Cooperative Conservation Amreica
A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic
Project Name:
Vienna Community Vision
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maryland
Summary:
The Conservation Fund engaged with the Town of Vienna to develop a Community Vision Plan in anticipation of the 5-year update of their Community Comprehensive Plan.
Website:
www.conservationfund.org
Contact:
Keith O'Connor
Associate
The Conservation Fund
703-525-6300
koconnor@drhorne.com
Project Name:
Conserving Maryland’s Threatened Bog Turtle
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maryland
Summary:
The Partnership is working with private farmers and landowners to help recover the threatened bog turtle.
Website:
www.bogturtles.org
Contact:
Tim Male
Senior Ecologist
Environmental Defense
2023873500
tmale@ed.org
Project Name:
Ducktrap Coalition, Ducktrap River Watershed
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary:
Ducktrap watershed coalition formed to protect natural values in the watershed through a multifaceted partnership.
Website:
www.coastalmountains.org/htm/duckt_coalition.htm
Contact:
Scott Dickerson
Executive Director
Coastal Mountains Land Trust
207 236 7091
scottd@coastalmountains.org
Southeastern
Project Name:
Data Verifies BMPs Improve Water Quality
Location:
Southeastern: Alabama
Summary:
Partners gathered data to prove that installed BMPs have a positive impact on water quality – 92% bedload sediment reduction; 75% nitrate reduction.
Website:
www.bae.ncsu.edu/programs/extension/wqg/99rept319/index_files/alabama.pdf
Contact:
Marlon Cook

Geological Survey of Alabama
205-349-2852
mccok@gsa.state.al.us
Project Name:
Longleaf Pine and Oak Planting Projects
Location:
Southeastern: Georgia
Summary:
Partnership involves expansion of a longleaf pine woodland in an urban area and reforestation of a former bottomland hardwood forest.
Website:
allatoona.sam.usace.army.mil/
Contact:
Terrell Stoves
Park Ranger/ Forester
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
678-721-6735
Terrell.S.Stoves@sam.usace.army.mil
Midwest/Northern High Plains
Project Name:
Beyer Bridge Riverbank Project
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary:
To stabilize the riverbank, while increasing recreational usage by fishermen and canoers
Contact:
Janet Wendland
4-H Program Associate
MSU-Extension 4-H Youth Programs
989-758-2500
wendlan2@msu.edu
Project Name:
Healthy Kids Healthy Forests Partnership (A Get Fit With US Campaign Program)
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:
Partners within the Bitterroot Valley of Montana are working to promote healthy lifestyles by engaging young people in the natural world through public land learning and stewardship activities.
Website:
www.fs.fed.us/r1/bitterroot/
Contact:
Julie Schreck
Healthy Kids Healthy Forests Coordinator
USDA Forest Service, Bitteroot National Forest
(406) 375-2606
jschreck@fs.fed.us
Project Name:
Lake Superior Land Trust Partnership
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Summary:
Many land trusts and conservation groups have leveraged resources needed to conserve natural and scenic resources in the Lake Superior watershed.
Website:
www.lta.org
Contact:
Renee Kivikko
Midwest Program Director
Land Trust Alliance
269-324-1683
rkivikko@lta.org
Project Name:
Partners of the USDA Forest Service Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:
The Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center was built through partnerships and works with a diversity of tribes, partner groups and volunteers to deliver world class education and interpretive programs.
Website:
www.fs.fed.us/r1/lewisclark/lcic/
Contact:
Jane Weber
Center Director
Lewis & Clark National Forest, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center
(406) 727-8733
jweber@fs.fed.us
Project Name:
Winter-Eden Farm Easement
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary:
A scenic 240-acre traditional family farm in northwest Illinois has been permanently conserved for agricultural-related activities with a conservation easement donated by the landowner, Nancy Winter
Website:
www.jdcf.org
Contact:
Julie Bruser
Executive Director
Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation
815-858-9100
julie@jdcf.org
South-Central/South-West
Project Name:
Woodlands Trail and Park, Inc.
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:
As an American Heritage Rivers “Keystone” projects for Louisiana, Woodlands Trail and Park, Inc. is uniting the river communities of Orleans and Plaquemines Parish with a series of greenways.
Website:
www.woodlandstrail.com
Contact:
Katie Brasted
President
Woodlands Trail and Park, Inc.
(504) 433-4000
woodlandstrail@aol.com
Project Name:
Sonoita Valley Planning Partnership
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:
Disparate and previously conflicted interests collaborated to develop a watershed-wide plan to promote ecological health, leading to the creation of the Las Cienegas National Recreation Area.
Website:
www.sonoran.org/programs/si_sdep_sonoita.html
Contact:
Jeff Williamson
CEO/President
Arizona Zoological Society, Phoenix Zoo
602-914-4325
jwilliamson@thephxzoo.com
Project Name:
Bayou Bartholomew Alliance
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Arkansas
Summary:
The Alliance is introducing a market-based environmental assets program to support improving stream ecosystem quality.
Website:
www.arkansas.gov/bba
Contact:
Ronnie Ulmer

