A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: NYC Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Delaware, New York
Summary:: New York City, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), agricultural producers, and others address non-point source pollution through voluntary programs that protect stream corridors and working land.
Website:: www.nycwatershed.org
Contact:: Larry Beckhardt
Program Director
NYC Department of
718-595-4139
lbeckhardt@dep.nyc.gov

Project Name:: Appalachian Mountain Club Maine Woods Initiative
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary:: The AMC's Maine Woods Initiative is a strategy for land conservation that integrates habitat protection, recreation, education, and sustainable forestry in the 100-Mile Wilderness region of Maine.
Website:: www.outdoors.org/mwi
Contact:: Walter Graff
Deputy Director
Appalachian Mountain Club
(603) 466-2721, ext. 194
wgraff@outdoors.org

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

Southeastern

Project Name:: Northwest Florida Greenway Project
Location:: Southeastern: Florida
Summary:: Military, government and nonprofit organizations partner to protect the Panhandle’s unique natural resources, economy, and military flyways.
Website:: www.nature.org/florida
Contact:: Debbie Keller
Northwest Florida Greenway Project Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy, Florida Chapter
850-222-0199
dkeller@tnc.org

Project Name:: Catawba River Streambank Conservation Easements
Location:: Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:: An unprecedented, voluntary effort by Crescent Resources, LLC is protecting nearly 200 miles of stream banks in North Carolina and South Carolina.
Website:: www.duke-energy.com/news/releases/2001/may/2001052303.html
Contact:: Kathryn Blanchard

Crescent Resources, LLC
7043763434
kblanchard@crown-com.com

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Defense Mapping Agency Center/National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Missouri
Summary:: Formerly used Defense site is being restored for economic development and conservation of significant wetland areas.
Contact:: Mark Brady
Assistant Vice President, Real Estate and Community Development
St. Louis County Economic Development Council
314-615-7665
mbrady@saintlouisco.com

Project Name:: BP Wood River Refinery
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary:: A former unusable industrial property in Illinois is revitalized through efforts of multiple partners creating a redeveloped area and wildlife sanctuary.
Website:: www.wildlifehc.org
Contact:: Vanessa Kauffman
Director of Marketing & Communications
Wildlife Habitat Council
301-588-8994
vkauffman@wildlifehc.org

Project Name:: Partners for Grassland Stewardship
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: North Dakota
Summary:: To create a collaborative framework for grasslands management, build consensus on grasslands public policy issues, and provide resources to stakeholders for innovative grasslands stewardship.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/pgs.html
Contact:: Dave Pieper
Supervisor
Dakota Prairie Grasslands
(701) 250-4443
dpieper@fs.fed.us

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Buffalo Bayou
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: The Trust for Public Land is a partner in a program of land protection and park development along Buffalo Bayou in Houston.
Website:: www.tpl.org
Contact:: Tom Sadler
Director of Prgram Development
Trust for Public Land
202-543-7552
tom.sadler@tpl.org

Project Name:: Analysis of Fire Risk with Emphasis on Preservation of Cultural Resources
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: This project prioritizes fire treatment approaches in the monument in areas of extreme fire hazard but also with high cultural site density in the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.
Contact:: Carol Mladinich
Project Manager
U. S. Geological Survey
303-202-4313
csmladinich@usgs.gov

Project Name:: Integrating Science with Resource Management: Mesa Verde National Park
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: Partnership workshops address science needs of management of pinyon-juniper woodlands by modeling consequences of differing treatments and evaluating consequences of various actions.
Contact:: Christine Turner
Research Geologist
U. S. Geological Survey
303-236-1561
cturner@usgs.gov

Project Name:: Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Study
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:: The Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Study uses partnerships, science, and geospatial/visualization technologies to address land loss.
Website:: www.lca.gov/index.aspx
Contact:: R. King Milling
Chairman
Governor’s Advisory Commission on Coastal Restoration and Conservation
504-586-7176
rmilling@whitneybank.com

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:: Cascade Streamwatch Project
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Cascade Streamwatch is a collaborative educational outdoor site for teaching and expanding public understanding of healthy watersheds and fisheries.
Website:: www.beoutside.org/csw
Contact:: Dale Waddell
Executive Director
Wolftree Inc.
503-239-1820
sierra@ccwebster.net

Project Name:: Soap Lake Science and Community Collaborative
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: Science and education are bridging environmental goals and community economic development interests for the benefit of a unique natural resource.
Website:: www.thelake.org
Contact:: Jerry Vice
Chair
Soap Lake Conservancy
206-229-2066
gavice@comcast.net

Project Name:: Conservation on the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation
Location:: Far West: Nevada
Summary:: The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe recently completed a Comprehensive Resource Management Plan with the assistance from the USDA's NRCS on their 475,000 acre reservation.
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

Project Name:: Little Canyon Mountain Fuel Reduction Project
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Communities partner with BLM to reduce fuels on public lands adjacent to private lands.
Website:: www5.or.blm.gov/Prineville/LCM/home.htm
Contact:: Tina Welch
Field Manager, Central Oregon Resource Area
Bureau of Land Management, Prineville District
541-416-6731
cmwelch@or.blm.gov

Project Name:: Silver Salmon Creek Fish Passage Restoration Project
Location:: Far West: Alaska
Summary:: This project reopened eight miles of spawning and rearing habitat for Chinook and coho salmon, as well as Dolly Varden char, rainbow trout and other aquatic species.
Contact:: Mary Price
FWS Biologist, Anchorage Field Office
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
907-271-2788
mary_price@fws.gov

National

Project Name:: Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative
Location:: National
Summary:: The Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative is a partnership among public and private organizations to determine trends in amphibian populations.
Website:: armi.usgs.gov/
Contact:: Rick Kearney
ARMI National Coordinator
U. S. Geological Survey
703-648-5719
rkearney@usgs.gov

Project Name:: National Fish Habitat Initiative (NFHI)
Location:: National
Summary:: NFHI is a nationwide aquatic habitat health strategy that harnesses the energies, expertise and existing partnerships of state and federal agencies and conservation organizations.
Website:: www.fishhabitat.org
Contact:: Eric Schwaab
Resource Director
International Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
202-624-7890
eschwaab@iafwa.org

Current Conservation Programs