A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Nanty Glo Environmental Restoration
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania
Summary:: This project treats mine discharge water via a passive treatment system composed of 2 vertical flow ponds and a wetland.
Website:: www.lrp.usace.army.mil/pm/fact_sheet/pfs_cg_nantyglo.pdf
Contact:: Kathleen J. Anderson
Project Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District
412-395-7178
Kathleen.j.anderson@usace.army.mil

Project Name:: Elizabeth River Project
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: Coalition of organizations and projects to prevent future pollution, reduce existing pollution and create wildlife habitat along a highly-industrialized Chesapeake Bay tributary.
Website:: www.elizabethriver.org
Contact:: Majorie Mayfield Jackson
Executive Director
Elizabeth River Project
757-399-7487
mmayfield@elizabethriver.org

Southeastern

Project Name:: Carroll County, GA Farmland Preservation
Location:: Southeastern: Georgia
Summary:: Private and governmental interests work together to encourage sustainable agriculture and preservation of working family farms
Contact:: John Pershing
Executive Director
Georgia Agricultural Land Trust
770-214-5109
jpershing@ttvglaw.com

Project Name:: Great Allatoona Lake Cleanup
Location:: Southeastern: Georgia
Summary:: This is a long standing partnership involving protection of public lands in a rapidly developing area that becomes model for lake cleanup's across the nation.
Website:: allatoona.sam.usace.army.mil/
Contact:: Ginger Bjornson
Park Ranger
U.S.Army Corps of Engineers
678-721-6729
Virginia.E.Bjornson@sam.usace.army.mil

Project Name:: Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Location:: Southeastern: Florida
Summary:: Federal, state, and city agencies manage the 46,000-acre Timucuan Preserve and surrounding state and local parks as an integrated unit.
Website:: www.nps.gov/timu/
Contact:: Robert Joseph
Park Manager, Talbot Island State Parks
Florida State Park Service
904-251-2320
Robert.joseph@dep.state.fl.us

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: North Lake Basin Wetlands Restoration
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
Summary:: Contaminated ground water is cleaned with innovative technology and used to restore wetlands in a critical migratory waterfowl flyway.
Website:: www.fsa.usda.gov/dafp/cepd/epb/hazardous_waste.htm
Contact:: Steve Gilmore
Program Manager for Hazardous Waste Activities
USDA Farm Service Agency
202-720-5104
sgilmore@wdc.fsa.usda.gov

Project Name:: Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary:: The MAEP program provides education, technical assistance, and verification to help farmers voluntarily prevent agricultural pollution risks.
Website:: www.maeap.org
Contact:: Jan Wilford
MAEAP Program Manager
Michigan Department of Agriculture
517-241-4730
wilfordj9@michigan.gov

Project Name:: Big Hole Watershed Committee
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: The Committee provides an open, consensus-based forum for effectively managing water resources of the 1.8 million-acre Big Hole River watershed.
Website:: www.bhwc.org
Contact:: Noorjahan Parwana
Executive Director
Big Hole Watershed Committee
406-782-3682
nparwana@bhwc.org

Project Name:: Mapping Invasive Leafy Spurge with Remote Sensing
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: North Dakota
Summary:: This partnership develops remote sensing and modeling for detecting, mapping, and predicting infestations of leafy spurge on the Northern Great Plains.
Contact:: Susan Stitt
Physical Scientist
U. S. Geological Survey
303-202-4351
susan_stitt@usgs.gov

Project Name:: Tinkers Creek Watershed Action Plan
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Ohio
Summary:: A study of the Watershed seeking to initiate a Conservation Priority Plan to protect aquatic and terrestrial habitat.
Website:: Tinkerscreek.org
Contact:: Marion Olson
Land trust President
Tinkers Creek Land Conservancy
330 425 4159
maoteach@alltel.net

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Diablo Trust
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: The purpose of the Diablo Trust is to maintain Diablo Trust ranches as long-term, economically viable enterprises managed in harmony with the natural environment and the broader community.
Website:: www.diablotrust.org
Contact:: Hadassah Holland
Administrative and Program Manager
Diablo Trust
(928) 523-0588
info@diablotrust.org

Project Name:: Eagle River Assembly
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: The Assembly addresses legal property interests in the Eagle River Basin while preserving the quality of life and outstanding environmental conditions present in the Eagle River.
Website:: nps.sonoran.org/cs_eaglerv.htm
Contact:: Chris Treese

(970) 945-8522
ctreese@crwcd.org

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

Far West

Project Name:: Bahia Acquisition and Wetland Restoration Project
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Project to permanently protect a 632-acre property consisting of unique native oak woodlands and diked/filled wetlands and to restore significant acreage of tidal wetlands.
Contact:: Barbara Salzman
President
Marin Audubon Society
415 924-6057
bsalzman@att.net

Project Name:: Effects of climate variability and land use on American drylands
Location:: Far West: California, South-Central/South-West: Utah
Summary:: This project monitors landscape change and its influence on ecosystems and communities that depend on ecological services of water, productivity, and landscape stability.
Website:: esp.cr.usgs.gov/info/sw/index.html
Contact:: Richard L. Reynolds
Research Scientist
U. S. Geological Survey
303-236-1303
rreynolds@usgs.gov

Project Name:: Lakeview Stewardship Group
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: The group seeks to develop new restoration-oriented management goals for the Lakeview Stewardship Unit in Fremont Winema National Forest in Lake County Oregon.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/lakeview.html
Contact:: Jim Walls
Executive Director
Lake County Resources Initiative
(541) 947-5461
jwalls@gooselake.com

Project Name:: Protecting the San Mateo Watershed
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: The Donna O'Neill Land Conservancy is a 1171-acre wildlife reserve providing education and stewardship with the purpose of creating awareness of the rich diversity of the San Mateo Watershed.
Website:: www.theconservancy.org
Contact:: Laura Cohen
Executive Director
The Donna O'Neill Land Conservancy
949-489-9778
rmvlc@sbcglobal.net

Project Name:: Wallowa Resources
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: The group aims to promote community, forest and watershed health while creating family-wage jobs and business opportunities from natural resource stewardship.
Website:: www.wallowaresources.org
Contact:: Diane Snyder
Executive Director
Wallowa Resources
(541) 426-8053
info@wallowaresources.org

National

Project Name:: Answer The Call Initiative
Location:: National
Summary:: Restore and enhance upland game bird habitat on Forest Service and BLM lands in cooperation with Quail Unlimited, NFWF and other partners.
Contact:: Roger Wells
National Habitat Coordinator
Quail Unlimited, Inc.
620-443-5834
roger@qu.org

Project Name:: USGS Responds to the Emergence of Infectious Disease
Location:: National
Summary:: This partnership identifies emerging wildlife diseases, such as Type E botulism, amphibian and coral reef diseases, tularemia in rabbits, and exotic parasites of endangered fishes.
Contact:: Rick Kearney
Program Coordinator
U. S. Geological Survey
703-648-4019
rkearney@usgs.gov

Current Conservation Programs