A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Elizabeth River Project
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: Coalition of organizations and projects to prevent future pollution, reduce existing pollution and create wildlife habitat along a highly-industrialized Chesapeake Bay tributary.
Website:: www.elizabethriver.org
Contact:: Majorie Mayfield Jackson
Executive Director
Elizabeth River Project
757-399-7487
mmayfield@elizabethriver.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

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: St. Clair Shores Waterfront Advisory Committee
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary:: Our goals are directed towards promoting better water quality, a cleaner Lake St. Clair and greater public awareness concerning our waterfront stewardship.
Website:: www.angelfire.com/mi4/scswateradvisory
Contact:: Joe St. John
Co-Chairperson
Waterfront Advisory Committee
(586) 774-4750
scswateradvisory@lycos.com

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:: Glacial Ridge Project, Partnership in Preservation
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota
Summary:: Glacial Ridge Project, the country’s largest grassland and wetland reconstruction effort, is returning Minnesota’s prairie to its pre-settlement condition.
Website:: nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/minnesota/preserves/art6943.html
Contact:: Ron Nargang
State Director
The Nature Conservancy
612-331-0774
rnargang@tnc.org

Project Name:: DTE Energy Trenton Channel Power Plant
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary:: Through local partnerships in Michigan, DTE Energy is helping the common tern make a comeback along the Detroit River.
Website:: www.wildlifehc.org/
Contact:: Vanessa Kauffman
Director of Marketing & Communications
Wildlife Habitat Council
301-588-8994
vkauffman@wildlifehc.org

Project Name:: Careless Creek Watershed
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: The successful, voluntary participation of landowners and community groups represents the careful balance between irrigated agricultural production, water use and conservation.
Website:: www.epa.gov/owow/nps/Section319III/mt.HTM
Contact:: Alice Wolff

Lower Musselshell Conservation District
406-323-2103 x101
alice.wolff@mt.nacdnet.net

Project Name:: Flathead Common Ground
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: FCG was formed with the intent to improve wildlife habitat and forest conditions and to simultaneously utilize economically viable timber sales as a tool to help to achieve these objectives.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/flatheadforest.html
Contact:: Gary Dahlgren

Flathead National Forest
(406) 758-5269
gdahlgren@fs.fed.us

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:: WILD Nebraska
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
Summary:: The WILD Nebraska program seeks to increase and improve wildlife habitat on private land and public land not owned by the Commission to optimize recreational access opportunities.
Website:: www.ngpc.state.ne.us/wildlife/programs/wildnebraska/wildnebraska.asp
Contact:: Steve Riley
Assistant Division Administrator
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
402-471-5420
sriley@ngpc.state.ne.us

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Arkansas Conservation Partnership
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arkansas
Summary:: The partnership is a unique force, combining the strengths of federal, state and local organizations along with educational institutions, to help preserve and protect The Natural State.
Website:: www.ar.nrcs.usda.gov/partnerships/
Contact:: Kalven L. Trice
State Conservationist
USDA/NRCS
(501) 301-3100
kalven.trice@ar.usda.gov

Project Name:: Woodlands Trail and Park, Inc.
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:: As an American Heritage Rivers “Keystone” projects for Louisiana, Woodlands Trail and Park, Inc. is uniting the river communities of Orleans and Plaquemines Parish with a series of greenways.
Website:: www.woodlandstrail.com
Contact:: Katie Brasted
President
Woodlands Trail and Park, Inc.
(504) 433-4000
woodlandstrail@aol.com

Project Name:: Fire-affected Community Restoration and Recovery
Location:: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary:: Volunteer Task Force provides opportunities for volunteers to participate in ecological restoration and citizen science projects that benefit fire- and drought-affected communities in the Southwest.
Website:: www.volunteertaskforce.org/VTF%20Home.htm
Contact:: John Hogan
Physical Scientist
U. S. Geological Survey
505-662-1963
john_hogan@usgs.gov

Far West

Project Name:: Suisun Marsh Managed Wetlands Enhancement Project
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Thanks to a major NAWCA grant, the Suisun Marsh Managed Wetlands Enhancement Project will help enhance and restore water quality at one of California's largest and most important natural wetlands.
Contact:: Steve Chappell
Executive Director
Suisun Resource Conservation District
707-425-9302
SRCD@Direcway.com

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:: San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: The SFBJV is a Bay Area partnership working to protect restore, increase and enhance the wetlands and watersheds of the San Francisco Bay Estuary.
Website:: www.sfbayjv.org
Contact:: Beth Huning
Coordinator
San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
415-883-3854
bhuning@sfbayjv.org

Project Name:: Cathlapotle Plankhouse Project
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: A diverse partnership has built a full-scale cedar plankhouse to interpret the rich natural and cultural heritage preserved on Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.
Website:: www.plankhouse.org
Contact:: Arlene Johnson
Executive Director
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Committee of Vancouver/ Clark County
360-906-0957
director@lewisandclark-clark.org

Project Name:: Upper Klamath Basin Working Group
Location:: Far West: California, Oregon
Summary:: A community stakeholder group created by Senator Mark O. Hatfield in 1996 to develop consensus solutions to complex agricultural and endangered species issues associated with water allocations.
Website:: www.fs.fed.us/r6/frewin/projects/ukbwg/
Contact:: Mark Stern
Director, Klamath Basin Conservation Area
The Nature Conservancy
503-802-8100
mstern@tnc.org

Project Name:: Kendall Jackson Wine Estates, Ltd. (KJWE)
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: A cooperative agreement that centers on the establishment and long-term management of vineyard lands in a manner that will minimize any adverse affects on the California Tiger Salamander.
Contact:: Steve Henry
Assistant Field Supervisor Ventura Office
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
805-644-1766 x307
Steve_Henry@fws.gov

Project Name:: Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Sawtooth Society
Location:: Far West: Idaho
Summary:: Preserving and protecting remaining open space, and enhancing recreation facilities and services, while considering the needs and interests of the local community.
Contact:: Robert Hayes
Executive Director
Sawtooth Society
208-387-0852
sawtoothsociety@sawtoothsociety.com

Current Conservation Programs