A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Ducktrap River Tributary Restoration Project
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary:: The goal of the Ducktrap River project was to protect federally-endangered Atlantic Salmon and other cold water species by stabilizing the eroding portions of the tributary channel.
Contact:: Kym Sanderson
District Office Manager
Waldo County Soil and Water Conservation District
207-338-1964 x 3
kym.sanderson@me.nacdnet.net

Project Name:: Quabbin to Cardigan Collaborative
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Hampshire
Summary:: The Quabbin to Cardigan Collaborative is a multi-state, public/private effort to protect and connect large unfragmented forests in the Monadnock Highlands of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Website:: www.forestsociety.org/landconservation/q2c.asp
Contact:: Chris Wells
Coordinator, Q2C Collaborative
Society for the Protection of NH Forests
(603) 224-9945
cwells@forestsociety.org

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:: Darby Farm - Alburg
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Vermont
Summary:: After earning a PhD in agronomy, Heather Darby returned to the family farm and is transforming the farm through sustainable management practices. It is a diversified agricultural operation.
Website:: www.vlt.org
Contact:: Jon Ramsay
Stewardship Agricultural Manager
Vermont Land Trust
802-434-3079
jramsay@vlt.org

Project Name:: Fish and Mussel Propagation in the Upper Tennessee River Basin of Virginia
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: Partnership has developed freshwater fish and mussel propagation technologies to produce fish and juvenile mussels to be used for research and to augment declining populations.
Contact:: Shane Hanlon
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
276-623-1233 x 25
shane_hanlon@fws.gov

Project Name:: Round Ball Mountain
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: The Conservancy will acquire Round Ball Mountain and manage it for wildlife habitat, public recreation, and as an outdoor classroom.
Website:: www.clctrust.org
Contact:: Marissa Codey
Project Manager
Columbia Land Conservancy
518-392-5252
marissa@clctrust.org

Southeastern

Project Name:: Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership (GCPEP)
Location:: Southeastern: Alabama, Florida
Summary:: A partnership to protect and manage exceptional biodiversity across the GCPEP landscape, while remaining consistent with the partner’s individual and diverse missions.
Website:: nature.org
Contact:: Vernon Compton
Project Director
The Nature Conservancy
850-675-5760
vcompton@tnc.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

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Measuring Conservation Practices
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Ohio
Summary:: A GIS-based model was developed to determine the effects of best management practices for agricultural lands on erosion and sedimentation rates.
Website:: www.oh.nrcs.usda.gov
Contact:: Steve Davis
NRCS Resource Conservationist
USDA-NRCS
419-222-0614 x 108
steve.davis@oh.usda.gov

Project Name:: Ohio CELP
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Ohio
Summary:: The Trust for Public Land is working on two projects along the lakefront of Lake Erie in Ohio: East Sandusky Bay and Mentor Marsh.
Contact:: Tom Sadler
Director of Program Development
Trust for Public Land
202-543-7552
tom.sadler@tpl.org

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

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Sonoran Pronghorn Captive Breeding Program
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: A cooperative captive breeding program was established in Arizona to halt the decline of the endangered Sonoran Pronghorn and to seed new populations of the species in the state.
Contact:: Mr. John Hervert
Wildlife Biologist
Arizona Department of Game and Fish
928-342-0091
jhervert@gf.state.az.us

Project Name:: Land Restoration/Revegetation – Fort Hood
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Dairy compost was used to revegetate degraded training maneuver areas that caused soil erosion and water quality issues.
Website:: forthoodreveg.tamu.edu
Contact:: Dr. C. Allan Jones
Director
Texas Water Resources Institute
979-845-1851
cajones@tamu.edu

Project Name:: Partnerships for Bat Conservation
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Targeted conservation efforts involving a diverse array of partners are protecting bats and their habitats in caves and mines.
Website:: www.batcon.org
Contact:: Dr. Merlin Tuttle
President and Founder
Bat Conservation International
512-327-9721
mtuttle@batcon.org

Project Name:: Landscape Change, Grassland Health, and Bark Beetle Infestation
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: Remotely sensed satellite data are used to develop maps and GIS layers that enable the San Carlos Apache Tribe to manage their lands.
Contact:: Edwin L. Pfeifer
Acting Team Chief
U. S. Geological Survey
520-670-5019
epfeifer@usgs.gov

Far West

Project Name:: Codornices Creek and Ohlone Greenway
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Working with Cities of Albany and Berkeley, Friends of Five Creeks, an all-volunteer group, restored native vegetation and trout habitat and built an observation railing.
Website:: www.fivecreeks.org
Contact:: Susan Schwartz
president
Friends of Five Creeks
510-848-9358
f5creeks@aol.com

Project Name:: Tillamook Resource Area Riparian Restoration Effort
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Recognizing the need to encourage riparian restoration on not just BLM lands, the Salem District joined with partners to work on riparian restoration in the Tillamook Resource Area.
Contact:: Tom McDermott
Nestucca-Neskowin Watersheds Council
Tillamook Estuaries Partnership
503-392-6134
TMCD@oregoncoast.com

National

Project Name:: Center for Plant Conservation
Location:: National
Summary:: The cooperative CPC network conserves and restores the rare native plants of the U.S. CPC maintains the National Collection of Endangered Plants, more than 600 of the nation's most imperiled flora.
Website:: www.centerforplantconservation.org
Contact:: Mark F. Barnett
Communications Coordinator
Center for Plant Conservation
314.577.9541
mark.barnett@mobot.org

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