730-4444 whitewing55@aol.com
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| Project Name: | Sandy River Riparian Habitat Protection Project
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| Location: | Far West: Oregon
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| Summary: | Our multi-partner program combined education, research and noxious weed control to raise awareness and protect critical habitats on the Sandy River.
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| Website: | tncweeds.ucdavis.edu |
| Contact: | Jonathan Soll
Willamette Basin Conservation Director
The Nature Conservancy
503-802-8100 jsoll@tnc.org
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| Project Name: | Morro Bay, Protecting Priority Habitats
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| Location: | Far West: California
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| Summary: | Environmentalists and trawl fishermen combined science and economics to come up with no-trawl zones that protect priority habitats, while keeping enough areas open to keep fishermen in business.
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| Contact: | Rod Fujita
Senior Scientist
Environmental Defense
(510) 658-8008 rfujita@ed.org
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| Project Name: | Cooperative Habitat Enhancement and Wildlife Management Project
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| Location: | Far West: Oregon
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| Summary: | North Fork John Day Weed Treatment #5 project treated 3,430 acres of noxious weed infestations on both Federal and private lands. Involved funding from RMEF, BMEI, Title II Grants, NFJD Watershed.
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| Contact: | Tom Thompson
Range Management Specialist
U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
(541) 427-5365 tdthompson@fs.fed.us
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| Project Name: | Ditch Creek/Penland Area Road Safety Improvements
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| Location: | Far West: Oregon
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| Summary: | Improved safety through stabilization of road surfaces, reduced introduction of sediment into the ecosystem, replaced cattleguards to improve dangerous one-way traffic situations.
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| Contact: | Lorie Seitz
Heppner Ranger District
Umatilla National Forest
(541) 676-2117 lseitz@fs.fed.us
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| Project Name: | Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership
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| Location: | Far West: Oregon
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| Summary: | The LCREP, through development of a management plan for the lower 146 miles of the Columbia River, works to restore habitat, provide education and information and eliminate pollution.
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| Website: | www.lcrep.org/ |
| Contact: | Debrah Marriott
Executive Director
Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership
503-226-1565 Marriott.debrah@lcrep.org
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| Project Name: | Sustainable Wine Grape Growing in California
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| Location: | Far West: California
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| Summary: | California winegrowers use innovative partnerships to advance projects ranging from habitat restoration to “green building.”
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| Website: | www.cawg.org |
| Contact: | Karen Ross
President
California Association of Winegrape Growers
916-924-5370 karen@cawg.org
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| National |
| Project Name: | Center for Plant Conservation
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| Location: | National
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| Summary: | The cooperative CPC network conserves and restores the rare native plants of the U.S. CPC maintains the National Collection of Endangered Plants, more than 600 of the nation's most imperiled flora.
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| Website: | www.centerforplantconservation.org |
| Contact: | Mark F. Barnett
Communications Coordinator
Center for Plant Conservation
314.577.9541 mark.barnett@mobot.org
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| Project Name: | National Network of Forest Practitioners
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| Location: | National
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| Summary: | An alliance of rural people working to build a forest economy that is ecologically sound & socially just. An information clearinghouse, & a place for people to meet, learn, & make their voices heard.
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| Website: | www.nnfp.org |
| Contact: | Thomas Brendler
Executive Director
National Network of Forest Practitioners
401-273-6507 thomas@nnfp.org
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| Project Name: | Native American Fish and Wildlife Society (Society)
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| Location: | National
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| Summary: | The Society exists for the protection, conservation and enhancement of Native American fish & wildlife resources.
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| Website: | www.nafws.org/ |
| Contact: | Ira New Breast
Executive Director
Native American Fish and Wildlife Society
303-466-1725 iranb@nafws.org
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