A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Delaware Bay Oyster Restoration Project, Delaware & New Jersey
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey, Delaware
Summary:: Planting of 110,000 bushels of shell that provide suitable substrate for development of juvenile oysters, resulting in both environmental & economic benefits to the Delaware Bay on a regional level.
Contact:: Amanda Muscavage
Project Manager
US Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District
215.656.6576
amanda.j.muscavage@usace.army.mil

Project Name:: Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania
Summary:: Public and private forest managers, with the conservation group Sand County Foundation, created the voluntary Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative to restore a healthy forest ecosystem.
Website:: www.allegheny-vacation.com/kqdc.html
Contact:: Kevin McAleese
Program Director
Sand County Foundation
608-663-4605
kmcaleese@sandcounty.net

Project Name:: Washington's Crossing
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania
Summary:: Near the very banks where George Washington launched his nation-defining attack, an 80,000-square-foot shopping plaza was planned.
Website:: conserveland.org/stories/washc1
Contact:: Dennis Collins
Senior Advisor
Wildlands Conservancy
610-965-4397 x19
dcollins@wildlandspa.org

Project Name:: Philadelphia Vacant Land Management and Reclamation
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania
Summary:: A "clean and green" approach to remove blight, attract new residents, and attract investment to urban, vacant land in Philadelphia.
Website:: www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org/phlgreen/ui_reclaimvacantlots.html
Contact:: Mike Groman
Senior Director of Philadelphia Green
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
215-988-8891
mgroman@pennhort.org

Project Name:: Navy/Atlantic Wood Industries Joint Restoration Approach
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: Removed/disposed of 45,000 tons of calcium hydroxide and abrasive blast material from a lagoon adjacent to the Elizabeth River and established 1.3 acres of saltmarsh.
Contact:: Tim Reisch
Team Leader
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
757-322-4758

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:: Carity Prairie
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wisconsin
Summary:: The Milwaukee Area Land Conservancy has partnered with developer Bill Carity to preserve a rare prairie remnant and restore a sedge meadow complex. The site totals 23 acres and is open to the public.
Website:: my.core.com/~dhanson/
Contact:: Tim Burch
President - MALC
Milwaukee Area Land Concervancy
414-421-9788
tburch1@wi.rr.com

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Study
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:: The plan would make significant progress towards achieving and sustaining a coastal ecosystem that can support and protect the environment, economy and culture of southern Louisiana and the Nation.
Website:: www.lca.gov
Contact:: Julie T. Morgan
Outreach Program Specialist
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, CEMVN-PPPMD, Coastal Restoration Branch
(504) 862-2587
julie.t.morgan@mvn02.usace.army.mil

Project Name:: Binational Ocelot Recovery Project
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Conservation agencies, organizations and foundations in Texas and Tamaulipas, Mexico team up with landowners to save the endangered ocelot through incentives-based stewardship.
Website:: www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentid=3469&linkID=49
Contact:: Karen Chapman
Water & Wildlife Analyst
Environmental Defense
956-466-4655
kchapman@ed.org

Project Name:: Arizona OHV Inventory Partnership
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: Interagency comprehensive inventory of existing OHV routes on FS, BLM, State Trust Lands in AZ.
Website:: www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/ohv/
Contact:: Jerry Ingersoll
OHV Program Leader
USDA Forest Service
202-205-0931
jingersoll@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: Jemez Mountains Forest/Fire Restoration Project
Location:: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
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.
Website:: nmconservation.org
Contact:: Anne Bradley
Fire Initiative Manager
The Nature Conservancy
505-988-3867
abradley@tnc.org

Project Name:: Roan Plateau Resource Management Plan Amendment
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: Community based partnership for development of a Resource Management Plan for 73,602 acres of federal land within Garfield and Rio Blanco Counties, Colorado.
Website:: www.co.blm.gov/gsra/RoanPlateauNovember2004.htm.
Contact:: Jamie Connell
Glenwood Springs Field Office Manager
Bureau of Land Management
970-947-2800
jconnell@blm.gov

Far West

Project Name:: Project Green
Location:: Far West: Nevada
Summary:: A grass roots group of neighbors living along Pittman Wash in Henderson Nevada decided to rid their community of weeds and tranpslant native trees and partnered with the Natinal Park Service.
Website:: www.cityofhenderson.com/works/php/dscprojgreen.php
Contact:: Curt Chandler
Land Manager
City Of Henderson
702-267-3020
Curt.Chandler@cityofhenderson.com

Project Name:: Integrating Desert Conservation, Visitor Services, and Public Safety
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Key government agencies created the California Desert Managers Group to coordinate conservation, recreation, research and other activities at a landscape scale.
Website:: www.dmg.gov
Contact:: Glen Black
Senior Environmental Scientist
California Department of Fish and Game
909-987-7449
gblack@dfg.ca.gov

Project Name:: NRCS, State, Private, Tribal Partnership
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: Public-Private-NGO: to Restore Salmon Habitat in the Blue Mountains of the Pacific Northwest
Contact:: Dr. Barry Southerland
Soil Conservationist

(509) 323-2970
barry.southerland@wa.usda.gov

Project Name:: Southwest Alaska Salmon Habitat Initiative
Location:: Far West: Alaska
Summary:: The Southwest Alaska Salmon Habitat Initiative is a cooperative conservation program to allow willing landowners to sell inholdings along salmon rivers for conservation and public access purposes.
Website:: www.swakcc.org
Contact:: Glenn Elison
Alaska Director
The Conservation Fund
907-868-7974
glennelison@alaska.com

Project Name:: Recoverability and Vulnerability of Desert Ecosystems (RVDE) Project: Mojave Desert Ecosystems
Location:: Far West: California, Nevada, South-Central/South-West: Arizona, Utah
Summary:: Examines disturbance and recovery of regional desert ecosystems to develop tools to manage desert ecosystems pressured by population growth and competing needs.
Website:: geography.wr.usgs.gov/mojave/rvde/
Contact:: Len Gaydos
Center Director
U.S. Geological Survey
650-329-4330
lgaydos@usgs.gov

Project Name:: Restoring a Tidewater Glacial Fjord Habitat at Kenai Fjords National Park
Location:: Far West: Alaska
Summary:: To address the decline in seal and other species numbers, commercial tour operators agreed to self-regulate their activities in and around the fjords.
Contact:: Tom Ferranti
Alaska Region
National Park Service
907-644-3504

Project Name:: Vegetation in the Central Mojave Desert
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Consortium of land managers classifies and maps vegetation distribution in eastern Mojave Desert to manage invasive species, protect habitat, and plan for fires.
Website:: www.mojavedata.gov/
Contact:: Kathryn Thomas
Ecologist
U. S. Geological Survey
928 556-7327
Kathryn_A_Thomas@usgs.gov

National

Project Name:: Wildlife Forever State-Fish Art Contest
Location:: National
Summary:: The State-Fish Art Contest has educated thousands of students nationwide about America’s fisheries, helping to creating knowledgeable future leaders of cooperative conservation efforts.
Website:: www.statefishart.com
Contact:: Brett Richardson
Grants and Information Coordinator
Wildlife Forever
763-253-0222
brichardson@wildlifeforever.org

Current Conservation Programs