| Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic |
| Project Name: | Bridge Creek Salt Marsh Restoration Project
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| Location: | Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Massachusetts
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| 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.
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| Contact: | Georgeann Keer
Project Manager
MA Coastal Zone Management, Wetlands Restoration Program
617-626-1246 georgeann.keer@state.ma.us
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| Project Name: | Ballston Creek Preserve
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| Location: | Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
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| Summary: | This land protection project will protect 40 acres of forest, pond, wetland, and riparian habitat including a great blue heron rookery and is an important part of a Saratoga County wildlife corridor.
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| Website: | www.saratogaplan.org |
| Contact: | Alane Chinian
Executive Director
Saratoga PLAN
518-587-5554 alane@saratogaplan.org
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| Project Name: | Green Space for Living: Metro-Washington, DC Demonstration Project
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| Location: | Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Washington, DC
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| Summary: | The focus of the partnership is to gather and share information that can help local decision makers better accommodate both development and green space conservation.
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| Contact: | Glenn Eugster
Assistant Regional Director, National Capital Region
National Park Service
202-619-7492
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| Project Name: | Merrymeeting Bay/Lower Kennebec Partnership
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| Location: | Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
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| Summary: | The partnership seeks to restore and/or maintain sustainable fish and wildlife populations in lower Kennebec through acquisition of title or easement from willing private landowners.
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| Contact: | Will Brun
Director of Land Protection
The Nature Conservancy
207-729-5182 x207 wbrun@tnc.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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| Midwest/Northern High Plains |
| Project Name: | Confluence: A Conservation, Heritage & Recreation Corridor
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| Location: | Midwest/Northern High Plains: Missouri
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| Summary: | Reconnecting people to region’s Great Rivers through a system of multi-use trails, recreation facilities, historic sites, visitor education centers, public art & interpretation.
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| Website: | www.confluencegreenway.org |
| Contact: | Laura Cohen
Project Director
Confluence Greenway
314-436-1324 ext 108 lauracohen@trailnet.org
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| Project Name: | Blue River Project
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| Location: | Midwest/Northern High Plains: Indiana
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| Summary: | The Nature Conservancy is working closely with landowners in the the Blue River area of southern Indiana to conserve and protect this area's unique and valued natural resources.
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| Website: | www.nature.org/indiana |
| Contact: | Allen Pursell
Blue River Project Director
The Nature Conservancy
(812) 738-2087 apursell@tnc.org
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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: | Raccoon Ecological Management Area
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| Location: | Midwest/Northern High Plains: Ohio
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| Summary: | Collaboration with forestry industry to research best practices for restoring oak ecosystems, while also studying relevant economic and wildlife implications.
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| Contact: | Michael T. Rains
Director
USDA Forest Service
610-557-4017 mrains@fs.fed.us
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| South-Central/South-West |
| Project Name: | Oklahoma Wildlife Alliance
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Oklahoma
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| Summary: | Oklahoma Wildlife and Prairie Heritage Alliance (OWPHA) provides a trusted and open forum for private landowners to engage with resource managers and conservation programs.
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| Website: | www.owpha.org |
| Contact: | Trapper Heglin
Coordinator
Oklahoma Wildlife and Prairie Heritage Alliance
(580) 735-2322 trapperheglin@pldi.net
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| Project Name: | Jemez Mountains Forest/Fire Restoration Project
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
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| Summary: | The aim of this collaborative project is to restore forest health and fire regimes in the Jemez Mountains using science-based assessment, planning and management.
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| Website: | nmconservation.org |
| Contact: | Anne Bradley
Fire Initiative Manager
The Nature Conservancy
505-988-3867 abradley@tnc.org
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| Project Name: | Rigs-to-Reefs Policy
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Louisiana, Texas, Southeastern: Alabama, Mississippi
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| Summary: | Rigs-to-Reef Policy encourages offshore oil companies to donate decommissioned rigs for reef-building by reef-associated organisms.
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| Contact: | Thomas Readinger
Minerals Management Services
202-208-3530 thomas.readinger@mms.gov
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| Far West |
| Project Name: | Kagman Watershed Project
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| Location: | Far West: Pacific Islands
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| Summary: | Joint effort by CNMI Dept. of Land & Natural Resources, Saipan & No. Islands SWCD and USDA NRCS to address flooding of agricultural land during rainy season & irrigation shortage during dry season.
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| Contact: | Jeffrey Wheaton
State Conservation Engineer
USDA NRCS, Pacific Basin Area Office
(671) 472-7105 jeffrey.wheaton@pb.usda.gov
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| Project Name: | Crissy Field Restoration
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| Location: | Far West: California
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| Summary: | The Restoration project created a world-class waterfront park from a former 100-acre asphalt and concrete dump, raising $34 million in private funds.
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| Contact: | Greg Moore
Executive Director
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
415-561-3030 x 2228 gmoore@parksconservancy.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: | Endangered, native Colorado River fish conservation, restoration and recovery
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| Location: | Far West: California, South-Central/South-West: Colorado, Utah
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| Summary: | Restoration success from the active management of declining populations of Colorado River fish through innovative approaches to raising native fish to larger size away from predators.
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| Contact: | Gordon Mueller
Research Fishery Biologist
U. S. Geological Survey
303-445-2218 gordon_a_mueller@usgs.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: | Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail
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| Location: | Far West: California
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| Summary: | National Park Service helped partners identify important interpretive themes and stories along the trail and determine how to integrate them with the trail's alignment and design.
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| Website: | www.nps.gov/rtca |
| Contact: | Barbara Rice
RTCA Program Leader
National Park Service
(510) 817-1449 barbara_rice@nps.gov
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| Project Name: | Private landowners and conservation partners join to protect abandoned farmland
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| Location: | Far West: Nevada
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| Summary: | Conservation partners are working to find ways, both vegetative and non-vegetative, to permanently protect farmland soils from wind erosion after irrigation water is removed.
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| Website: | www.nv.nrcs.usda.gov |
| Contact: | Liz Warner
Public Affairs Specialist
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
(775) 857-8500 x 105 liz.warner@nv.usda.gov
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| Project Name: | Puget Sound & Coastal WA Hatchery Reform Project
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| Location: | Far West: Washington
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| Summary: | A science-based reform of the world’s largest salmon hatchery system to: 1) help to conserve naturally spawning salmon and steelhead populations; and 2) support sustainable fisheries.
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| Website: | www.hatcheryreform.org |
| Contact: | Michael Kern
Project Director
Long Live the Kings
206-382-9555 x 25 mkern@lltk.org
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