| Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic |
| Project Name: | Wind Road Farms
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| Location: | Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
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| Summary: | Adjacent to another protected property, this project protects historic agricultural lands, and a significant portion of an extensive wetland system.
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| Website: | www.saratogaplan.org |
| Contact: | Alane Ball Chinian
Executive Director
Saratoga PLAN
518-587-5554 alane@saratogaplan.org
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| Southeastern |
| Project Name: | Hacienda Pellejas Endangered Species Habitat Restoration Project
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| Location: | Southeastern: Puerto Rico
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| Summary: | Through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program the landowner is restoring shade coffee and riparian buffers in his ranch for the benefit of listed species and migratory birds.
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| Website: | www.haciendapellejas.com |
| Contact: | Silmarie Padron
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Coordinator
US Fish and Wildlife Service
787-851-7297 silmarie_padron@fws.gov
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| Project Name: | Kings Mountain Gateway
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| Location: | Southeastern: North Carolina, South Carolina
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| Summary: | Two State parks, towns, nonprofits and the National Park Service built an 80 mile trail network connecting King's Mountain to State and local parks, also improving visitors' entrance experience.
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| Website: | www.nps.gov/rtca |
| Contact: | Bill Lane
Landscape Architect
National Park Service
(404) 562-3175 bill_lane@nps.gov
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| Project Name: | NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program
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| Location: | Southeastern: North Carolina
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| Summary: | A nationally recognized program for its efforts to restore, enhance and protect the environment and foster responsible economic growth.
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| Website: | www.nceep.net |
| Contact: | Bill Gilmore
Director
NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program
917-715-1412 bill.gilmore@ncmail.net
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| Midwest/Northern High Plains |
| Project Name: | Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program
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| Location: | Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
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| Summary: | The MAEP program provides education, technical assistance, and verification to help farmers voluntarily prevent agricultural pollution risks.
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| Website: | www.maeap.org |
| Contact: | Jan Wilford
MAEAP Program Manager
Michigan Department of Agriculture
517-241-4730 wilfordj9@michigan.gov
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| Project Name: | Clearwater Stewardship Project, Seeley Lake Ranger District, Lolo National Forest
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| Location: | Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
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| Summary: | One of the first projects to test collaborative approaches and new stewardship contracting authorities to accomplish forest and recreation site restoration in occupied grizzly bear habitat.
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| Website: | www.fs.fed.us/forestmanagement/projects/stewardship/results/clearwater/index.shtml |
| Contact: | Tim Love
District Ranger
USDA Forest Service, Lolo National Forest, Seeley Lake Ranger District
(406) 677-2233 tlove@fs.fed.us
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| South-Central/South-West |
| Project Name: | Cooperative and Integrated Remediation and Restoration planning
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Texas
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| Summary: | The Trustees collaborated with the Port and the Corps of Engineers and matched WRDA 204 funds with the Bailey Site settlement to create 100 salt-marsh acres.
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| Website: | response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/cpr.html |
| Contact: | Ron Gouguet
NOAA Coastal Resource Coordinator Chief
NOAA
206-526-6938 Ron.Gouguet@noaa.gov
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| Project Name: | Forest Bird Study - Lake Jackson, Texas
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Texas
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| Summary: | Forest Bird Study Group conducts surveys, captures and bands wintering birds, and measures structure and composition of the woods where birds live.
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| Contact: | Wylie C. Barrow
Research Wildlife Biologist
U. S. Geological Survey
337-266-8668 wylie_barrow@usgs.gov
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| Project Name: | Lone Star Legacy Red Drum Hatchery Project
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Texas
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| Summary: | Three facilities along the Texas coast are dedicated to marine fisheries research and hatchery production; these replenishment efforts form the centerpiece of the state’s sportfishing industry.
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| Website: | www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/hatch/ccacpl.phtml |
| Contact: | Pat Murray
Texas Chairman
Coastal Conservation Association
713-626-4234
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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: | Endangered Species Act Assurances for Private Landowners
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| Location: | Far West: Oregon
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| Summary: | Private landowners with approved NRCS-RMS conservation plans are able to use their lands for work and conservation with a minimum of red tape.
