Cooperative Conservation Amreica
A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic
Project Name: Skaneateles Lake
Location: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary: The City of Syracuse established the Skaneateles Lake Watershed Agricultural Program (SLWAP) in 1994, as an alternative to a costly filtration system required by the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Contact: Kristen Pelhan Skopeck
Public Affairs Specialist
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
(315) 477-6524 kristen.skopeck@ny.usda.gov
 
Project Name: Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
Location: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Washington, DC, Maryland, New York, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Summary: A partnership of more than 140 parks, refuges, museums, historic sites, and water trails builds citizen involvement in the Chesapeake region.
Website: www.baygateways.net
Contact: Jonathan Doherty
Director, Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
National Park Service
410-267-5725 jdoherty@chesapeakebay.net
 
Project Name: Acadia Trails Forever, Acadia National Park
Location: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary: The project is unique in that Acadia is the first National Park to use entry fees to match private fundraising. Acadia is also the first National Park to have a privately endowed trail system.
Contact: W. Kent Olson
President
Friends of Acadia
207-288-3340 kenolson@friendsofacadia.org
 
Project Name: Critical Habitat of Endangered Piping Plover Preserved
Location: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Rhode Island
Summary: Aquidneck Land Trust secured a 23-acre conservation agreement with the Norman Bird Sanctuary to preserve critical estuarine & marshland habitat of endangered piping plover.
Website: www.aquidnecklandtrust.org
Contact: Edward S. Clement, Jr., Esq.
Executive Director
Aquidneck Land Trust
401-849-2799 x12 tclement@ailt.org
 
Southeastern
Project Name: Gopher Tortoise Conservation Bank
Location: Southeastern: Alabama
Summary: A conservation bank is helping to restore the gopher tortoise, protect black pine snakes, and ensure affordable house lots in Mobile County, Alabama.
Website: www.mawss.com/gopher.htm and www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentid=2665
Contact: Robert Bonnie
Managing Director
Center for Conservation Incentives, Environmental Defense
202-387-3500 rbonnie@environmentaldefense.org
 
Project Name: Vulcan Materials Company Ruffner Mountain Nature Center
Location: Southeastern: Alabama
Summary: Wildlife team creates a nature center on mountain preserve providing students in Birmingham the opportunity to reach new educational heights.
Website: www.wildlifehc.org
Contact: Vanessa Kauffman
Director of Marketing & Communications
Wildlife Habitat Council
301-588-8994 vkauffman@wildlifehc.org
 
Midwest/Northern High Plains
Project Name: Aquatic Nuisance Species Dispersal Barrier Project
Location: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary: Implemented electric barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to deter the inter-basin transfer of invasive fish between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River.
Contact: Gene Fleming
Chief, Environmental Formulation and Analysis Section, Planning Branch
US Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District
(312) 846-5585 eugene.j.fleming@usace.army.mil
 
Project Name: Confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers
Location: Midwest/Northern High Plains: North Dakota
Summary: Conservation organizations and landowners partnered to acquire 1,465 acres bordering the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers, located in McKenzie County, northwestern North Dakota.
Website: www.ndnrt.com/pdf/WRP_projects.pdf
Contact: Jennifer Heglund
ASTC(Programs)
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
701-530-2095 jennifer.heglund@nd.usda.gov
 
Project Name: Center for First Americans Forest Lands
Location: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wisconsin
Summary: Partnership to promote and educate on sustainable forestry, particularly best practices for underserved private forest owners and tribal forest communities.
Contact: Holly YoungBear-Tibbetts
Dean of External Relations
College of Menominee Nation
715-799-5600 x3044 hyoungbear@menominee.edu
 
South-Central/South-West
Project Name: Army Compatible Use Buffer Project
Location: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary: Conservation easements on lands adjacent to Fort Carson are being created to buffer the Fort from development and to maintain open space and wildlife habitat.
Website: aec.army.mil/usaec/natural/natural03a.html
Contact: Mr. Matthew Moorehead
Program Manager
The Nature Conservancy
720-974-7042 mmoorhead@tnc.org
 
