| Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic |
| Project Name: | Creating a Natural Resource Plan for Philipstown NY
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| Location: | Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
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| Summary: | The natural resource protection plan will include an inventory of existing natural resources in Philipstown, identify protection goals and present implementation strategies to achieve those goals.
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| Website: | www.hhlt.org |
| Contact: | Andrew Chmar
Executive Director
Hudson Highlands Land Trust
(845) 424-3358 andrew.chmar@hhlt.org
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| Southeastern |
| Project Name: | EnergyXchange Renewable Energy Center
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| Location: | Southeastern: North Carolina
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| Summary: | Today, decomposing garbage in the landfill fuels pottery kilns, glass furnaces, and greenhouse at the EnergyXchange Renewable Energy Center.
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| Website: | www.energyxchange.org |
| Contact: | Stan Steury
RC&D Coordinator
Blue Ridge RC&D
(828) 297-5805 Stan.Steury@nc.usda.gov
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| Project Name: | Suwannee River Partnership
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| Location: | Southeastern: Florida
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| Summary: | The Partnership is working with producers to improve river water quality through a voluntary program of Best Management Practices (BMP) and verification.
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| Website: | mysuwanneeriver.com |
| Contact: | Jeffrey Woods
Assistant State Conservationist for Programs
Natural Resources Conservation Service
352-338-9515 jeffrey.woods@fl.usda.gov
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| Project Name: | Upper Coosawattee River Watershed
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| Location: | Southeastern: Georgia
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| Summary: | 15 local, state, federal, and non-profit groups form the Upper Coosawattee Alliance facilitates partnerships, identifies funding, and coordinates implementation activities to improve water quality.
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| Contact: | Larry Vanden Bosch
Director of Community and Development Services
North Georgia Regional Development Center
706-272-2300 dceds@ngrdc.org
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| Midwest/Northern High Plains |
| Project Name: | Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center Partnerships
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| Location: | Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
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| Summary: | A collaboration between the Forest Service and partners makes possible a wide range of interpretive and educational operations at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.
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| Website: | www.fs.fed.us/r1/lewisclark/lcic |
| Contact: | Jane Weber
Center Director
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center
(406) 727-8733 mailroom_r1_lewis_and_clark@fs.fed.us
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| Project Name: | Northern Michigan Conservation and Wildlife Alliance
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| Location: | Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
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| Summary: | To bring together all hands-on conservation organizations and to introduce them to the public.
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| Contact: | Doug Truax
Chair
Northern Michigan Wildlife and Conservation Alliance
231-369-2325 dwtruax@acegroup.cc
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| Project Name: | Great Lakes Deepwater Science Program
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| Location: | Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York, Pennsylvania
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| Summary: | This program conducts long-term aquatic ecosystem assessments using advanced technologies to support state, federal and provincial resource management in the Great Lakes.
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| Website: | www.glsc.usgs.gov/ |
| Contact: | Leon Carl
Center Director
U. S. Geological Survey
734-214-7200 lcarl@usgs.gov
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| Project Name: | Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon Rehabilitation
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| Location: | Midwest/Northern High Plains: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
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| Summary: | Fishery agencies and organizations are coordinating efforts to gather information on historic spawning rivers and remnant lake sturgeon populations in the Great Lakes.
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| Website: | www.fws.gov/midwest/sturgeon |
| Contact: | Henry Quinlan
Lead Biologist for Lake Superior
Ashland Fishery Resources Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
715-682-6185 Henry_Quinlan@fws.gov
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| South-Central/South-West |
| Project Name: | Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Study
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
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| Summary: | The plan would make significant progress towards achieving and sustaining a coastal ecosystem that can support and protect the environment, economy and culture of southern Louisiana and the Nation.
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| Website: | www.lca.gov |
| Contact: | Julie T. Morgan
Outreach Program Specialist
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, CEMVN-PPPMD, Coastal Restoration Branch
(504) 862-2587 julie.t.morgan@mvn02.usace.army.mil
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| Project Name: | Big Thicket National Preserve
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Texas
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| Summary: | An addition of more than 4,400 acres of forestland to Big Thicket National Preserve will permanently safeguard wildlife habitat and recreation areas in one of the nation’s most vulnerable parks.
