A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Waste Solutions Forum
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: Waste Solutions Forum brought together key stakeholders to assemble an action plan for implementing environmentally and economically viable solutions for excess animal waste in the Shenandoah Valley.
Website:: www.agnr.umd.edu/users/waterqual/VAwaste.doc
Contact:: Kathy Holm
Coordinator, Shenandoah RC&D
U.S. Department of Agriculture
(540) 248-3321
kathy.holm@va.usda.gov

Project Name:: Virginia's Middle Fork Holston River
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: Watershed plan is being successfully implemented by local partnerships to reduce fecal bacterial loadings from livestock access to streams, and failing or inadequate on-site sewage disposal systems.
Website:: www.nacdnet.org/govtaff/tmdl/CSAbingdonVA.htm
Contact:: Anthony Summitt
Project Officer
Holston River Soil & Water Conservation District
276-628-8187
anthony.summitt@va.nacdnet.net

Southeastern

Project Name:: Vulcan Materials Company Ruffner Mountain Nature Center
Location:: Southeastern: Alabama
Summary:: Wildlife team creates a nature center on mountain preserve providing students in Birmingham the opportunity to reach new educational heights.
Website:: www.wildlifehc.org
Contact:: Vanessa Kauffman
Director of Marketing & Communications
Wildlife Habitat Council
301-588-8994
vkauffman@wildlifehc.org

Project Name:: Enlisting Private Landowners and the Army for Endangered Species
Location:: Southeastern: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Summary:: Safe Harbor Agreements and compatible use buffers used on and off Army bases contribute to recovery of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker.
Contact:: Michael Bean
Wildlife Chair
Environmental Defense
202-387-3500 ext. 3312
michael_bean@environmentaldefense.org

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Safeguarding Natural and Cultural Heritage in National Parks
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska, South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: Innovative and specialized mobile strike teams work with private and public partners throughout the country to manage harmful invasive plants on park lands.
Website:: www.nature.nps.gov/biology/invasivespecies
Contact:: Linda R. Drees
Branch Chief
National Park Service
970.225.3595
Linda_Drees@nps.gov

South-Central/South-West

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:: Great Sand Dunes National Park
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: The 97,000-acre Baca Ranch (and senior water rights associated with such ranch) were acquired by the Nature Conservancy for ultimate disposition to the US to create the Great Sand Dunes Nat'l Park.
Website:: nature.org/success/bacaranch.html
Contact:: Charles Bedford
State Director
The Nature Conservancy of Colorado
(303) 444-2950
cbedford@tnc.org

Project Name:: Malpai Borderlands Partnership
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona, New Mexico
Summary:: The rancher-led partnership is protecting privately-owned land and working landscapes through easements, grass-banking and habitat restoration.
Website:: www.malpaiborderlandsgroup.org
Contact:: Bill McDonald
Director
Malpai Borderlands Group
520-558-2475
malpaimule@vtc.net

Project Name:: Thunderbird/Tajique Landscape Projects
Location:: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary:: Two landscape-scale projects with large partnerships are working to reduce fire hazard, improve forest health, and create jobs for community sustainability.
Website:: www.fs.fed.us/projects/hfi/examples/cibola-nf.shtml
Contact:: Phil Archuleta
Chief Executive Office
P&M Signs
505-847-2850
info@pmsignsinc.com

Project Name:: Diablo Trust IMfoS (Integrated Monitoring for Sustainability) Project
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: The IMfoS Project involves the design and implementation, with stakeholder input, of an integrated monitoring tool to evaluate the sustainability of community-based collaborative management.
Website:: www.envsci.nau.edu/sisklab/research_projects/rangelands_website/projects_imfos.htm
Contact:: Tischa A. Munoz-Erickson
Project Manager
Northern Arizona University, Center for Environmental Sciences and Education
928-523-2237
Tischa.Munoz-Erickson@nau.edu

Project Name:: Landscape Change on Native Lands: Southern Colorado Plateau
Location:: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Utah
Summary:: Land use plans are developed using fundamental geologic information to identify landscape mobility, stability, and its relationship to local environmental conditions.
Website:: wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/wgmt/navajo/index.html
Contact:: Margaret Hiza Redsteer
Project Coordinator
U. S. Geological Survey
928 556-7366
mhiza@usgs.gov

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:: Salt Pond Restoration in San Francisco Bay
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Restoration of 25,000 wetland acres at salt ponds around San Francisco Bay, with additional benefits from flood management, public access, and recreation.
Website:: www.southbayrestoration.org/ and http://www.napa-sonoma-marsh.org/
Contact:: Nadine Hitchcock
San Francisco Bay Program Manager
State Coastal Conservancy
510-286-4176
nhitchcock@scc.ca.gov

Project Name:: Fish Friendly Farming Environmental Certification
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: The FFF program integrates economic use of farmland with the production of environmental benefits. The land manager is the central figure in achieving and sustaining environmental improvements.
Website:: www.fishfriendlyfarming.org
Contact:: Laurel Marcus
Executive Director
California Land Stewardship Institute
510 832 3101
laurelm@ix.netcom.com

Project Name:: Cooperative Riparian Restoration and Beach Closures
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Project has resulted in collaborative efforts with adjacent landowners and interests that have resulted in win-win solutions at New River both for the environment and stakeholders.
Contact:: Chris Church
ACEC Manager
Bureau of Land Management Coos Bay District
(541) 751-4301
chris_church@or.blm.gov

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:: 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

Project Name:: Recovery of the White Sea Bass along the California Coast
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: The purpose of the OREHP is to investigate the potential for proactively counteracting the depletion of California's coastal marine fisheries through stock enhancement.
Website:: www.lcjbsa.org/whiteseabass/sub/sb4.html
Contact:: Bill Shedd
President
AFTCO
800-452-3726
bill@aftco.com

Project Name:: Traditional Knowledge & Environmental Stewardship
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: A Native American and Community Forestry Collaborative Discussion was convened by CLC, Seventh Generation Fund and several co-sponsors; all presenters were Native American people.
Website:: www.clcircle.org
Contact:: Jude Wait
Director
Collaborative Learning Circle
707-223-0848
judew@asis.com

National

Project Name:: ATTRA: National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
Location:: National
Summary:: The ATTRA project provides free information to farmers and educators about agricultural practices which steward and protect natural resources, through tollfree phone service, website, and workshops.
Website:: www.attra.ncat.org
Contact:: Teresa Maurer
Sustainable Agriculture Program Manager
NCAT (Nat'l Ctr for Appropriate Technology)
1-800-346-9140
teresam@ncat.org

Current Conservation Programs