A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Penobscot River Restoration Project
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary:: Project removed barriers to migration of Atlantic salmon and other fish on Maine’s Penobscot River while maintaining energy generating capacity.
Website:: www.penobscotriver.org
Contact:: Laura Rose Day
Executive Director
Penobscot River Restoration Trust
(207) 232-5976
lrose_day@penobscotriver.org

Project Name:: Windbreak and Air Quality
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania
Summary:: Demonstration sites have been created in Pennsylvania to evaluate the effects of windbreaks on odors coming from poultry, dairy and swine operations.
Contact:: Richard Shockey
Resource Conservationist
Natural Resources Conservation Service
717-237-2217
richard.shockey@pa.usda.gov

Project Name:: Trout Pond
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Hampshire
Summary:: The Trust for Public Land and its partners created a 2,660-acre community forest in Freedom, New Hampshire.
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:: People, land and streams of the Upper Thornton River Watershed
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: Local volunteers, land owners work with NRCS, Nat'l Park Service, Virginia agencies to preserve & protect headwaters streams of the Chesapeake Bay Basin.
Website:: www.rappflow.org
Contact:: Beverly Hunter
Coordinator
RappFLOW: Rappahannock Friends & Lovers of Our Watershed
540 937-4038
mail@rappflow.org

Southeastern

Project Name:: Northwest Florida Greenway Project
Location:: Southeastern: Florida
Summary:: Military, government and nonprofit organizations partner to protect the Panhandle’s unique natural resources, economy, and military flyways.
Website:: www.nature.org/florida
Contact:: Debbie Keller
Northwest Florida Greenway Project Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy, Florida Chapter
850-222-0199
dkeller@tnc.org

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: America’s Outdoors’ Urban Treehouse
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wisconsin
Summary:: America’s Outdoors has worked with Midtown Neighborhood Association (MTNA) and other partners in center city Milwaukee to establish the Urban Treehouse Conservation Education Program at Lynden Hill.
Contact:: Mark Weaver
Community Planner
National Park Service, RTCA
414-297-3617
Mark_Weaver@nps.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:: Louisiana Coastal Area Land Change Study Group
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:: Multi-year, multi-agency coastal restoration and rehabilitation project responding to loss of 1,900 square miles of coastal land and marsh during the 20th century.
Website:: lca.gov/
Contact:: James B. Johnston
Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
337-266-8556
jimmy_johnston@usgs.gov

Project Name:: White Mountain Stewardship Project
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: A 10-year stewardship contract was awarded to thin 150,000 acres of forest to protect communities from wildfire and stimulate wood industry.
Website:: www.fs.fed.us/r3/asnf
Contact:: Steve Campbell
Navajo County Director
University of Arizona, Cooperative Extension
928-524-6271
Campbell@ag.arizona.edu

Project Name:: Integrating Science with Resource Management: Mesa Verde National Park
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: Partnership workshops address science needs of management of pinyon-juniper woodlands by modeling consequences of differing treatments and evaluating consequences of various actions.
Contact:: Christine Turner
Research Geologist
U. S. Geological Survey
303-236-1561
cturner@usgs.gov

Project Name:: Preserving the Desert Foothills
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: The Desert Foothills Land Trust is launching a five-year, public-private partnership to preserve some of the most ecologically and archaeologically important areas in the Phoenix Metro area.
Website:: www.dflt.org
Contact:: Michael Rigney
Executive Director
Desert Foothills Land Trust
480-488-6131
mrigney@dflt.org

Far West

Project Name:: Suisun Marsh Managed Wetlands Enhancement Project
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Thanks to a major NAWCA grant, the Suisun Marsh Managed Wetlands Enhancement Project will help enhance and restore water quality at one of California's largest and most important natural wetlands.
Contact:: Steve Chappell
Executive Director
Suisun Resource Conservation District
707-425-9302
SRCD@Direcway.com

Project Name:: Restoring the Deschutes River
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: The Deschutes River Conservancy works with farmers, communities, agencies, and various organizations to voluntarily restore the Deschutes River.
Website:: www.deschutesrc.org
Contact:: Tod Heisler
Executive Director
Deschutes River Conservancy
541- 382-4077
tod@deschutesrc.org

Project Name:: Arroyo Seco Watershed Restoration Program
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: The Arroyo Seco Watershed Restoration Program is developing a comprehensive, long-term program to manage and restore the grand canyon that runs from the San Gabriel Mountains to downtown Los Angeles.
Website:: www.arroyoseco.org
Contact:: Tim Brick
Managing Director
Arroyo Seco Foundation
(626) 792-2442
tbrick@email.com

Project Name:: Crissy Field Restoration
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: The Restoration project created a world-class waterfront park from a former 100-acre asphalt and concrete dump, raising $34 million in private funds.
Contact:: Greg Moore
Executive Director
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
415-561-3030 x 2228
gmoore@parksconservancy.org

Project Name:: Beatty Habitat Committee
Location:: Far West: Nevada
Summary:: The Committee is developing a trails project along the Amargosa River in Oasis Valley meant to enhance tourism and protect the Amargosa toad as well as other native plants and animals.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/beattyhabitat.html
Contact:: Jim Moore
Oasis Valley Project Manager
The Nature Conservancy
(702) 737-8744, Ext. 19
jmoore@tnc.org

Project Name:: Mt. Emily Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Reduction Project
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Complementary projects on private and public lands – including stewardship contracting on public lands – reduce fire risks on home sites and forest land.
Contact:: Kurt Wiedenmann
District Ranger
La Grande, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
541-962-8582
kwiedenmann@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: Multi-State Sage-grouse Conservation Initiative
Location:: Far West: California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, South-Central/South-West: Colorado, Utah
Summary:: A broadly-based cooperative effort utilizing working groups at the local level to restore habitats and rebuild populations of sage-grouse and other sagebrush-dependent wildlife across the West.
Contact:: Kathleen Clarke
Director USDI
Bureau of Land Management
202-208-3801
kathleen_clarke@blm.gov

Project Name:: Sustaining Ecosystems, Fisheries, and Recreation, Channel Islands
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: A 4-year effort to build a community consensus based on science for a reserve network successfully identified recovery goals for fisheries, biodiversity, education, economics, and heritage values.
Contact:: Gary E. Davis
Visiting Chief Scientist
National Park Service
805-658-5707
gary_davis@nps.gov

Current Conservation Programs