A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Wind Road Farms
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: Adjacent to another protected property, this project protects historic agricultural lands, and a significant portion of an extensive wetland system.
Website:: www.saratogaplan.org
Contact:: Alane Ball Chinian
Executive Director
Saratoga PLAN
518-587-5554
alane@saratogaplan.org

Southeastern

Project Name:: Tapoco Hydroelectric Project
Location:: Southeastern: North Carolina, Tennessee
Summary:: Historic legislation passed in October 2004 allowed relicensing of four Alcoa hydroelectric dams in Tennessee and North Carolina and advanced the protection of nearly 10,000 acres of wilderness lands.
Website:: www.alcoa.com/tapoco
Contact:: Melissa Copelan
Community Relations Manager
Alcoa Power Generating Inc.
815-977-3358
melissa.copelan@alcoa.com

Project Name:: Palmetto Bluff Preservation
Location:: Southeastern: South Carolina
Summary:: More than one-third of the original 20,000 acres at Crescent Resources' Palmetto Bluff community in the S.C. lowcountry has been set aside in perpetuity.
Website:: www.palmetto-bluff.com
Contact:: Kathryn Blanchard

704-376-3434
kblanchard@crown-com.com

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Historic Trails and Energy Development in Wyoming
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming
Summary:: Partners develop workable plans for energy development that also reduce impacts on historic trails.
Contact:: David J. Welch
National Preservation Officer
Oregon-California Trails Association
253-584-0332
welchdj@comcast.net

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: White Mountain Apache Tribe
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: The White Mountain Apache Tribe has created innovative strategies for balancing economic development and resource conservation.
Contact:: John Caid
Director, Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation Division
White Mountain Apache Tribe
928-338-4385
JohnCaid@wmat.nsn.us

Project Name:: North Central Texas Water Quality
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Develop watershed management plans for six reservoirs in the Trinity River Basin providing water for 1.6 million people.
Website:: nctx-water.tamu.edu
Contact:: Dr. C. Allan Jones
Director
Texas Water Resources Institute
979-845-1851
cajones@tamu.edu

Project Name:: Marsh Terracing Project
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: The project incorporated marsh terracing to restore fishery habitat and to test the cost effectiveness of this new restoration technique.
Website:: www.galvbay.org
Contact:: Mr. Bob Stokes
President
Galveston Bay Foundation
281-332-3381
gbf@galvbay.org

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:: Grand County / BLM Recreation Partnerships
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Utah
Summary:: Through county and agency agreements, the BLM Sand Flats Recreation Area and the Moab Information Center are managed by non-federal partners.
Website:: www.discovermoab.com/sandflats.htm and www.discovermoab.com/visitorcenter.htm
Contact:: Russ von Koch
Recreation Branch Chief
Moab BLM Field Office
435-259-2119
Russ_von_koch@blm.gov

Project Name:: Public access management as an adaptive wildlife management tool
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: Developing an adaptive management approach to understand and address impacts of motor vehicle traffic and growing elk population on declining Gunnison Sage Grouse population.
Contact:: Raymond D. Watts
Research Scientist
U. S. Geological Survey
970-226-9378
rwatts@usgs.gov

Far West

Project Name:: Cooperative Air Quality Workshops
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: A series of agricultural air quality workshops were offered to San Joaquin Valley farmers to create Conservation Management Practice plans (CMPs).
Contact:: John Beyer
NRCS Air Quality Coordinator
Natural Resources Conservation Service
559-252-2191
john.beyer@ca.usda.gov

Project Name:: Integrating Desert Conservation, Visitor Services, and Public Safety
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Key government agencies created the California Desert Managers Group to coordinate conservation, recreation, research and other activities at a landscape scale.
Website:: www.dmg.gov
Contact:: Glen Black
Senior Environmental Scientist
California Department of Fish and Game
909-987-7449
gblack@dfg.ca.gov

Project Name:: Guadalupe River Project, San Jose, California
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: This project provides 100-year flood protection, habitat protection, water quality protection, fish & wildlife enhancement, and recreation & open space features within the Guadalupe River watershed.
Website:: www.spk.usace.army.mil/projects/civil/guadalupe/
Contact:: Bradley C. Hubbard
Project Manager
US Army Corps of Engineers
(916) 557-7054
bradley.c.hubbard@usace.army.mil

Project Name:: Evolution of the Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC)
Location:: Far West: Hawaii
Summary:: Maui Invasive Species Committee, an informal private-county-state-federal partnership, works to prevent serious alien plant and animal invasions threatening Haleakala National Park.
Website:: www.hear.org
Contact:: Stephen Anderson
Natural Resource Program Manager
National Park Service
808-572-4480
Stephen_J_Anderson@NPS.GOV

Project Name:: Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission (CRITFC)
Location:: Far West: Washington, Oregon
Summary:: The Spirit of the Fish plan utilizes a gravel-to-gravel approach integrated into an adaptive management framework to restore treaty protected fish resources
Website:: www.critfc.org
Contact:: Olney Patt, Jr.
Executive Director
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
503-238-0667
pato@critfc.org

Project Name:: Jacksonville Woodlands
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Partners collaborated to establish a remarkable system of urban hiking and equestrian interpretative trails. The Federally listed lily Frittilaria Gentneri is located throughout the JWA lands.
Contact:: Genivieve Rasmussen
Natural Resource Staff Administrator
Bureau of Land Management Medford District
541-618-2348
Genivieve_Rasmussen@blm.gov

Project Name:: Ocean Shores Waterways
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: This project addresses waterways-related ecological and economic issues to ensure and promote sustainable practices in this growing coastal community.
Website:: forthcoming
Contact:: Lynn Wilson
Partnership Director
Ocean Shores Waterways
360-961-3363
lwilson@nasw.org

National

Project Name:: GeoMAC
Location:: National
Summary:: GeoMAC provides the public and wildland fire managers Internet access to interactive maps with current wildland fire locations and perimeters.
Website:: geomac.gov/
Contact:: Elizabeth Lile
Cartographer
U.S. Geological Survey
303-202-4326
ellile@usgs.gov

Project Name:: RTR – Respect the (Rio, River, Resource)
Location:: National
Summary:: With the premise to educate, empower and restore, this partnership has helped restore watersheds on ten National Forests, Recreation and Scenic Areas.
Contact:: Kimberly Kelly
Forest Education Coordinator
USDA Forest Service
505-829-3535
kakelly@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: Tools and Techniques for Assessing the Risk of Aquatic Invaders
Location:: National
Summary:: The partnership has developed a dynamic alert system that helps natural resource managers manage the impact of invasive species on native species and habitats.
Website:: nas.er.usgs.gov
Contact:: Sharon K. Gross
Program Coordinator
U.S. Geological Survey
703-648-4076
sgross@usgs.gov

Current Conservation Programs