A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

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

Project Name:: Lewiston Initiates Community Investment with Bates Mill Redevelopment
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary:: The City of Lewiston, Maine cleaned up and redeveloped a former textile mill using U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields funding. Existing structures were conserved.
Contact:: Tony Raia
Program Manager
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
202-566-2758
Raia.Anthony@epamail.epa.gov

Project Name:: Friends of the Rappahannock (F.O.R.)
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: Conservation and protection of the Rappahannock River and its watershed through locally-led partnerships promoting L.I.D practices, agricultural BMP’s and conservation easements.
Website:: www.riverfriends.org
Contact:: Tom Van Arsdall
Volunteer Chair
Friends of the Rappahannock
(540) 785-0949
tom@vanarsdall.com

Project Name:: Public-Private Partnerships to Promote Conservation and Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Connecticut, Washington, DC, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia
Summary:: Partnership provides financial and technical assistance to organizations and agencies at the local and regional level to support priority conservation projects such as coastal habitat restoration.
Website:: www.nfwf.org
Contact:: Tom Kelsch
Director, Eastern Region
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
202-857-0166
tom.kelsch@nfwf.org

Southeastern

Project Name:: Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration
Location:: Southeastern: Florida
Summary:: The Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration initiative puts in place the largest and most ambitious watershed recovery program in U.S. history.
Website:: www.sofia.usgs.gov and www.sfrestore.org
Contact:: Martha N. Garcia

U.S. Geological Survey
703 648-6960
mgarcia@usgs.gov

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Blackfoot Challenge
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: A diverse array of partners coalesced around watershed-wide, citizen-based efforts to protect a river famous for its scenic and recreational values.
Website:: www.blackfootchallenge.org
Contact:: Tina Bernd-Cohen
Executive Director
Blackfoot Challenge
406-793-3900
tina@blackfootchallenge.org

Project Name:: Muddy Creek Coordinated Resource Management Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming
Summary:: Muddy Creek project raised $2 million for habitat restoration to address natural resource management issues.
Contact:: Larry Hicks
Natural Resource Coordinator
Little Snake River Conservation District
307-383-7869
lsrcd@yahoo.com

Project Name:: Rapid Response to DOI Land and Resource Manager's needs:
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming, Montana, South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: USGS scientists support science needs of DOI land managers by sharing intellectual property, providing technical assistance, and synthesizing existing data and information.
Contact:: Randle Olsen
Regional Science Coordinator
U. S. Geological Survey
303-202-4743
rwolsen@usgs.gov

South-Central/South-West

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:: Paradis Mitigation Bank
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:: After more than seven decades of energy production for the Nation, the 7100-acre Paradis Mitigation Bank will protect, restore and enhance wetland functions and values of the Lower Mississippi Valley.
Website:: upstream.chevrontexaco.com/paradis/
Contact:: Eric Frasier
President
Frasier Group, Inc.
936-569-9428
efrasier@cox-internet. com

Project Name:: French Gulch Remediation Opportunities Group
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: FROG seeks to clean up heavy metal contamination from the Wellington-Oro Mine in and around French Gulch, and to acquire mining company property for community open space and affordable housing.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/frenchgulch.html
Contact:: Tim Gagen
Breckenridge Town Manager

(970) 453-3161
timg@townofbreckenridge.com

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

Project Name:: Yampa River System Legacy Project
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: This voluntary, incentive-based project protects the ecological health of the Yampa River and the productive agricultural lands it supports, while also providing for recreational opportunities.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/yampa.html
Contact:: Susan Dorsey Otis
Director
Yampa Valley Land Trust
(970) 879-7240
contactus@redlodgeclearinghouse.org

Far West

Project Name:: Fish and Amphibian Use of Seasonal Aquatic Habitats in Grass Seed Producing Fields of the Willamette Basin
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: This is a study of fish and amphibian use of habitats in intermittent streams that drain agricultural lands in western Oregon.
Website:: oregoninvests.css.orst.edu/FMPro
Contact:: Guillermo Giannico
Assistant Professor
Oregon State University
541-737-2479
giannico@oregonstate.edu

Project Name:: Collaborating on Regional Innovation and Services
Location:: Far West: Oregon, California
Summary:: CLC is a diverse network in the N. CA and S. OR region integrating ecological integrity, economic resilience, and social well-being in the practice of forest and watershed stewardship.
Website:: www.communityforestry.net
Contact:: Jude Wait
Director
Collaborative Learning Circle
541-482-4353
judew@asis.com

Project Name:: Maidu Stewardship Project
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: This project seeks to demonstrate traditional Mountain Maidu forest management techniques that restore whole ecosystems and to protect culturally significant sites.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/maidustewardship.html
Contact:: Lorena Gorbet
Coordinator
Maidu Cultural and Development Group
(530) 284-1601
mcdg@frontiernet.net

Project Name:: Pacific Crest Trail Association
Location:: Far West: California, Oregon, Washington
Summary:: Primary partner with Federal agencies for supporting the Pacific Crest Trail, undertaking land acquisitions, and coordinating over 181,000 hours of volunteer labor.
Contact:: Tim Stone
Pacific Crest Trail Manager
USDA Forest Service
707-562-8881
timothygstone@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: Seven Basins Fire Planning Project
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: The Seven Basins group works to provide community awareness of wildfire issues, fire mitigation, and reduction of hazardous fuels within local communities.
Contact:: Leanne Mruzik
Fuels Management Specialist
Bureau of Land Management, Medford District
541-618-2419
lmruzik@or.blm.gov

National

Project Name:: Native American Fish and Wildlife Society (Society)
Location:: National
Summary:: The Society exists for the protection, conservation and enhancement of Native American fish & wildlife resources.
Website:: www.nafws.org/
Contact:: Ira New Breast
Executive Director
Native American Fish and Wildlife Society
303-466-1725
iranb@nafws.org

Project Name:: Wildland Fire Leadership Council
Location:: National
Summary:: The Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) was established in April 2002 to implement and coordinate the National Fire Plan and Federal Wildland Fire Policy inplementation.
Website:: www.fireplan.gov
Contact:: Corbin Newman
National Fire Plan Coordinator
USDA Forest Service
202-205-1332
cnewman02@fs.fed.us

Current Conservation Programs