A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Shoreline Stabilization in Chesapeake Bay Area
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maryland
Summary:: A partnership to stop shoreline erosion at Patuxent River Naval Air Station is meeting Navy facility needs while advancing the restoration of Chesapeake Bay.
Contact:: Mark Rose
Coordinator
Southern Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Board
443-482-2910
somdrcd@verizon.net

Project Name:: Protecting New Jersey's Sourland Region
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey
Summary:: D&R Greenway Land Trust and multiple partners have protected over 3,500 acres of habitat and natural resources in central New Jersey’s Sourlands region – with more preservation projects to come.
Website:: www.drgreenway.org
Contact:: Linda J. Mead
Executive Director
D&R Greenway Land Trust
609-924-4646
lmead@drgreenway.org

Project Name:: Reilly Ridge Farm
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: With the help of the Town of Halfmoon, this 50 acre family farm, in use since 1909, preserves beautiful fields, views, wetlands, forests and land on either side of the county trail system.
Website:: www.saratogaplan.org
Contact:: Alane Chinian
Executive Director
Saratoga PLAN
518-587-5554
alane@saratogaplan.org

Project Name:: UNH Stormwater Center
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Hampshire
Summary:: This project cooperatively tests designs to achieve stormwater treatment and volume reduction.
Website:: www.unh.edu/erg/cstev/
Contact:: Robert Roseen
Director
The UNH Stormwater Center
603-862-4024
Robert.roseen@unh.edu

Southeastern

Project Name:: Bartow County Environmental Management System
Location:: Southeastern: Georgia
Summary:: Local partnerships are developing and implementing mulitiple Environmental Management Systems in a coordinated county-wide fashion to significantly reduce pollution.
Website:: www.bartowga.org
Contact:: Clarence Brown
Sole Commissioner
Bartow County
770-387-5030
brownc@bartowga.org

Project Name:: Energy Grants to Agricultural Producers
Location:: Southeastern: Mississippi
Summary:: A partnership was formed to assist agricultural producers in enhancing the economic viability of their poultry production facilities through improved energy efficiency.
Contact:: Leslie Threadgill
Grower Relations Coordinator
Mississippi Poultry Association
601-355-0248
lesliempa@bellsouth.net

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Bete Grise Preserve
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary:: Partners raised funds and applied for grants to buy Bete Grise, a high quality dune swale wetland system. In 2004, two grants were awarded totaling $1,450,000 for 1104 acres.
Website:: hkconserve.com
Contact:: Sue Haralson
Administrator
Houghton Keweenaw Conservation District
906 482-0214
sue.haralson@mi.nacdnet.net

Project Name:: Managing Flooding in Metropolitan Milwaukee
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wisconsin
Summary:: The Conservation Fund partnered with the Milwaukee Sewerage District is implementing flood management programs that protect wetlands and wildlife habitat.
Website:: www.conservationfund.org
Contact:: Peg Kohring
Director, Midwest Office, TCF
The Conservation Fund
(269) 426-8825
pkohring@aol.org

Project Name:: Preservation of Sleepy Hollow Ravine
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary:: How many corporate campuses boast 780,000 sq. ft. of office space & a 75-foot deep glacier-age ravine? $800,000 in funding was raised from City of Elgin, Kane County & Grand Victoria Foundation.
Website:: www.fvlf.org/conserv.html
Contact:: Marianne Nelson
Executive Director
Fox Valley Land Foundation
847-888-1897
fvlf@sbcglobal.net

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Army Compatible Use Buffer Project
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: Conservation easements on lands adjacent to Fort Carson are being created to buffer the Fort from development and to maintain open space and wildlife habitat.
Website:: aec.army.mil/usaec/natural/natural03a.html
Contact:: Mr. Matthew Moorehead
Program Manager
The Nature Conservancy
720-974-7042
mmoorhead@tnc.org

Project Name:: Front Range Fuels Treatment Partnership
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: The Front Range Fuels Treatment Partnership is a dynamic partnership of federal, state and local governments, land-management agencies, private landowners, conservation organizations and others.
Website:: www.frftp.org
Contact:: David Hessel
Coordinator, FRFTP
Colorado State Forest Service
303.635.1597
dhessel@lamar.colostate.edu

Project Name:: Chipeta Dam Removal Project
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: Goal- remove a dangerous, migration-inhibiting diversion structure from the North Fork, restore the river corridor to a properly functioning ecosystem, and increase native and sport fish population.
Website:: www.nfria.paonia.com/chipeta.htm
Contact:: Teresa Steely
Executive Director
North Fork River Improvement Association
(970) 527-4614
nfria@tds.net

Project Name:: Las Humanas
Location:: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary:: Las Humanas is working to develop and sustain a local workforce to restore and care for the natural resources of the Manzano Mountains region.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/humanas.html
Contact:: George Ramirez
Chairman
Las Humanas
(505) 847-0736
n/a

Far West

Project Name:: Olympia Oyster Restoration Project
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: A community-based effort reestablishing Washington's only native oyster restores an essential component of the marine ecosystem and builds diverse partnerships.
Website:: www.restorationfund.org
Contact:: Betsey Peabody
Executive Director
Puget Sound Restoration Fund
206-780-6947
betsy@restorationfund.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

Project Name:: Creeks & Communities
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Federal-level, interagency strategy designed to foster and support grassroots action across the landscape for stewardship of wetlands and riparian areas.
Website:: www.or.blm.gov/nrst
Contact:: Laura Van Riper, PhD
Social Scientist
National Riparian Service Team
541-416-6702
laura_van_riper@or.blm.gov

Project Name:: Friends of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: BLM and Friends of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument collaborate to create and maintain the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Information Center.
Contact:: Howard Hunter
Assistant Monument Manager
Bureau of Land Management, Medford District
541-618-2256
Howard_Hunter@blm.gov

Project Name:: Science Used to Strengthen Protection of Hawaiian Reef Fishes
Location:: Far West: Hawaii
Summary:: The Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative Research Program conducts research and monitoring to provide managers needed information to preserve and protect the state’s coral reef ecosystems.
Website:: www.hawaii.edu/ssri/hcri/
Contact:: Michael Hammett
Director
HCRI-RP
808-956-7479
mhamnett@rcuh.com

National

Project Name:: Freeport LNG Conservation Easement
Location:: National
Summary:: 77+ acre wetland held for mitigation on LNG facility development, preserving key wetland habitat from further encroachment and to educate the public on the importance of wetland areas
Contact:: Darrell H. Schwebel
President
Cradle of Texas Conservancy, Inc.
(979)285-2173
dhschwebel@dow.com

Project Name:: National Fish Habitat Initiative (NFHI)
Location:: National
Summary:: NFHI is a nationwide aquatic habitat health strategy that harnesses the energies, expertise and existing partnerships of state and federal agencies and conservation organizations.
Website:: www.fishhabitat.org
Contact:: Eric Schwaab
Resource Director
International Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
202-624-7890
eschwaab@iafwa.org

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