A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: University of Massachusetts Nantucket Field Station
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Massachusetts
Summary:: A public/nonprofit partnership through a $20M purchase to safeguard the only higher education research/education facility on the island. The 110 acre parcel embraces rare coastal and upland resources.
Website:: www.nantucketconservation.com/info_files/information/umass.html
Contact:: Jim Lentowski
Executive Director
Nantucket Conservation Foundation, Inc.
508-228-2884
jlentowski@nantucketconservation.org

Project Name:: Virginia's Middle Fork Holston River
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: Watershed plan is being successfully implemented by local partnerships to reduce fecal bacterial loadings from livestock access to streams, and failing or inadequate on-site sewage disposal systems.
Website:: www.nacdnet.org/govtaff/tmdl/CSAbingdonVA.htm
Contact:: Anthony Summitt
Project Officer
Holston River Soil & Water Conservation District
276-628-8187
anthony.summitt@va.nacdnet.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:: Ohio Scioto River Basin Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Ohio
Summary:: The Ohio Scioto River Basin CREP helps cost-share the creation of conservation buffers and wetlands on private farms to improve water quality.
Website:: www.ohiodnr.com/soilandwater/sciotocrep
Contact:: Rob Hamilton
Resource Management Specialist, Division of Soil and Water Conservation
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
614-562-0738
rob-hamilton@oh.nacdnet.org

Project Name:: Missouri Watershed Research Assessment-Stewardship Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Missouri
Summary:: MGCA and Missouri Corn Merchandising Council initiated WRASP to help corn farmers be better environmental stewards of the land, water and natural resources.
Website:: www.erc-env.org/WRASP.htm
Contact:: Steven K. Taylor
Chief Executive Officer
Environmental Resources Coalition
573-634-7078
steve@erc-env.org

Project Name:: Kaskaskia Watershed Association, Inc.
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary:: Federal, State and local partners joined together to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for restoration and management of the Kaskaskia River watershed.
Website:: www.swircd.org/swircd/projects/kas_Final_Report.htm
Contact:: Larry Hasheider
President
Kaskaskia Watershed Association, Inc.
618-243-5514
lhmh76@hotmail.com

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:: Great Lakes Deepwater Science Program
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York, Pennsylvania
Summary:: This program conducts long-term aquatic ecosystem assessments using advanced technologies to support state, federal and provincial resource management in the Great Lakes.
Website:: www.glsc.usgs.gov/
Contact:: Leon Carl
Center Director
U. S. Geological Survey
734-214-7200
lcarl@usgs.gov

Project Name:: Horizon Farms Agricultural Preservation
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary:: Horizon’s 421 acres is a traditional horse farm. It is preserved by the McGinley family, Barrington Hills Conservation Trust, The Conservation Foundation, and Equestrian Land Conservation Resource.
Website:: www.bchtrust.org; www.elcr.org; www.theconservationfoundation.org
Contact:: Mary Bradford-White
President
Barrington Hills Conservation Trust
847-381-4291
MBBW0128@msn.com

Project Name:: Missouri Quail Habitat Initiative
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Missouri
Summary:: Enhance northern bobwhite and associated grassland bird populations on private lands in north Missouri in cooperation with landowners, producers and other partners.
Contact:: Jef Hodges
Regional Director
Quail Unlimited, Inc.
660-885-7057
bobwhite@iland.net

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

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Woodlands Trail and Park, Inc.
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:: As an American Heritage Rivers “Keystone” projects for Louisiana, Woodlands Trail and Park, Inc. is uniting the river communities of Orleans and Plaquemines Parish with a series of greenways.
Website:: www.woodlandstrail.com
Contact:: Katie Brasted
President
Woodlands Trail and Park, Inc.
(504) 433-4000
woodlandstrail@aol.com

Project Name:: Binational Ocelot Recovery Project
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Conservation agencies, organizations and foundations in Texas and Tamaulipas, Mexico team up with landowners to save the endangered ocelot through incentives-based stewardship.
Website:: www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentid=3469&linkID=49
Contact:: Karen Chapman
Water & Wildlife Analyst
Environmental Defense
956-466-4655
kchapman@ed.org

Project Name:: Forest Bird Study - Lake Jackson, Texas
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Forest Bird Study Group conducts surveys, captures and bands wintering birds, and measures structure and composition of the woods where birds live.
Contact:: Wylie C. Barrow
Research Wildlife Biologist
U. S. Geological Survey
337-266-8668
wylie_barrow@usgs.gov

Far West

Project Name:: Participatory Biological Monitoring Guidelines
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: The “Participatory Biological Monitoring Guidelines” project helps managers and scientists form local partnerships to meet biological monitoring needs while maintaining scientific standards.
Website:: www.ifcae.org/projects/ncssf3/
Contact:: Eric T. Jones, PH.D.
Participatory Research Coordinator
Institute for Culture and Ecology
503-331-6681
etj@ifcae.org

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:: Collaborating on Regional Innovation and Services
Location:: Far West: Oregon, California
Summary:: CLC is a diverse network in the N. CA and S. OR region integrating ecological integrity, economic resilience, and social well-being in the practice of forest and watershed stewardship.
Website:: www.communityforestry.net
Contact:: Jude Wait
Director
Collaborative Learning Circle
541-482-4353
judew@asis.com

Project Name:: NOAA’s Community-based Restoration Program and Restore America’s Estuaries
Location:: Far West: Washington, California, Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York, Rhode Island, Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, Washington, DC, Massachusetts, Connecticut, South-Central/South-West: Louisiana, Texas, Southeastern: Florida, North Carolina
Summary:: Through financial and technical assistance, this partnership focuses on restoring the nation’s most productive marine ecosystems—its estuaries.
Website:: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/projects_programs/crp/partners/rae.html
Contact:: Steve Emmett-Mattox
Vice President
Restore America’s Estuaries
703-524-0248
sem@estuaries.org

Project Name:: Recoverability and Vulnerability of Desert Ecosystems (RVDE) Project: Mojave Desert Ecosystems
Location:: Far West: California, Nevada, South-Central/South-West: Arizona, Utah
Summary:: Examines disturbance and recovery of regional desert ecosystems to develop tools to manage desert ecosystems pressured by population growth and competing needs.
Website:: geography.wr.usgs.gov/mojave/rvde/
Contact:: Len Gaydos
Center Director
U.S. Geological Survey
650-329-4330
lgaydos@usgs.gov

Current Conservation Programs