A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Narragansett Bay
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Rhode Island
Summary:: A partnership approach for addressing the degradation of eelgrass beds in Narragansett Bay, by restoring eelgrass habitat using multiple planting methods.
Contact:: Andrew Lipsky
Biologist
USDA NRCS
401.822.8842
andrew.lipsky@ri.usda.gov

Project Name:: Charles River
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Massachusetts
Summary:: The Clean Charles effort brings together a variety of organizations and their diverse projects to clean the river for swimming by 2005.
Website:: www.epa.gov/boston/charles2005
Contact:: Robert Zimmerman, Jr.
Executive Director
Charles River Watershed Association
781-788-0007
rzimmerman@crwa.org

Project Name:: Local Fisheries Knowledge Pilot Project
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary:: Students explore the connections between fisheries, the marine environment, their communities and their own lives while creating intergenerational collaborative partnerships.
Website:: www.st.nmfs.gov/lfkproject
Contact:: Julie Bartsch
Northeast Regional Coordinator
Rural School and Community Trust
978-779-0047
jbartsch@earthlink.net

Southeastern

Project Name:: Preserving and Protecting the Environment of New River
Location:: Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:: Our project and mission is to restore the New River to an ecological and economically sound river for public and commercial use.
Website:: co.onslow.nc.us/soil
Contact:: Bill Norris
Soil and Water Conservation Officer
Onslow County Soil and Water Conservation
(910) 455-4472 ext. 3

Project Name:: Enlisting Private Landowners and the Army for Endangered Species
Location:: Southeastern: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Summary:: Safe Harbor Agreements and compatible use buffers used on and off Army bases contribute to recovery of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker.
Contact:: Michael Bean
Wildlife Chair
Environmental Defense
202-387-3500 ext. 3312
michael_bean@environmentaldefense.org

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Dakota County Minnesota Farmland and Natural Areas Program
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota
Summary:: This voluntary program seeks to protect 5,000-10,000 acres of priority Dakota County farmlands and natural areas over the next 10 years.
Website:: www.co.dakota.mn.us/planning/fnap
Contact:: Al Singer
FNAP Manager
Dakota County
952-891-7001
al.singer@co.dakota.mn.us

Project Name:: Sun River Watershed
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: A watershed project established in 1996, that benefits all water users in the Sun River Basin
Website:: nris.state.mt.us/wis/sunriver/sunhome.htm
Contact:: Alan Rollo
Coordinator
Sun River Watershed
406-727-4437
arollo@mcn.net

Project Name:: Nebraska Partnership for All-Bird Conservation
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
Summary:: Partners promote coordinated & voluntary land stewardship that will conserve, improve, and expand habitat for all bird species in Nebraska.
Website:: www.nebraskabirds.org
Contact:: Kelly Wells
Coordinator
Nebraska Partnership for All-Bird Conservation
(402) 471-5363
kwells@ngpc.state.ne.us

Project Name:: District,NRCS target irrigation water quality
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
Summary:: NRCS and Central Platte Natural Resources District use EQIP and district cost share funds to target cost-share funds at priority water quality irrigation farmers.
Contact:: James Huntwork
District Conservationist
Natural Resources Conservation Service
(308) 395-8586
james.huntwork@ne.usda.gov

Project Name:: Dam Removal and Fishway Construction in Minnesota and North Dakota
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota, North Dakota
Summary:: Removing impediments to fish passages to establish a lake sturgeon population on the White Earth Reservation and improve habitat availability for all migrating species along the Red River.
Contact:: Scott Yess
Assistant Project Leader
LaCrosse Fishery Resources Office
608-783-8432
Scott_Yess@fws.gov

Project Name:: Tippecanoe River Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Indiana
Summary:: The Nature Conservancy works with local landowners and other partners to return trees to the Tippecanoe River’s floodplain, restore wetlands and introduce conservation-friendly farming practices.
Website:: www.nature.org/indiana
Contact:: Chad Watts
Tippecanoe Project Director
The Nature Conservancy
(574) 946-7491
cwatts@tnc.org

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:: Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Inter-agency coordination effort restores key commercial navigation channel, using dredged materials to create two islands and over 4,000 acres of wetlands in Galveston bay.
Website:: www.betterbay.org/html/home.html
Contact:: Scott Aspelin
Environmental Affairs Compliance Coordinator
Port of Houston Authority
713-670-2589
saspelin@poha.com

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

Project Name:: Diablo Trust
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: The purpose of the Diablo Trust is to maintain Diablo Trust ranches as long-term, economically viable enterprises managed in harmony with the natural environment and the broader community.
Website:: www.diablotrust.org
Contact:: Hadassah Holland
Administrative and Program Manager
Diablo Trust
(928) 523-0588
info@diablotrust.org

Far West

Project Name:: Soap Lake Science and Community Collaborative
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: Science and education are bridging environmental goals and community economic development interests for the benefit of a unique natural resource.
Website:: www.thelake.org
Contact:: Jerry Vice
Chair
Soap Lake Conservancy
206-229-2066
gavice@comcast.net

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

Project Name:: Cooperative Sagebrush Steppe Restoration Initiative
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Conservation groups work together to restore sagebrush steppe ecosystems through the removal of invasive western juniper and applying adapative management techniques.
Website:: www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/cpi
Contact:: Kenneth Weaver
District Conservationist
Natural Resources Conservation Service
530-257-7272
kenneth.weaver@ca.usda.gov

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:: Restoration of Migratory Fish Habitat Through Dam Removal and Fish Passage
Location:: Far West: California, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Washington, DC, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, Connecticut
Summary:: In 2001 American Rivers and the NOAA CRP began a partnership to cooperatively provide financial and technical assistance to local communities for dam removal and fish passage projects.
Website:: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/projects_programs/crp/partners/americanrivers.html
Contact:: Elizabeth Maclin
Director
American Rivers—Rivers Unplugged Campaign
202-347-7550
emaclin@americanrivers.org

Current Conservation Programs