The Nature Conservancy
318-412-0472
rulmer@tnc.org
Project Name:
Colorado River Refuge
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:
Pines and Prairies Land Trust worked with government and private entities to acquire 1.5 miles of Colorado River frontage near downtown Bastrop, Texas to create the first free county park in Bastrop.
Website:
pinesandprairieslandtrust.org
Contact:
Carrie F. Knox
President
Pines and Prairies Land Trust
512-308-1911
cknox@gvtc.com
Project Name:
New Mexico Habitat Stamp Program
Location:
South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary:
Directly engaged the public in planning for $10 million in habitat restoration on 380,000 acres and 506 water sources on public lands.
Contact:
Don DeLorenzo
Director
Wildlife, Fish and Rare Plants, USDA Forest Service
505-842-3260
ddelorenzo@fs.fed.us
Project Name:
Restoration and Management of the Tavasci Marsh in Arizona as a Wetland and Wildlife Habitat
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:
Phelps Dodge acquired the drained Tavasci Marsh, Arizona's largest non-Colorado River freshwater marsh, and entered into a successful agreement with the State of Arizona to restore it as a wetland.
Contact:
wcobb@phelpsdodge.com
Director - Environment Department
Phelps Dodge Corporation
(602) 366-8100
wcobb@phelpsdodge.com
Far West
Project Name:
Hawaii Coral Reef and Native Algae Restoration
Location:
Far West: Hawaii
Summary:
Volunteers, local communities, NGOs, businesses, and government agencies work together to remove invasive alien algae and to begin to restore Hawaii's coral reefs.
Website:
www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/hawaii
Contact:
Eric Co
Marine Conservation Program Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii
808-537-4508
eco@tnc.org
Project Name:
San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
Location:
Far West: California
Summary:
The SFBJV is a Bay Area partnership working to protect restore, increase and enhance the wetlands and watersheds of the San Francisco Bay Estuary.
Website:
www.sfbayjv.org
Contact:
Beth Huning
Coordinator
San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
415-883-3854
bhuning@sfbayjv.org
Project Name:
Elk City Township Defensible Space Project
Location:
Far West: Idaho
Summary:
Treating vegetative growth on federally managed land near homes and facilities. This action will reduce the potential and intensity of wildfire.
Website:
www.FramingOurCommunity.org
Contact:
Joyce Dearstyne
Executive Director
Framing Our Community
208 842-2939
joyce@FramingOurCommunity.org
National
Project Name:
Reducing Wildland Fire Risks to Communities and the Environment
Location:
National
Summary:
The challenges associated with preparing a 10-Year strategy & implementation plan revolved around striking an acceptable balance between the vastly diverse ideologies of the group members.
Website:
www.fireplan.gov
Contact:
Corbin Newman
Forest Service Coordinator
National Fire Plan
202-205-1332
cnewman02@fs.fed.us

 

 

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