A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: GIS Environmental Master Plan
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania
Summary:: Assisting Smaller Communities with environmental remediation, land use planning, and other activities by supplying GIS data and technical expertise.
Website:: www.pagis.org
Contact:: Alex Rogers
Navigator
Upper Susquehanna American Heritage River
570-826-6340
arogers@epix.net

Project Name:: Restoring bog turtle habitat in New York
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: Federal, state, and NGO partners are working together with private landowners to restore the wetland habitat of the threatened bog turtle.
Website:: www.backfromthebrink.org/specieslearnabout.cfm?animal_id=1
Contact:: Bruce Hammond
Project manager/Scientist
Environmental Defense
617 723 2996
bhammond@environmentaldefense.org

Southeastern

Project Name:: Partners Help Farmers Get Funds to Address Resource Concerns
Location:: Southeastern: Puerto Rico
Summary:: Conservation partnership assisted coffee farmers to adopt new conservation technology in the Coffee Zone, Humid Upland Watersheds in Puerto Rico.
Contact:: Miguel F. Monroig
Coffee Specialist
Cooperative Extension Service
787-834-4590
m_monroig@seam.uprm.edu

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:: Unicoi Turnpike Trail, a National Millennium Flagship Trail
Location:: Southeastern: Tennessee
Summary:: A 2 1/2 mile hiking trail was restored on the Cherokee NF near Coker Creek, TN of Monroe Co. This historic path was used for centuries by Spanish explorers, native Americans, and settlers.
Website:: www.cokercreek.org
Contact:: Linda Caldwell
Director
Tennessee Overhill Heritage Association, Etowah, TN
(423) 263-7232
info@tennesseeoverhill.com

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: McKenzie Creek Watershed Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Missouri
Summary:: The project consists of voluntary acquisition of frequently flooded properties in the City of Piedmont and development of a habitat enhancing greenway.
Website:: www.morcd.org/bsrcd/mckenzie_creek.htm
Contact:: Gaylon Watson
Mayor
City of Piedmont
573-223-7660
mayor@cityofpiedmont.com

Project Name:: Restoration at Kankakee Sands
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Indiana
Summary:: Restoration of both hydrology and native plants on fragments of farmland will add to a mosaic of stream, wetland, prairie and savanna.
Website:: nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/indiana/preserves/art2375.html
Contact:: Gene Fleming
Chief, Environmental Formulation and Analysis Section, Planning Branch
US Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District
(312) 846-5585
Eugene.J.Fleming@usace.army.mil

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:: Lake Superior Land Trust Partnership
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Summary:: Many land trusts and conservation groups have leveraged resources needed to conserve natural and scenic resources in the Lake Superior watershed.
Website:: www.lta.org
Contact:: Renee Kivikko
Midwest Program Director
Land Trust Alliance
269-324-1683
rkivikko@lta.org

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Rio Grande Basin Initiative
Location:: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico, Texas
Summary:: The Rio Grande Basin is a highly productive agricultural area, with irrigated agriculture claiming more than 85 percent of its water.
Website:: riogrande.tamu.edu
Contact:: Dr. B.L. Harris
Project Director, Associate Director
Texas Water Resources Institute
979-845-1851
bl-harris@tamu.edu

Project Name:: Culebra Range Community Coalition
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: The Coalition works with a broad base of community partners to restore forest health, improve wildlife habitat, reduce risk of unnatural fire, and facilitate small diameter timber based businesses.
Contact:: Tom Perry
President
Culebra Range Community Coalition
719-868-3331
barniranch@aol.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:: Restoration of the San Jacinto State Battlefield
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: The Texas Coastal Wetlands Corporate Partnership seeks to restore the coastal prairie, coastal forest, and the marshes of the San Jacinto State Battlefield.
Website:: www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/sanjac/marshtour.phtml
Contact:: John Bowie
Project Manager
Duke Energy Gas Transmission
713-989-8345
jfbowie@duke-energy.com

Project Name:: Sand Flats Recreation Area, Grand County, Utah
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Utah
Summary:: Partners entered into a cooperative agreement for local management of the federal recreation area. Project has benefited both the recreation area and the nearby community of Moab.
Website:: discovermoab.com/sandflats.htm and discovermoab.com/visitorcenter.
Contact:: Bob Ratcliffe
Deputy Group Manager
Recreation and Visitor Services, Bureau of Land Management
202-452-5040
Bob_Ratcliffe@blm.gov

Far West

Project Name:: Jordan Valley Cooperative Weed Management Area
Location:: Far West: Idaho, Oregon
Summary:: Twelve public and private partners are managing weeds across Oregon and Idaho by sharing equipment, funds, labor, and local information.
Contact:: Dennis Stanford
Private Landowner and Chairman
Jordan Valley Cooperative Weed Management Area
541-583-2278
Mike_Woods@or.blm.gov

Project Name:: Indian Creek Restoration/City Center Revitalization
Location:: Far West: Idaho
Summary:: Caldwell’s downtown revitalization plan uses restoration of Indian Creek as the catalyst for a sustainable community with ecological integrity and economic vitality.
Website:: www.caldwellonline.org/Indian_Creek.htm
Contact:: Dennis Cannon
Caldwell Redevelopment Coordinator
City of Caldwell
208-455-4736
dcannon@ci.caldwell.id.us

Project Name:: San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: The SFBJV is a Bay Area partnership working to protect restore, increase and enhance the wetlands and watersheds of the San Francisco Bay Estuary.
Website:: www.sfbayjv.org
Contact:: Beth Huning
Coordinator
San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
415-883-3854
bhuning@sfbayjv.org

Project Name:: Backcountry Horsemen of America
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Developing a network of trail supporters and youth programs to adopt the PCT, specifically maintenance of a previously dilapidated 70 mile section.
Website:: www.backcountryhorse.com/
Contact:: Alan Hill
Public Liaison Chair
Backcountry Horsemen of America
530-221-8531
athill01@charter.net

Project Name:: Soulen Ranch Southern Idaho Ground Squirrel Candidate Conservation Agreement
Location:: Far West: Idaho
Summary:: Soulen Ranch has been instrumental in developing interest among other landowners to enroll under the southern Idaho ground squirrel CCAA, which will cover over 1,000,000 acres of squirrel habitat.
Contact:: Carmen Thomas
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
208-378-5243
Carmen_Thomas@fws.gov

National

Project Name:: Monitoring Coastal Restoration Projects Manual
Location:: National
Summary:: In partnership with numerous agencies and organizations, NOAA has compiled a comprehensive manual on how to plan and conduct the monitoring of coastal habitat restoration projects.
Website:: coastalscience.noaa.gov/ecosystems/estuaries/restoration_monitoring.html
Contact:: Felicity Burrows
Environmental Scientist
NOAA National Centers for Coastal and Ocean Science
301-713-3020
Felicity.Burrows@noaa.gov

Current Conservation Programs