Cooperative Conservation Amreica
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:
Sterling Forest
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Vermont
Summary:
Headwaters to Sterling Falls Gorge protected by 2,150-acre land purchase by Friends of Sterling Valley and the Sterling Falls Gorge Natural Area Trust.
Contact:
Gar Anderson


(802) 253-9035
gander07@realtor.com
Southeastern
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
Project Name:
Southern Appalachian Elk Restoration
Location:
Southeastern: Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina
Summary:
Restoration of elk to its historic eastern range is underway in the southern Appalachians, with elk populations in Kentucky now exceeding 5,550.
Website:
www.rmef.org/bugle/pages/05MA/appalachian_1.html
Contact:
David Ledford
Southeast Initiative Program Director
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
606-330-0179
dledford@RMEF.org
Project Name:
Caguitas River Buffer Restoration
Location:
Southeastern: Puerto Rico
Summary:
A partnership with many agencies, including Housing and Urban Development, for restoration of approximately 1.5 miles of river buffer zone along the Caguitas river.
Contact:
Silmarie Padron
Private Lands Coordinator
US Fish and Wildlife Service
787-851-7297
silmarie_padron@fws.gov
Project Name:
Hacienda Verde Shade Coffee Restoration Project in Puerto Rico
Location:
Southeastern: Puerto Rico
Summary:
The landowner restored the native shading canopy of his coffee plantation for the benefit of native and endemic fish and wildlife, migratory birds, and some endangered species.
Website:
www.haciendaverde.org/
Contact:
Silmarie Padron
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Coordinator
US Fish and Wildlife Service
787-851-7297
silmarie_padron@fws.gov
Project Name:
Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Programmatic Safe Harbor
Location:
Southeastern: South Carolina
Summary:
Safe Harbor agreement was established in South Carolina to address landowner concerns and to provide sufficient assurances to engage them in woodpecker habitat conservation.
Contact:
Michael Bean
Sr. Attorney, Ecosystems Program
Environmental Defense
202-387-3500 ext. 3312
michael_bean@environmentaldefense.org
Midwest/Northern High Plains
Project Name:
Bridger-Teton National Forest Plan Revision
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming
Summary:
The BTNF is starting its Plan Revision process under the 2005 NFMA Planning Rule, relying on public collaboration to produce a sound strategy to guide the BTNF's contribution to sustainability.
Website:
www.fs.fed.us/r4/btnf
Contact:
Herrick Fox
Forest Planner
Bridger-Teton National Forest
(307) 739-5563
hsfox@fs.fed.us
Project Name:
Creating, Protecting, and Restoring Kansas Wetlands and Streams
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Kansas
Summary:
Partnership is a non-governmental, non-political, locally-driven group that implements sound plans to address Kansas wetland, stream, and riparian area water quality and habitat concerns.
Website:
www.kaws.org/
Contact:
Tim Christian
State Coordinator
The Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams, Inc. (KAWS)
620-241-3636
tchristian@kaws.org
Project Name:
Fleshman Creek
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:
In partnership with the City of Livingston and Trout Unlimited, NPS helped to design and plan a stream restoration project to provide trout spawning and rearing habitat.
Website:
www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/news&events/ne_stories/conssucc/Trout_Habitat_Improved.html
Contact:
Gary Weiner
RTCA Montana field office
National Park Service
(406) 587-1667
gary_weiner@nps.gov
Project Name:
Medicine Bow Trail
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming
Summary:
Convert approximately 23 miles of old railroad corridor into non-motorized trail for public use in cooperation with Albany County, Laramie Bicycling Network, and others.
Contact:
Paul Blackman
Recreation Planner
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
(307)745-2363
plblackman@fs.fed.us
Project Name:
Raccoon Ecological Management Area
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Ohio
Summary:
Collaboration with forestry industry to research best practices for restoring oak ecosystems, while also studying relevant economic and wildlife implications.
Contact:
Michael T. Rains
Director
USDA Forest Service
610-557-4017
mrains@fs.fed.us
South-Central/South-West
Project Name:
Bahia Grande Estuary Restoration
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:
Restorated tidal exchange and estuary functions of an 11,000 acre barren basin and reestablished critical habitat for fish, wildlife and waterfowl.
Website:
www.oceantrust.org
Contact:
Thor Lassen
President
Ocean Trust
703-450-9852
tjlassen@oceantrust.org
Project Name:
Black Bear Conservation Committee
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Southeastern: Mississippi
Summary:
The BBCC is a broad-based coalition of diverse interests whose mission is to promote the restoration of the Louisiana black bear through education, research, and habitat management.
Website:
bbcc.org/
Contact:
Paul Davidson
Executive Director
Black Bear Conservation Committee
225-763-5425
PLDavidson@aol.com
Project Name:
Ruidoso River Association
Location:
South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary:
The Association seeks to preserve and protect a healthy, free-flowing Rio Ruidoso by improving both the quality and quantity of water in the river and restoring its high-quality cold water fishery.
Website:
ruidosoriver.com/
Contact:
Dick Wisner
Executive Director
Ruidoso River Association
(505) 257-9494
noisywater@valornet.com
Far West
Project Name:
Hokulea, Navigating Change in the Hawaiian Islands
Location:
Far West: Hawaii
Summary:
"Navigating Change" is a project focused on raising awareness to ultimately motivate people to change their attitudes and behaviors to better care for all our islands and ocean resources.
Website:
www.navigatingchange.org and www.hawaiianatolls.org
Contact:
Ann Bell
Outdoor Recreation Planner
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(808) 792-9530
Ann_Bell@fws.gov
Project Name:
Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound, Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership
Location:
Far West: Washington
Summary:
The partnership develops recovery programs and ecosystem restoration plans that sustain life on Puget Sound and continue the region’s economic prosperity.
Website:
www.pugetsoundnearshore.org/
Contact:
Anne Kinsinger
Western Regional Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
206-220-4600
akinsinger@usgs.gov
Project Name:
Lower Cerrito Creek
Location:
Far West: California
Summary:
Friends of Five Creeks partners are restoring native vegetation and creating a creekside trail with seating and signage along 1/2 mile of Cerrito Ck.
Website:
www.fivecreeks.org
Contact:
Susan Schwartz
president
Friends of Five Creeks
510 848 9358
f5creeks@aol.com
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:
Wildlife Habitat Registry
Location:
National
Summary:
To provide a web mapping tool to facilitate collaboration among wildlife biologist in federal, state, and tribal agencies and among NGO's involved in wildlife habitat projects.
Website:
ims.geodata-mt.com/nwhpr.htm
Contact:
Marcy Allen
NWR Development Team
Geodata Services
406-721-8865
mallen@geodata-mt.com

 

 

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