A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Forest For Every Classroom
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Vermont
Summary:: A Forest For Every Classroom partnership created a stewardship program to build capacity in teachers. They learn about teaching place, forests, ecology, and using public lands as outdoor classroom.
Website:: www.nps.gov/mabi/mabi/education/forest.htm
Contact:: Kathleen Diehl
Partnership Coordinator

(802) 747-6709
kdiehl@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: Connecticut Lakes Headwaters Partnership
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Hampshire
Summary:: In northern New Hampshire 171,000 acres of forestland were purchased to enhance recreational opportunities and benefit the local economy through sustainable forestry.
Website:: www.tpl.org
Contact:: Tom Sadler
Director of Program Development
Trust for Public Land
202-543-7552
tom.sadler@tpl.org

Project Name:: Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Washington, DC, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Summary:: A partnership of more than 140 parks, refuges, museums, historic sites, and water trails builds citizen involvement in the Chesapeake region.
Website:: www.baygateways.net
Contact:: Jonathan Doherty
Director, Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
National Park Service
410-267-5725
jdoherty@chesapeakebay.net

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

Project Name:: Fish and Mussel Propagation in the Upper Tennessee River Basin of Virginia
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: Partnership has developed freshwater fish and mussel propagation technologies to produce fish and juvenile mussels to be used for research and to augment declining populations.
Contact:: Shane Hanlon
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
276-623-1233 x 25
shane_hanlon@fws.gov

Project Name:: University of Massachusetts Nantucket Field Station
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Massachusetts
Summary:: A public/nonprofit partnership through a $20M purchase to safeguard the only higher education research/education facility on the island. The 110 acre parcel embraces rare coastal and upland resources.
Website:: www.nantucketconservation.com/info_files/information/umass.html
Contact:: Jim Lentowski
Executive Director
Nantucket Conservation Foundation, Inc.
508-228-2884
jlentowski@nantucketconservation.org

Southeastern

Project Name:: Ft. DeSoto park Aquatic Habitat management
Location:: Southeastern: Florida
Summary:: Re-establishing circuitous flow in back bays with hydrologic crossings, slope, and littoral shelf revegetation leading to seagrass recovery and water quality improvements.
Website:: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration
Contact:: Eric Fehrmann

Pinellas County
727-464-4325
efehrmann@PinellasCounty.org

Project Name:: Northern bobwhite restoration in middle and western Tennessee
Location:: Southeastern: Tennessee
Summary:: We are improving bobwhite nesting and brood rearing habitat on private lands through Farm Bill conservation programs and producer incentive payments.
Contact:: Roger Wells
National Habitat Coordinator
Quail Unlimited, Inc.
620-443-5834
roger@qu.org

Project Name:: Puerto Rican Crested Toad Recovery Project
Location:: Southeastern: Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
Summary:: Partnership focuses on protection of current Puerto Rican crested toad populations against the ever-growing threat of habitat destruction.
Contact:: Silmarie Padrón
Partners for Wildlife Coordinator, Puerto Rican Crested Toad Coordinator
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
787-851-7297 ext. 241
silmarie_pardon@fws.gov

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Murdock Clean Water Partnership
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
Summary:: The community of Murdock, Nebraska, and state and federal partners, used innovative technologies to solve ground and surface water contamination.
Website:: www.fsa.usda.gov/dafp/cepd/epb/hazardous_waste.htm
Contact:: Steve and Bonnie Bruttig
Nebraska Landowners

402-867-2274
Spbruttig@aol.com

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:: Sandhills Task Force
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
Summary:: Task force has obtained over two million dollars in grants for projects such as easement acquisition, planned grazing systems, grassland research, environmental, and stream and wetland restoration.
Website:: www.sandhillstaskforce.org/
Contact:: Gene D. Mack
Sandhills Coordinator
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
308-236-5015 ext 27
gene_mack@fws.gov

Project Name:: St. Mary's River Bird Migration Corridor Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary:: Little Traverse Conservancy received a $1 million grant from the North American Wetland Conservation Act program to protect 1,418 acres and 4 shore miles in the St. Mary's River/Lake Huron watershed.
Website:: www.landtrust.org
Contact:: Anne Fleming
Communications
Little Traverse Conservancy
231-347-0991
afleming@racc2000.com

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: New Mexico Collaborative Watershed Projects
Location:: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary:: The New Mexico Collaborative Watershed Projects are cooperative community based efforts to improve water quality in New Mexico.
Contact:: Sarah Walen
Senior Mediator
Meridian Institute
970-513-8340 ext. 221
skwalen@merid.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:: Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: Canyon De Chelley National Monument is an early example of shared stewardship between the National Park Service and the Navajo Nation.
Contact:: Scott Travis
Superintendent, Canyon De Chelley National Monument
National Park Service
928-674-5500 ext 224

Far West

Project Name:: Oregon White Oak Restoration
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Students and neighbors plant seven Oregon white oaks as pilot restoration project aimed at keeping oak habitat in the neighborhood.
Contact:: Bob Van Dyk
Project Coordinator
Pacific University
(503) 352-2709
vandykr@pacificu.edu

Project Name:: Hokulea, Navigating Change in the Hawaiian Islands
Location:: Far West: Hawaii
Summary:: "Navigating Change" is a project focused on raising awareness to ultimately motivate people to change their attitudes and behaviors to better care for all our islands and ocean resources.
Website:: www.navigatingchange.org and www.hawaiianatolls.org
Contact:: Ann Bell
Outdoor Recreation Planner
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(808) 792-9530
Ann_Bell@fws.gov

Project Name:: Hells Canyon Initiative
Location:: Far West: Idaho
Summary:: Following a dramatic, disease-caused, die-off, NGO, tribal, state, and federal partners worked cooperatively to restore wild sheep to Hells Canyon.
Contact:: Raymond Lee
President
Foundation for North American Wild Sheep
(307) 527-6261
rlee@fnaws.org

Project Name:: Southern Nevada Lands Partnership
Location:: Far West: Nevada
Summary:: Multi-agency and community partnerships conserve and steward “outside Las Vegas” using innovative funding and legislative authorities.
Website:: www.snlandspartnership.org
Contact:: Alan O’Neill
Executive Director
Outside Las Vegas Foundation
702-461-6162
aoneill@outsidelasvegas.org

Current Conservation Programs