Project Name: Malpai Borderlands Partnership
Location: South-Central/South-West: Arizona, New Mexico
Summary: The rancher-led partnership is protecting privately-owned land and working landscapes through easements, grass-banking and habitat restoration.
Website: www.malpaiborderlandsgroup.org
Contact: Bill McDonald
Director
Malpai Borderlands Group
520-558-2475 malpaimule@vtc.net
 
Project Name: Cimarron Watershed Alliance
Location: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary: The Alliance seeks to improve and maintain both the quality and quantity of water in the Cimarron watershed through collaborative community activities involving all stakeholders.
Website: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/cimarron.html
Contact: Jim Hollis
Cimarron River Water Master
New Mexico Office of the State Engineer and the Interstate Stream Commission
(505) 376-2918 cimwater@cimarron.springercoop.com
 
Project Name: Kiowa National Grassland Integrated Resource Management
Location: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary: This project involves managing the 136,505-acre National Grassland in northeastern New Mexico for greater productivity and healthier forage.
Website: www.fs.fed.us/r3/cibola/districts/kiowa/shtml
Contact: Nancy Walls

US Forest Service - Kiowa and Rita Blanca National Grasslands
(505) 374-9652 nwalls@fs.fed.us
 
Project Name: Ruidoso River Association
Location: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary: The Association seeks to preserve and protect a healthy, free-flowing Rio Ruidoso by improving both the quality and quantity of water in the river and restoring its high-quality cold water fishery.
Website: ruidosoriver.com/
Contact: Dick Wisner
Executive Director
Ruidoso River Association
(505) 257-9494 noisywater@valornet.com
 
Far West
Project Name: Indian Creek Restoration/City Center Revitalization
Location: Far West: Idaho
Summary: Caldwell’s downtown revitalization plan uses restoration of Indian Creek as the catalyst for a sustainable community with ecological integrity and economic vitality.
Website: www.caldwellonline.org/Indian_Creek.htm
Contact: Dennis Cannon
Caldwell Redevelopment Coordinator
City of Caldwell
208-455-4736 dcannon@ci.caldwell.id.us
 
Project Name: Hawaii Coral Reef and Native Algae Restoration
Location: Far West: Hawaii
Summary: Volunteers, local communities, NGOs, businesses, and government agencies work together to remove invasive alien algae and to begin to restore Hawaii's coral reefs.
Website: www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/hawaii
Contact: Eric Co
Marine Conservation Program Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii
808-537-4508 eco@tnc.org
 
Project Name: Helping Indian Tribes Manage Natural Resources
Location: Far West: Nevada
Summary: The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe recently completed a Comprehensive Resource Management Plan with the assistance of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service on their 475,000 acre Reservation.
Contact: Deb Prevost
Resource Conservationist
USDA NRCS
(775) 857-8500 x 144 deb.prevost@nv.usda.gov
 
Project Name: Old Woman Mountain Preserve
Location: Far West: California
Summary: The program is developing long-term adaptive management to provide protective management for at-risk species that utilize the Preserve for resident, migratory, or linkage (corridor) habitat.
Website: pacific.fws.gov/ea/tribal
Contact: Scott L. Aikin
Native American Affairs Liaison, Region 1 USFWS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
503-231-6123 scott_aikin@fws.gov
 
National
Project Name: HabitattitudeTM
Location: National
Summary: Habitattitude, an innovative partnership that unifies government and industry to promote environmentally responsible consumer behaviors to aquarium hobbyists, water gardeners and backyard pond owners.
Website: www.habitattitude.net
Contact: Joe Starinchak
Outreach Coordinator
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
703-358-2018 joe_starinchak@fws.gov
 
Project Name: Center for Plant Conservation
Location: National
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.
Website: www.centerforplantconservation.org
Contact: Mark F. Barnett
Communications Coordinator
Center for Plant Conservation
314.577.9541 mark.barnett@mobot.org