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A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic
Project Name:
Saratoga Lake Preserve
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:
This project ensures a stretch of shoreline remains unspoiled and protects wetlands, hardwood forests, and riparian habitats.
Website:
www.saratogaplan.org
Contact:
Alane Ball Chinian
Executive Director
Saratoga PLAN
518-587-5554
alane@saratogaplan.org
Southeastern
Project Name:
Protecting Fish Habitat in SC
Location:
Southeastern: South Carolina
Summary:
A powerful coalition of private citizens and federal, state, and local agencies, is restoring South Carolina's rare trout waters.
Contact:
David Demarest
Foothills RC&D Coordinator
Foothills RC&D
864-467-2775
dave.demarest@sc.usda.gov
Project Name:
Kings Mountain Gateway
Location:
Southeastern: North Carolina, South Carolina
Summary:
Two State parks, towns, nonprofits and the National Park Service built an 80 mile trail network connecting King's Mountain to State and local parks, also improving visitors' entrance experience.
Website:
www.nps.gov/rtca
Contact:
Bill Lane
Landscape Architect
National Park Service
(404) 562-3175
bill_lane@nps.gov
Midwest/Northern High Plains
Project Name:
Clinton River Spillway Bike Path Project
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary:
This state and national award-winning project is a volunteer effort to conserve, enhance and protect land and water quality through environmentally-friendly gardening, public education and outreach.
Website:
www.macombcountymi.gov/msuextension/MGbikepathproject.asp
Contact:
Patrice Avery
Environmental Educator / Master Gardener Volunteer Project Coordinator
Macomb County Public Works / Michigan State University Extension Master Gardeners
(586)307-8269
patrice.avery@macombcountymi.gov or brentavery@comcast.net
Project Name:
Upper Mississippi River Basin
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois
Summary:
New drainage water management systems in the Midwest are improving water quality and wildlife habitat in the Mississippi River Basin.
Website:
www.admcoalition.com/
Contact:
Charlie Schafer
President
Agricultural Drainage Management Coalition
800-232-4742
charlie@agridrain.com
Project Name:
Montana's Matador Ranch Grassbank
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:
Ranchers and TNC enhance biodiversity and community sustainability through partnership that trades TNC forage for ranchers' conservation of 250,000 acres of ranchlands.
Website:
www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/matadorranch.html
Contact:
Linda Poole
Glaciated Plains Program Director
The Nature Conservancy
406-658-2192
lpoole@tnc.org
South-Central/South-West
Project Name:
Bob Long Safe Harbor
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:
Recovery of the Houston toad by providing safe harbor assurances and incentives to private landowners for their participation in habitat restoration and enhancement
Contact:
David Wolfe
Scientist
Environmental Defense
(512) 478-5161
dwolfe@environmentaldefense.org
Project Name:
Greater Flagstaff Forests Partnership
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:
The Partnership works collaboratively in the Flagstaff region to restore native ecosystems, protect communities from destructive wildfire, and enhance economic opportunities for community enterprises.
Website:
www.gffp.org
Contact:
Steve Gatewood
Program Director
Greater Flagstaff Forests Partnership
928/226-0644
steveg@gffp.org
Project Name:
American Fork Canyon Home Rivers Project
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Utah
Summary:
Trout Unlimited, a third party “Good Samaritan,” will restore abandoned mines on private property to improve trout habitat in American Fork Canyon.
Website:
www.tu.org
Contact:
Ted Fitzgerald
Project Manager, American Fork Creek
Trout Unlimited
801-465-9949
tfitzgerald@tu.org
Project Name:
Utah Prairie Dog Recovery/Back From the Brink Program/Environmental Defense
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Utah
Summary:
This partnership's new approach has begun to show that private landowners will participate in the recovery of listed species, even controversial ones, given the right incentives.
Website:
www.environmentaldefense.org/go/conservationincentives
Contact:
Theodore P. Toombs
Ecologist
Environmental Defense
303-447-7210
ttoombs@environmentaldefense.org
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:
Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative
Location:
Far West: Washington
Summary:
A citizen-based approach to restoring and protecting marine species and habitats in the Northwest Straits region of Washington State.
Website:
www.nwstraits.org
Contact:
Tom Cowan
Director
Northwest Straits Commission
(360) 428-1085
cowan@nwstraits.org
Project Name:
Lakeface Lamb and Clearwater Stewardship Projects
Location:
Far West: Idaho, Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:
Stewardship contracts engage local communities in collaborative forest management and help National Forests meet their forest restoration goals.
Website:
www.fs.fed.us/forestmanagement/projects/stewardship/results/index.shtml
Contact:
Liz Johnson-Gebhardt
Community Spokesperson
Priest River Development Corporation
208-448-0210
lizjg35@hotmail.com
Project Name:
Northwest Salmon Enhancement
Location:
Far West: Washington
Summary:
The Northwest Salmon Enhancement Program is a multi-agency effort to improve and protect habitat and prey for listed fish species in Puget Sound.
Contact:
Randi Thurston
Fisheries Biologist
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
360-895-6123
Thurstrlt@telebyte.com
Project Name:
Conserving the Truckee River Canyon
Location:
Far West: California
Summary:
Mission is to implement local public-private collaborative solutions to protect and improve water quality and biological resources for the Truckee River watershed.
Contact:
Lisa Wallace
Executive Director
Truckee River Watershed Council
(530) 550-8760
lwallace@truckeeriverwc.org
Project Name:
Santa Ana River Watershed Program
Location:
Far West: California
Summary:
The Santa Ana Watershed Association develops and implements programs that enhance and sustain the natural resources of the river for wildlife and people.
Website:
SAWARCD.com
Contact:
Richard Zembal
Natural Resources Director
Orange County Water District
714-378-3203
RZembal@OCWD.com
Project Name:
Green and Solar Homes Tour
Location:
Far West: Oregon
Summary:
A collaborative statewide effort to host Green and Solar Homes Tours and a comprehensive green building magazine, Green and Solar Building Oregon. In 2005, 11 Oregon communities will hold tours.
Website:
www.3estrategies.org/ProjectsGreenSolarTour.asp
Contact:
Cylvia Hayes
Executive Director
3EStrategies
541.617.9013
info@3estrategies.org
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
Project Name:
Sustainable Wine Grape Growing in California
Location:
Far West: California
Summary:
California winegrowers use innovative partnerships to advance projects ranging from habitat restoration to “green building.”
Website:
www.cawg.org
Contact:
Karen Ross
President
California Association of Winegrape Growers
916-924-5370
karen@cawg.org
Project Name:
Upper Salmon Basin Watershed Project
Location:
Far West: Idaho
Summary:
The goal of the project is to maintain and restore anadromous fish habitat, and achieve a balance between resource protection and use within the watershed through collaboration.
Website:
www.modelwatershed.org/index.html
Contact:
Russell Knight
Coordinator
Upper Salmon Basin Watershed Project
(208) 756-6322
usbwp@modelwatershed.org
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