Cooperative Conservation Amreica
A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic
Project Name: Scarborough Marsh Wetland Reserve Project
Location: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary: The 3,100-acre Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management area, Maine's largest and most renowned salt marsh, is being restored in a 5-phased project, eliminating restrictions of natural tidal flows.
Website: www.scarboroughmaine.com/marsh/
Contact: Susan Wilder

Friends of Scarborough Marsh
207-883-6050 swilder@gwi.net
 
Project Name: Bridge Creek Salt Marsh Restoration Project
Location: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Massachusetts
Summary: This project restored tidal flows to a 40-acre degraded salt marsh, improving habitat for a variety of estuarine organisms by replacing undersized culverts with larger, properly sized culverts.
Contact: Georgeann Keer
Project Manager
MA Coastal Zone Management, Wetlands Restoration Program
617-626-1246 georgeann.keer@state.ma.us
 
Project Name: Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District
Location: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary: Public & private partners at all levels collaborating to protect, interpret & promote the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District, a congressionally-designated National Heritage Area
Website: www.ShenandoahAtWar.org
Contact: Howard Kittell
Executive Director
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation
540-740-4545 hkittell@svbf.net
 
Southeastern
Project Name: Mecklenburg County Ozone Reduction Action Program
Location: Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary: Duke Energy is participating in a voluntary ozone reduction action program to help reduce ozone forming air emissions in Mecklenburg County, N.C. during the “ozone season” months.
Contact: Mark E. Hollis
Director-Environmental Policy
Duke Power
704-373-3726 mehollis@duke-energy.com
 
Project Name: Callaway Conservation
Location: Southeastern: Georgia
Summary: The Ida Cason Callaway Foundation protected 2,507 acres of forest. Forest restoration, education and recreation activities continue under the terms of the conservation easement.
Website: www.callawaygardens.com/development/iccf.htm
Contact: Buford Sanders
Forest Legacy Coordinator
Georgia Forestry Commission
706-542-9939 bsanders@gfc.state.ga.us
 
Project Name: Tara Wildlife
Location: Southeastern: Mississippi
Summary: Tara Wildlife, steward of 17,000 acres of Mississippi River bottomland hardwoods, shares its management philosophy of sustainable natural resources with the public.
Website: www.tarawildlife.com
Contact: Gilbert Rose
Executive Director
Purvis Grange Foundation, Inc. d/b/a Tara Wildlife. A 501(c)3 Organization
(601)279-4261 gilbert@tarawildlife.com
 
Midwest/Northern High Plains
Project Name: Bridger-Teton National Forest Plan Revision
Location: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming
Summary: The BTNF is starting its Plan Revision process under the 2005 NFMA Planning Rule, relying on public collaboration to produce a sound strategy to guide the BTNF's contribution to sustainability.
Website: www.fs.fed.us/r4/btnf
Contact: Herrick Fox
Forest Planner
Bridger-Teton National Forest
(307) 739-5563 hsfox@fs.fed.us
 
Project Name: Michigan Conservation Stewards Program
Location: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary: This program delivers high quality, locally based education to create an informed citizenry who will practice community-based volunteer conservation management activities.
Contact: Heather Van Den Berg
Program Manager

(517) 432-5037 vanden64@msu.edu
 
Project Name: Phalen Corridor Brownfields Redevelopment
Location: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota
Summary: Inner city decay is revitalized with parks, schools, housing, and employment by community and stakeholder outreach, planning and volunteerism.
Website: www.phalencorridor.org
Contact: Curt Milburn
Project Director
Phalen Corridor
651-772-6220 cmilburn@phalencorridor.org
 
Project Name: Careless Creek Watershed
Location: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary: The successful, voluntary participation of landowners and community groups represents the careful balance between irrigated agricultural production, water use and conservation.
Website: www.epa.gov/owow/nps/Section319III/mt.HTM
Contact: Alice Wolff

