A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Conserving Maryland’s Threatened Bog Turtle
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maryland
Summary:: The Partnership is working with private farmers and landowners to help recover the threatened bog turtle.
Website:: www.bogturtles.org
Contact:: Tim Male
Senior Ecologist
Environmental Defense
2023873500
tmale@ed.org

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

Project Name:: Sawdust Remediation to Protect Endangered Species
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: Partners work to remediate the enormous sawdust waste problem in the sensitive karst area in Lee County, Virginia.
Contact:: Shane Hanlon
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(276) 623-1233 x 25
shane_hanlon@fws.gov

Project Name:: West Milton Preserve
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: This conservation easement will protect riparian and upland habitat along the Kayaderosseras Creek and will secure public fishing access.
Website:: www.saratogaplan.org
Contact:: Alane Chinian
Executive Director
Saratoga P.L.A.N.
518-587-5554
alane@saratogaplan.org

Southeastern

Project Name:: Rhyne Farm: Preserving the Past
Location:: Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:: The 179-acre bicentennial Rhyne Farm has been farmed continuously for more than 200 years by the same family. The landowners partnered with the Conservancy in 2001 to conserve it and their heritage.
Website:: www.catawbalands.org
Contact:: Davis J. Cable
Executive Director
Catawba Lands Conservancy
(704) 342-3330
dave@catawbalands.org

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Brown County Hills Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Indiana
Summary:: Working with private landowners, governments and businesses, the Conservancy works in the Brown County Hills to balance the needs of a healthy forest with the region’s projected population growth.
Website:: www.nature.org/indiana
Contact:: Dan Shaver
Project Director
The Nature Conservancy
(812) 933-0246
dshaver@tnc.org

Project Name:: Builders for the Bay
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Missouri, Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Washington, DC, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Summary:: A program aimed at reducing environmental impacts from developments within the Chesapeake Bay watershed through local code and ordinance modification
Website:: www.buildersforthebay.net
Contact:: Rebecca Winer
Program Manager
Center for Watershed Protection
410-461-8323
rrw.cwp.org

Project Name:: Heart Mountain Grassbank
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming
Summary:: Member, National Grassbank Network, this irrigated pasture is for ranchers’ use while the Forest Service conducts conservation projects on their grazing allotments.
Website:: www.grassbank.net
Contact:: Maria Sonett
Project Director
The Nature Conservancy
307-754-8446
msonett@tnc.org

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:: Landmark Grand Canyon Conservation Project
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: The Conservation Fund and Grand Canyon Trust are protecting nearly 900,000 acres stretching from the north rim of the Grand Canyon.
Website:: www.conservationfund.org
Contact:: Mike Ford

The Conservation Fund
(702) 990-3540
MikeFordTCF@aol.com

Project Name:: Lone Star Legacy Red Drum Hatchery Project
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Three facilities along the Texas coast are dedicated to marine fisheries research and hatchery production; these replenishment efforts form the centerpiece of the state’s sportfishing industry.
Website:: www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/hatch/ccacpl.phtml
Contact:: Pat Murray
Texas Chairman
Coastal Conservation Association
713-626-4234

Project Name:: Refugio-Goliad Prairie Restoration Project
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: A partnership of private landowners and conservation partners working to maintain and enhance a 100,000 acre complex of coastal prairie, once home to the endangered Attwater's Prairie Chicken.
Website:: training.fws.gov/library/Pubs4/prairie_bookmark.pdf
Contact:: Mark Dumesnil
Texas Gulf Coast Program Manager
The Nature Conservancy/ Texas Chapter
(361) 882-3582
mark_dumesnil@tnc.org

Far West

Project Name:: Lakeface Lamb and Clearwater Stewardship Projects
Location:: Far West: Idaho, Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: Stewardship contracts engage local communities in collaborative forest management and help National Forests meet their forest restoration goals.
Website:: www.fs.fed.us/forestmanagement/projects/stewardship/results/index.shtml
Contact:: Liz Johnson-Gebhardt
Community Spokesperson
Priest River Development Corporation
208-448-0210
lizjg35@hotmail.com

Project Name:: Willamette Sustainable Rivers Project
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Identify environmental flow requirements for the Willamette River and tributaries; link to restoration and potential changes in operation of Army Corps of Engineers facilities.
Contact:: Leslie Bach
Director of Freshwater Programs
The Nature Conservancy
503-802-8100
lbach@tnc.org

Project Name:: American Forests and Mountains to Sound Greenway
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: This project planted native trees on former logging roads to create a continuous “greenbelt” along Interstate 90 in order to improve surrounding habitats.
Website:: www.americanforests.org
Contact:: Deborah Gangloff
Executive Director
American Forests
(202) 737-1944
info@amfor.org

Project Name:: California Tribal Partnerships
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: A unique blend of traditional Native American practices and today’s science preserves native customs and contributes to forest health.
Website:: www.r5.fs.fed.us/tribal-relations
Contact:: Sonia Tamez
Regional Tribal Relations Program Manager
USDA Forest Service
707-562-8919
stamez@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: Codornices Creek Watershed Restoration Action Plan -- CCWRAP
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Goals are to re-establish a viable Oncorhynchus mykiss (steelhead) population in Codornices Creek by creating and sustaining a science and community based watershed protection and restoration program.
Website:: www.urbancreeks.org
Contact:: Emma B.L. Gutzler
Restoration Coordinator
Urban Creeks Council
510.540.6669
ucc_staff@urbancreeks.org

National

Project Name:: Presidential Quail Initiative
Location:: National
Summary:: Natural resource management agencies and groups developed a national, habitat-based recovery plan to reverse decline in bobwhite quail populations.
Website:: www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/publications/facts/html/quail04.htm
Contact:: Donald McKenzie
Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative Coordinator
Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative
501-941-7994
wmidm@ipa.net

Project Name:: Cooperative Community-Based Habitat Restoration
Location:: National
Summary:: The partnership provides the framework for FishAmerica, NOAA and local organizations to restore marine and anadromous fish habitat by providing necessary technical and financial support.
Website:: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/projects_programs/crp/partners/fishamerica.html
Contact:: Johanna Laderman
Managing Director
FishAmerica
703-519-9691
jladerman@asafishing.org

Project Name:: National Burn Severity: Mapping, Analysis, and Service
Location:: National
Summary:: Mapping spatial patterns of wildland fire burn intensity for all major fires in the US in support of land management decisions related to soil erosion, water quality, and biodiversity.
Website:: burnseverity.cr.usgs.gov/fire_main.asp
Contact:: Zhiliang Zhu
Research Geographer
U. S. Geological Survey
605 594-6131
zhu@usgs.gov

Current Conservation Programs