A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

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:: Bog Turtle Recovery, Back from the Brink Program
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: Bog turtle recovery project establishes a new model for targeted recovery of certain types of species through multi-party cooperation on private lands.
Website:: www.environmentaldefense.org
Contact:: Michael Bean
Sr. Attorney, Ecosystems Program
Environmental Defense
202-387-3500
michael_bean@environmentaldefense.org

Southeastern

Project Name:: South Florida Ecosystem Restoration
Location:: Southeastern: Florida
Summary:: Governments, Tribes, NGO’s and others cooperate to restore the Everglades while addressing water supply and flood control needs of rapidly developing region.
Website:: www.sfrestore.org
Contact:: Greg May
Office of the Executive Director
South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
305-348-1665
gmay@sfrestore.org

Project Name:: EnergyXchange Renewable Energy Center
Location:: Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:: Today, decomposing garbage in the landfill fuels pottery kilns, glass furnaces, and greenhouse at the EnergyXchange Renewable Energy Center.
Website:: www.energyxchange.org
Contact:: Stan Steury
RC&D Coordinator
Blue Ridge RC&D
(828) 297-5805
Stan.Steury@nc.usda.gov

Project Name:: Okhissa Lake
Location:: Southeastern: Mississippi
Summary:: Building an earthen dam for a 1,000-acre lake for water and land recreation.
Website:: www.fs.fed.us/r8/mississippi/homochitto/
Contact:: Mary Bell Lunsford
Public Affairs Officer
Homochitto National Forest
601-384-5876

Project Name:: Tara Wildlife
Location:: Southeastern: Mississippi
Summary:: Tara Wildlife, steward of 17,000 acres of Mississippi River bottomland hardwoods, shares its management philosophy of sustainable natural resources with the public.
Website:: www.tarawildlife.com
Contact:: Gilbert Rose
Executive Director
Purvis Grange Foundation, Inc. d/b/a Tara Wildlife. A 501(c)3 Organization
(601)279-4261
gilbert@tarawildlife.com

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
Summary:: Established in 1999, this Partnership protects river birds, prevents or resolves bird-industry conflicts, and educates and involves local communities.
Website:: www.ternandplover.unl.edu
Contact:: Renae Held
Program Coordinator
Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership
402-472-8878
rheld3@unl.edu

Project Name:: Stearns Farm Stream Restoration Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Ohio
Summary:: This project is the restoration of an urban stream channel into a fully functioning headwater stream. This stream flows into Big Creek, the 3rd largest tributary to the Cuyahoga River.
Website:: www.CuyahogaRiverRAP.org
Contact:: James White
Executive Director / River Navigator
Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan (RAP) / Cuyahoga American Heritage River
216-241-2414 x307
WhiteJ@CuyahogaRiverRAP.org

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

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Oklahoma Wildlife Alliance
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Oklahoma
Summary:: Oklahoma Wildlife and Prairie Heritage Alliance (OWPHA) provides a trusted and open forum for private landowners to engage with resource managers and conservation programs.
Website:: www.owpha.org
Contact:: Trapper Heglin
Coordinator
Oklahoma Wildlife and Prairie Heritage Alliance
(580) 735-2322
trapperheglin@pldi.net

Project Name:: Cooperative and Integrated Remediation and Restoration planning
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: The Trustees collaborated with the Port and the Corps of Engineers and matched WRDA 204 funds with the Bailey Site settlement to create 100 salt-marsh acres.
Website:: response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/cpr.html
Contact:: Ron Gouguet
NOAA Coastal Resource Coordinator Chief
NOAA
206-526-6938
Ron.Gouguet@noaa.gov

Far West

Project Name:: Olaa-Kilauea - Building Bridges by Building Fences
Location:: Far West: Hawaii
Summary:: The partnership uses inmate labor to build fences and conduct other conservation activities.
Website:: hawp.org/Partnerships.php
Contact:: Tanya Rubenstein
Partnership Coordinator
Olaa-Kilauea Partnership
(808) 985-6197
Tanya_Rubenstein@contractor.nps.gov

Project Name:: Tomales Bay Watershed
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: The “all-stakeholder” Tomales Bay Watershed Council formed in 2000 and its 30 members unanimously adopted a 135-page watershed plan in 2004.
Website:: www.tomalesbaywatershed.org/index.html
Contact:: Neysa King
Watershed Coordinator
Tomales Bay Watershed Council
415-663-9092
tbwc@horizoncable.com

Project Name:: Sandy River Riparian Habitat Protection Project
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Our multi-partner program combined education, research and noxious weed control to raise awareness and protect critical habitats on the Sandy River.
Website:: tncweeds.ucdavis.edu
Contact:: Jonathan Soll
Willamette Basin Conservation Director
The Nature Conservancy
503-802-8100
jsoll@tnc.org

Project Name:: Audubon California Landowner Stewardship Program
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Audubon California works with farmers and ranchers in the Sacramento Valley to implement restoration projects in a manner compatible with existing agricultural operations.
Website:: ca.audubon.org/LSP/Willow_Slough.htm
Contact:: Vance Russell
Program Director
Audubon California
530-795-2921
vrussell@audubon.org

Project Name:: Cooperative Riparian Restoration and Beach Closures
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Project has resulted in collaborative efforts with adjacent landowners and interests that have resulted in win-win solutions at New River both for the environment and stakeholders.
Contact:: Chris Church
ACEC Manager
Bureau of Land Management Coos Bay District
(541) 751-4301
chris_church@or.blm.gov

Project Name:: Lower Truckee River Restoration
Location:: Far West: Nevada
Summary:: This projects goals include enhanced wildlife habitat, improved water quality, increased recreational opportunities and open-space protection.
Website:: www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/nevada/preserves/art11312.html
Contact:: Michael Cameron
Truckee River Project Director
The Nature Conservancy of Nevada
(775) 322-4990, Ext. 13
mcameron@tnc.org

Project Name:: Seven Basins Fire Planning Project
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: The Seven Basins group works to provide community awareness of wildfire issues, fire mitigation, and reduction of hazardous fuels within local communities.
Contact:: Leanne Mruzik
Fuels Management Specialist
Bureau of Land Management, Medford District
541-618-2419
lmruzik@or.blm.gov

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:: U.S. Mexico Border 2012 Program
Location:: Far West: California, South-Central/South-West: Texas, Arizona, New Mexico
Summary:: Bottom up approach places management decisions at the appropriate level - Local communities set their priorities, while federal and state agencies address regional and border-wide problems.
Website:: www.epa.gov/usmexicoborder/
Contact:: Jerry Clifford
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of International Affairs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
202-564-6600
clifford.jerry@epa.gov

Current Conservation Programs