A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Narragansett Bay
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Rhode Island
Summary:: A partnership approach for addressing the degradation of eelgrass beds in Narragansett Bay, by restoring eelgrass habitat using multiple planting methods.
Contact:: Andrew Lipsky
Biologist
USDA NRCS
401.822.8842
andrew.lipsky@ri.usda.gov

Project Name:: Shoreline Stabilization in Chesapeake Bay Area
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maryland
Summary:: A partnership to stop shoreline erosion at Patuxent River Naval Air Station is meeting Navy facility needs while advancing the restoration of Chesapeake Bay.
Contact:: Mark Rose
Coordinator
Southern Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Board
443-482-2910
somdrcd@verizon.net

Project Name:: Downeast Initiative
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary:: This pilot project, in collaboration with fisheries in other parts of the Gulf of Maine, can serve as a model for developing sustainable, resilient co-management of marine resources.
Contact:: Dr. James Wilson
Professor, School of Marine Sciences
University of Maine
207-581-4368
jwilson@maine.edu

Project Name:: Perpetual Protection of 483 acres of Aquidneck Island drinking water reservoirs
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Rhode Island
Summary:: ALT secured a 483-acre conservation agreement from the Town of Portsmouth and City of Newport on the Island's drinking water reservoirs, adding a critical layer of perpetual protection.
Website:: www.aquidnecklandtrust.org
Contact:: Edward S. Clement, Jr., Esq.
Executive Director
Aquidneck Land Trust
401-849-2799 x12
tclement@ailt.org

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

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: North Lake Basin Wetlands Restoration
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
Summary:: Contaminated ground water is cleaned with innovative technology and used to restore wetlands in a critical migratory waterfowl flyway.
Website:: www.fsa.usda.gov/dafp/cepd/epb/hazardous_waste.htm
Contact:: Steve Gilmore
Program Manager for Hazardous Waste Activities
USDA Farm Service Agency
202-720-5104
sgilmore@wdc.fsa.usda.gov

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:: Wildlife Forever – Minnesota Twins Bass Fishing Classic
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota
Summary:: The Wildlife Forever - Minnesota Twins Bass Fishing Classic raises funds for natural resource conservation and youth education projects while promoting the conservation of Twin Cities Metro lakes.
Website:: www.wildlifeforever.org
Contact:: Pete Wuebker
Director of Marketing
Wildlife Forever
763-253-0222
pwuebker@wildlifeforever.org

Project Name:: Nebraska City Citizens and Science Group - Missouri River Adaptive Management Pilot Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska
Summary:: The NCC&SG is working to identify, select and implement, through a collaborative and adaptive process, pilot projects and/or models to support river recovery and community revitalization.
Contact:: Jennifer Pratt Miles
Mediator
Meridian Institute
970-513-8340 ext. 213
jprattmiles@merid.org

Project Name:: Stearns Farm Stream Restoration Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Ohio
Summary:: This project is the restoration of an urban stream channel into a fully functioning headwater stream. This stream flows into Big Creek, the 3rd largest tributary to the Cuyahoga River.
Website:: www.CuyahogaRiverRAP.org
Contact:: James White
Executive Director / River Navigator
Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan (RAP) / Cuyahoga American Heritage River
216-241-2414 x307
WhiteJ@CuyahogaRiverRAP.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:: Southern Lake Michigan Rim Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Indiana
Summary:: In partnership with volunteers and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, the Conservancy works to combat invasive species, remove trash and conduct prescribed burns in this biologically rich area.
Website:: www.nature.org/indiana
Contact:: Paul Labus
Project Director
The Nature Conservancy
(219) 473-4312
plabus@tnc.org

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Sonoran Pronghorn Captive Breeding Program
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: A cooperative captive breeding program was established in Arizona to halt the decline of the endangered Sonoran Pronghorn and to seed new populations of the species in the state.
Contact:: Mr. John Hervert
Wildlife Biologist
Arizona Department of Game and Fish
928-342-0091
jhervert@gf.state.az.us

Project Name:: Bayou Bartholomew Alliance
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arkansas
Summary:: The Alliance is introducing a market-based environmental assets program to support improving stream ecosystem quality.
Website:: www.arkansas.gov/bba
Contact:: Ronnie Ulmer

The Nature Conservancy
318-412-0472
rulmer@tnc.org

Far West

Project Name:: Trumpeter Swan Restoration
Location:: Far West: Idaho, Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming, Montana
Summary:: A private/public captive breeding and release program for trumpeter swans in the Rockies has helped prevent their listing as endangered.
Website:: www.r6.fws.gov/redrocks/rrl3.htm
Contact:: William M. Long
President
Wyoming Wetland Society
307-730-4444
whitewing55@aol.com

Project Name:: Fort Hunter Liggett Grasslands Restoration
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: A broad-based partnership is working to restore the grasslands and oak savannahs of Fort Hunter Liggett by controlling the invasive yellow star thistle.
Contact:: Joe DiTomaso
Professor
University of California, Davis
530-574-8715
ditomaso@vegmail.ucdavis.edu

Project Name:: California Resource Advisory Committees
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Partnerships between communities and national forests, bringing together diverse interests to collaboratively work on watershed restoration, fuels reduction and road maintenance projects.
Contact:: Chris Nota
Regional Forester’s Representative
USDA Forest Service
916-498-5901
cnota@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: Little Canyon Mountain Fuel Reduction Project
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Communities partner with BLM to reduce fuels on public lands adjacent to private lands.
Website:: www5.or.blm.gov/Prineville/LCM/home.htm
Contact:: Tina Welch
Field Manager, Central Oregon Resource Area
Bureau of Land Management, Prineville District
541-416-6731
cmwelch@or.blm.gov

Project Name:: Private landowners and conservation partners join to protect abandoned farmland
Location:: Far West: Nevada
Summary:: Conservation partners are working to find ways, both vegetative and non-vegetative, to permanently protect farmland soils from wind erosion after irrigation water is removed.
Website:: www.nv.nrcs.usda.gov
Contact:: Liz Warner
Public Affairs Specialist
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
(775) 857-8500 x 105
liz.warner@nv.usda.gov

National

Project Name:: Team Tamarisk: Cooperating for Results
Location:: National
Summary:: The Albuquerque Team Tamarisk conference launched Team Tamarisk as an inclusive alliance of cooperating agencies and individuals devoted to the control of non-native invasive plants.
Contact:: Tim Carlson
Executive Director
Tamarisk Coalition
970-248-1683
tcarlson@tamariskcoalition.org

Current Conservation Programs