A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Pingree Forest Partnership
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary:: A landscape level conservation easement created to sustain working forests while protecting forest resources for wildlife, fisheries, migratory birds, and local economies.
Website:: www.newenglandforestry.org/
Contact:: Chris Pryor
Conservation Easement Coordinator/Forester
New England Forestry Foundation
(978) 952-6856 x107
CPryor@newenglandforestry.org

Project Name:: Vienna Community Vision
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maryland
Summary:: The Conservation Fund engaged with the Town of Vienna to develop a Community Vision Plan in anticipation of the 5-year update of their Community Comprehensive Plan.
Website:: www.conservationfund.org
Contact:: Keith O'Connor
Associate
The Conservation Fund
703-525-6300
koconnor@drhorne.com

Project Name:: Phragmites Control on the Rappahannock River
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: For the sixth consecutive year, landowner and refuge volunteer, Alice Wellford, has led a private/public partnership to control invasive populations of Phragmites on the Rappahannock River.
Contact:: Joe McCauley
Refuge Manager
Rappahannock River Valley NWR
804-333-1470
Joseph_McCauley@fws.gov

Project Name:: Baltimore Ecosystem Study
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maryland
Summary:: Collaborative long-term study about urban ecology and the social benefits of conservation; project involves extensive monitoring and a significant educational component.
Contact:: Michael T. Rains
Director
USDA Forest Service
610-557-4017
mrains@fs.fed.us

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:: Okhissa Lake
Location:: Southeastern: Mississippi
Summary:: Building an earthen dam for a 1,000-acre lake for water and land recreation.
Website:: www.fs.fed.us/r8/mississippi/homochitto/
Contact:: Mary Bell Lunsford
Public Affairs Officer
Homochitto National Forest
601-384-5876

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

Project Name:: Mountain Island Lake water quality protection
Location:: Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:: This collaborative effort among landowners, county government and Catawba Lands Conservancy conserved 500 acres to protect the source of drinking water for Charlotte and surrounding communities.
Website:: www.catawbalands.org
Contact:: Davis J. Cable
Executive Director
Catawba Lands Conservancy
(704) 342-3330
dave@catawbalands.org

Project Name:: Saint Croix Ground Lizard Habitat Restoration, Hotel on the Cay Partnership
Location:: Southeastern: Virgin Islands
Summary:: In this Partners for Fish and Wildlife program project the FWS implemented a restoration and management plan for the protection and recovery of the endangered ground lizard in St. Croix, USVI.
Website:: www.fws.gov/caribbean-ecoteam/
Contact:: Silmarie Padron
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Coordinator
US Fish and Wildlife Service
787-851-7297
silmarie_padron@fws.gov

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Unique Partnership Impacts Wetland and Stream Health
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Kansas
Summary:: The Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams implements projects to restore and protect habitat and water quality in Kansas wetlands, streams, and riparian areas.
Website:: www.kaws.org
Contact:: Tim Christian
State Coordinator
The Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams, Inc.
(620) 241-3636
tchristian@kaws.org

Project Name:: Great Plains Geographic Information Systems Partnership
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska, Wyoming, Kansas, South-Central/South-West: Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Summary:: Project facilitates collaboration, communication and reduces redundancy in GIS data development for bird habitat assessment and conservation.
Contact:: Karin Callahan
GIS Team Leader
Playa Lakes Joint Venture
(308) 382-6468 ex 38
karin.callahan@pljv.org

Project Name:: Mechanized Thinning Trial of Upland Hardwood Forests
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Missouri
Summary:: A thinning trial was conducted on a site typical of overstocked, saw log-sized, upland hardwood stands on steep (30%), stony terrain in the Ozarks.
Website:: www.eofc.org
Contact:: Peter Becker
Research Coordinator
Eastern Ozarks Forestry Council
573-689-2121
wongbeck@yahoo.com

Project Name:: Powder River Conservation District, Flood Mitigation Efforts
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming
Summary:: Partners help town recover from flood and develop a flood prevention plan. Emergency watershed protection and PL-83-566 - small watershed protection.
Contact:: Allison Engle
District Conservationist
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
307-738-2321
allison.engle@wy.usda.gov

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Analysis of Fire Risk with Emphasis on Preservation of Cultural Resources
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: This project prioritizes fire treatment approaches in the monument in areas of extreme fire hazard but also with high cultural site density in the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.
Contact:: Carol Mladinich
Project Manager
U. S. Geological Survey
303-202-4313
csmladinich@usgs.gov

Far West

Project Name:: Oasis Valley Project
Location:: Far West: Nevada
Summary:: The town of Beatty, Nevada partnered with The Nature Conservancy to craft a conservation strategy that prevented the endangered species listing for an endemic toad.
Website:: www.amargosatoad.com
Contact:: Jim Moore
Oasis Valley Project Manager
The Nature Conservancy
702-737-8744
jmoore@tnc.org

Project Name:: Washington State Military Sustainability Program
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: The military sustainability program uses a multi-stakeholder process to integrate conservation and sustainable land practices into military operations.
Website:: www.afcee.brooks.af.mil/sf/sed/
Contact:: Katherine Baril
Director
Washington State Governor Locke’s Institute for Sustainability and Innovation
360-379-5610 x202
kbaril@wsu.edu

Project Name:: Nez Perce Reforestation
Location:: Far West: Idaho
Summary:: This project planted native trees as part of AMERICAN FORESTS’ Global ReLeaf program to reforest burned areas in Nez Perce Woods Property.
Website:: www.americanforest.org
Contact:: Deborah Gangloff
Executive Director
American Forests
(202) 737-1944
info@amfor.org

National

Project Name:: Collaborative Resource Stewardship in National Trails System
Location:: National
Summary:: The National Appalachian Scenic Trail must rely on partnerships to meet its mission. The trail is maintained, managed and protected through a unique cooperative arrangement.
Contact:: Pam Underhill
Superintendent
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Park Service
304-535-6279

Project Name:: National Network of Forest Practitioners
Location:: National
Summary:: An alliance of rural people working to build a forest economy that is ecologically sound & socially just. An information clearinghouse, & a place for people to meet, learn, & make their voices heard.
Website:: www.nnfp.org
Contact:: Thomas Brendler
Executive Director
National Network of Forest Practitioners
401-273-6507
thomas@nnfp.org

Current Conservation Programs