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| Website: | www.conservationfund.org |
| Contact: | Andy Jones
Director, Texas Office, TCF
The Conservation Fund
(512) 477-1712 TCFTexas@aol.com
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| Project Name: | Sand Flats Recreation Area, Grand County, Utah
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Utah
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| Summary: | Partners entered into a cooperative agreement for local management of the federal recreation area. Project has benefited both the recreation area and the nearby community of Moab.
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| Website: | discovermoab.com/sandflats.htm and discovermoab.com/visitorcenter. |
| Contact: | Bob Ratcliffe
Deputy Group Manager
Recreation and Visitor Services, Bureau of Land Management
202-452-5040 Bob_Ratcliffe@blm.gov
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| Project Name: | Southwest Strategy
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Arizona, New Mexico
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| Summary: | Partners work in collaboration with each other and the public to restore and maintain the cultural, economic and environmental quality of life in the states of Arizona and New Mexico.
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| Website: | www.swstrategy.org |
| Contact: | Beth Oms
Executive Director
Southwest Strategy
505-248-6914 elizabeth_oms@fws.gov
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| Far West |
| Project Name: | Cascade Streamwatch Project
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| Location: | Far West: Oregon
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| Summary: | Cascade Streamwatch is a collaborative educational outdoor site for teaching and expanding public understanding of healthy watersheds and fisheries.
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| Website: | www.beoutside.org/csw |
| Contact: | Dale Waddell
Executive Director
Wolftree Inc.
503-239-1820 sierra@ccwebster.net
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| Project Name: | Elk City Township Defensible Space Project
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| Location: | Far West: Idaho
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| Summary: | Treating vegetative growth on federally managed land near homes and facilities. This action will reduce the potential and intensity of wildfire.
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| Website: | www.FramingOurCommunity.org |
| Contact: | Joyce Dearstyne
Executive Director
Framing Our Community
208 842-2939 joyce@FramingOurCommunity.org
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| Project Name: | Big Creek Habitat Restoration Project
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| Location: | Far West: Oregon
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| Summary: | A diverse group of partners provided a continuity of restored stream habitat within Big Creek that will benefit water quality, salmon, and other stream and riparian resources.
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| Contact: | Elaine Raper
Field Manager, Umpqua Resource Area
Bureau of Land Management
541-751-4466 elaine_raper@or.blm.gov
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| Project Name: | Continental Divide Trail Alliance
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| Location: | Far West: Idaho, Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming, Montana, South-Central/South-West: Colorado, New Mexico
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| Summary: | CDTA was formed to engage a broad spectrum of stakeholders in the development of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail. Over 1,275 miles, 31 bridges and 46 trailheads have been completed.
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| Website: | www.cdtrail.org |
| Contact: | Bruce Ward
Executive Director
Continental Divide Trail Alliance
303-838-3760 bruce@cdtrail.org
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| Project Name: | Cooperative Sagebrush Steppe Restoration Initiative
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| Location: | Far West: California
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| Summary: | Conservation groups work together to restore sagebrush steppe ecosystems through the removal of invasive western juniper and applying adapative management techniques.
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| Website: | www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/cpi |
| Contact: | Kenneth Weaver
District Conservationist
Natural Resources Conservation Service
530-257-7272 kenneth.weaver@ca.usda.gov
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| Project Name: | MARINe Partnership with Paradise Cove Marine Elementary School
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| Location: | Far West: California
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| Summary: | Students at Paradise Cove Marine Elementary are using a Mineral Management Service long-term monitoring site to study intertidal marine life.
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| Website: | www.marine.gov |
| Contact: | Tom Readinger
USDI Minerals Management Service
202-208-3530 thomas.readinger@mms.gov
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| Project Name: | Tillamook Resource Area Riparian Restoration Effort
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| Location: | Far West: Oregon
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| 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.
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| Contact: | Tom McDermott
Nestucca-Neskowin Watersheds Council
Tillamook Estuaries Partnership
503-392-6134 TMCD@oregoncoast.com
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| Project Name: | U.S. Mexico Border 2012 Program
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| Location: | Far West: California, South-Central/South-West: Texas, Arizona, New Mexico
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| Summary: | Bottom up approach places management decisions at the appropriate level - Local communities set their priorities, while federal and state agencies address regional and border-wide problems.
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| Website: | www.epa.gov/usmexicoborder/ |
| Contact: | Jerry Clifford
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of International Affairs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
202-564-6600 clifford.jerry@epa.gov
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