Lower Musselshell Conservation District
406-323-2103 x101 alice.wolff@mt.nacdnet.net
 
South-Central/South-West
Project Name: Sonoran Pronghorn Captive Breeding Program
Location: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary: A cooperative captive breeding program was established in Arizona to halt the decline of the endangered Sonoran Pronghorn and to seed new populations of the species in the state.
Contact: Mr. John Hervert
Wildlife Biologist
Arizona Department of Game and Fish
928-342-0091 jhervert@gf.state.az.us
 
Project Name: White Mountain Stewardship Project
Location: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary: A 10-year stewardship contract was awarded to thin 150,000 acres of forest to protect communities from wildfire and stimulate wood industry.
Website: www.fs.fed.us/r3/asnf
Contact: Steve Campbell
Navajo County Director
University of Arizona, Cooperative Extension
928-524-6271 Campbell@ag.arizona.edu
 
Project Name: Grand County / BLM Recreation Partnerships
Location: South-Central/South-West: Utah
Summary: Through county and agency agreements, the BLM Sand Flats Recreation Area and the Moab Information Center are managed by non-federal partners.
Website: www.discovermoab.com/sandflats.htm and www.discovermoab.com/visitorcenter.htm
Contact: Russ von Koch
Recreation Branch Chief
Moab BLM Field Office
435-259-2119 Russ_von_koch@blm.gov
 
Project Name: New Mexico Forestry Camp, Chaparral Girl Scout Camp
Location: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary: Over 1000 youth have attended the camp and emerged with a better understanding of forest management and natural resource conservation.
Contact: Jean Szymanski
Public Affairs
USDA Forest Service
505-842-3325 jszymanski@fs.fed.us
 
Project Name: Public access management as an adaptive wildlife management tool
Location: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary: Developing an adaptive management approach to understand and address impacts of motor vehicle traffic and growing elk population on declining Gunnison Sage Grouse population.
Contact: Raymond D. Watts
Research Scientist
U. S. Geological Survey
970-226-9378 rwatts@usgs.gov
 
Far West
Project Name: Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative
Location: Far West: Washington
Summary: A citizen-based approach to restoring and protecting marine species and habitats in the Northwest Straits region of Washington State.
Website: www.nwstraits.org
Contact: Tom Cowan
Director
Northwest Straits Commission
(360) 428-1085 cowan@nwstraits.org
 
Project Name: Big Wood River Fishery Assessment: Healthy Waters, Healthy Future
Location: Far West: Idaho
Summary: This study identifies habitat as the factor limiting the fishery and identifies threats to fish habitat. The study suggests how local governments and conservationists can address these issues.
Website: www.woodriverlandtrust.org/FishReport/FisheryAssessmentReport.html
Contact: Kathryn Goldman
Project Coordinator
Wood River Land Trust
(208) 788-3947 kgoldman@woodriverlandtrust.org
 
Project Name: Cooperative Habitat Enhancement and Wildlife Management Project
Location: Far West: Oregon
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.
Contact: Tom Thompson
Range Management Specialist
U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
(541) 427-5365 tdthompson@fs.fed.us
 
Project Name: Salmon Creek Watershed Reforestation Project
Location: Far West: California
Summary: Bodega Land Trust and Forests Unlimited planted 600 redwood seedling on a BLT easement that was clearcut around 1900.
Website: bodeganet.com/landtrust
Contact: Sandy Sharp
Treasurer
Bodega Land Rtust
707-876-3093 landtrust@bodeganet.com
 
Project Name: Tillamook Resource Area Riparian Restoration Effort
Location: Far West: Oregon
Summary: Recognizing the need to encourage riparian restoration on not just BLM lands, the Salem District joined with partners to work on riparian restoration in the Tillamook Resource Area.
Contact: Tom McDermott
Nestucca-Neskowin Watersheds Council
Tillamook Estuaries Partnership
503-392-6134 TMCD@oregoncoast.com