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| Website: | ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/OR/Biology/T&E/Tri-County%20Consultation/ |
| Contact: | Ron Graves
District Manager
Wasco Soil and Water Conservation District
541-296-6178 x114 Ron.Graves@or.nacdnet.net
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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: | Fish Friendly Farming Environmental Certification
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| Location: | Far West: California
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| Summary: | The FFF program integrates economic use of farmland with the production of environmental benefits. The land manager is the central figure in achieving and sustaining environmental improvements.
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| Website: | www.fishfriendlyfarming.org |
| Contact: | Laurel Marcus
Executive Director
California Land Stewardship Institute
510 832 3101 laurelm@ix.netcom.com
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| Project Name: | Kendall Jackson Wine Estates, Ltd. (KJWE)
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| Location: | Far West: California
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| Summary: | A cooperative agreement that centers on the establishment and long-term management of vineyard lands in a manner that will minimize any adverse affects on the California Tiger Salamander.
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| Contact: | Steve Henry
Assistant Field Supervisor Ventura Office
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
805-644-1766 x307 Steve_Henry@fws.gov
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| Project Name: | Local Action Strategies (LAS)
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| Location: | Far West: Pacific Islands , Hawaii, Southeastern: Virgin Islands, Florida, Puerto Rico
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| Summary: | Local Action Strategies are locally driven plans for action among federal, state, territory, and non-governmental partners, which implement actions to reduce threats to coral reefs.
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| Website: | www.coralreef.gov/las/ |
| Contact: | Bill Millhouser
Regional Manager, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
NOAA
301-713-3155 ext. 189 bill.millhouser@noaa.gov
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| Project Name: | Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP)
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| Location: | Far West: California
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| Summary: | Program provides framework for local jurisdictions to voluntarily develop a "sub-area" Habitat Conservation Plan and receive "take authorization", while conserving approx. 172,000 acres of habitat.
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| Contact: | Thomas Oberbauer
Chief of the Multiple Species Planning Division
Department of Planning and Land Use, County of San Diego
858-694-3701 Thomas.Oberbauer@sdcounty.ca.gov
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| Project Name: | Square Lake Preserve
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| Location: | Far West: Idaho
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| Summary: | Surrounded by public land, the Square Lake Preserve protects critical habitat for greater sage grouse, a declining species in the West, and other sagebrush steppe obligates.
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| Website: | www.woodriverlandtrust.org/squarelake.html |
| Contact: | Allison Kennedy
Planning Coordinator
Wood River Land Trust
(208) 788-3947 akennedy@woodriverlandtrust.org
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| Project Name: | Steens Mountain Wilderness Fence Removal
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| Location: | Far West: Oregon
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| Summary: | With BLM support, three citizen groups participated in six week-long volunteer work parties and provided over $60,000 worth of volunteer labor to remove 16 miles of unneeded fence wire and posts.
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| Contact: | Karla Bird
Andrews Field Manager
Bureau of Land Management, Burns District
541-573-4425 karla_bird@or.blm.gov
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| Project Name: | Watershed Research and Training Center (Hayfork Partnership)
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| Location: | Far West: California
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| Summary: | WRTC is a community based non-profit organization, started in 1993 to promote healthy communities and sustainable forests through research, education, training, and economic development.
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| Contact: | Lynn Jungwirth
The Watershed Research and Training Center
530-628-4206 wrtc@hayfork.net
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| National |
| Project Name: | Monitoring Coastal Restoration Projects Manual
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| Location: | National
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| Summary: | In partnership with numerous agencies and organizations, NOAA has compiled a comprehensive manual on how to plan and conduct the monitoring of coastal habitat restoration projects.
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| Website: | coastalscience.noaa.gov/ecosystems/estuaries/restoration_monitoring.html |
| Contact: | Felicity Burrows
Environmental Scientist
NOAA National Centers for Coastal and Ocean Science
301-713-3020 Felicity.Burrows@noaa.gov
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