Cooperative Conservation Amreica
A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic
Project Name:
Windbreak and Air Quality
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania
Summary:
Demonstration sites have been created in Pennsylvania to evaluate the effects of windbreaks on odors coming from poultry, dairy and swine operations.
Contact:
Richard Shockey
Resource Conservationist
Natural Resources Conservation Service
717-237-2217
richard.shockey@pa.usda.gov
Project Name:
Nitrogen Control Program, Long Island Sound
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York, Connecticut
Summary:
79 Connecticut municipal wastewater discharges reduced nitrogen levels in LIS through an innovative nitrogen-trading program to save over $200,000,000 over traditional permitting.
Website:
www.dep.state.ct.us/wtr/lis/nitrocntr/nitindex.htm
Contact:
Gary R. Johnson, P.E.
Senior Environmental Engineer
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
860-424-3754
gary.johnson@po.state.ct.us
Project Name:
Round Ball Mountain
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:
The Conservancy will acquire Round Ball Mountain and manage it for wildlife habitat, public recreation, and as an outdoor classroom.
Website:
www.clctrust.org
Contact:
Marissa Codey
Project Manager
Columbia Land Conservancy
518-392-5252
marissa@clctrust.org
Southeastern
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
Midwest/Northern High Plains
Project Name:
Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland College
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wisconsin
Summary:
In the spirit of Sigurd F. Olson, we facilitate solutions to environmental problems through education, research and citizen involvement.
Website:
www.northland.edu/soei
Contact:
Claudia Curran
Public Relations Manager
Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
715-682-1678
ccurran@northland.edu
Project Name:
Michigan Conservation Stewards Program
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary:
This program delivers high quality, locally based education to create an informed citizenry who will practice community-based volunteer conservation management activities.
Contact:
Heather Van Den Berg
Program Manager

(517) 432-5037
vanden64@msu.edu
Project Name:
Creating, Protecting, and Restoring Kansas Wetlands and Streams
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Kansas
Summary:
Partnership is a non-governmental, non-political, locally-driven group that implements sound plans to address Kansas wetland, stream, and riparian area water quality and habitat concerns.
Website:
www.kaws.org/
Contact:
Tim Christian
State Coordinator
The Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams, Inc. (KAWS)
620-241-3636
tchristian@kaws.org
Project Name:
Mapping Invasive Leafy Spurge with Remote Sensing
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: North Dakota
Summary:
This partnership develops remote sensing and modeling for detecting, mapping, and predicting infestations of leafy spurge on the Northern Great Plains.
Contact:
Susan Stitt
Physical Scientist
U. S. Geological Survey
303-202-4351
susan_stitt@usgs.gov
Project Name:
Partners of the USDA Forest Service Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:
The Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center was built through partnerships and works with a diversity of tribes, partner groups and volunteers to deliver world class education and interpretive programs.
Website:
www.fs.fed.us/r1/lewisclark/lcic/
Contact:
Jane Weber
Center Director
Lewis & Clark National Forest, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center
(406) 727-8733
jweber@fs.fed.us
South-Central/South-West
Project Name:
Diablo Trust/Diablo Canyon Rural Planning Area
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:
With a goal to provide a model for other rural communities across Arizona, and the West, the project has produced innovative planning methods to help protect the economic value of ranchlands.
Website:
www.diablotrust.org
Contact:
Hadassah Holland Ziegler
Administrative & Program Manager
The Diablo Trust
928-523-0588
info@diablotrust.org
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:
Los Caminos Antiguos Byways Partnership
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:
Partners are using the byway to preserve and protect cultural diversity; facilitate economic community development; and to preserve and protect the land and water.
Website:
www.loscaminos.com/
Contact:
Ann Marie Velaquez
Executive Director
Los Caminos Antiguos Scenic and Historic Byway
719-376-5225
annvel@amigo.net
Project Name:
New Mexico Habitat Stamp Program
Location:
South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary:
Directly engaged the public in planning for $10 million in habitat restoration on 380,000 acres and 506 water sources on public lands.
Contact:
Don DeLorenzo
Director
Wildlife, Fish and Rare Plants, USDA Forest Service
505-842-3260
ddelorenzo@fs.fed.us
Far West
Project Name:
Saving Willamette Valley Species with CPR
Location:
Far West: Oregon
Summary:
The Cross Program Recovery Initiative (CPR) Initiative focuses on 11 listed and unlisted species where significant recovery is achievable over the next five years.
Contact:
Vicki Finn
Fisheries Restoration and Recovery Team Leader
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(503) 872-2763
vicki_finn@fws.gov
Project Name:
Metropolitan Greenspaces Program
Location:
Far West: Washington, Oregon
Summary:
This program supports environmental education, habitat restoration and protection, environmental planning, and ecological studies throughout an urban greenspaces system.
Website:
www.fws.gov/pacific/oregonfwo/greenspaces/gs-UrbanConservation.htm
Contact:
Jim Desmond
Senior Director
Metro Regional Parks and Greenspaces
(503) 797-1850
desmondj@metro.dst.or.us
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:
Ridge to Reef Conservation in the Pacific Islands, Hawaii
Location:
Far West: Hawaii
Summary:
Restoration of the Hanalei River Basin, with more than 30 endangered species, that is being impacted by pollution and sedimentation transported into offshore marine ecosystems.
Contact:
Bill Steiner
Center Director
U. S. Geological Survey
808-956-5691
bill_Steiner@usgs.gov
Project Name:
Science Used to Strengthen Protection of Hawaiian Reef Fishes
Location:
Far West: Hawaii
Summary:
The Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative Research Program conducts research and monitoring to provide managers needed information to preserve and protect the state’s coral reef ecosystems.
Website:
www.hawaii.edu/ssri/hcri/
Contact:
Michael Hammett
Director
HCRI-RP
808-956-7479
mhamnett@rcuh.com
National
Project Name:
CF Industries National Watershed Award
Location:
National
Summary:
The CF Industries National Watershed Award recognizes outstanding community watershed protection efforts. The award focuses on innovative, non-regulatory approaches to improving water quality.
Website:
cfindustries.com/commrelations/watershed/watershed.htm
Contact:
Jesus I Peralta
Public Affairs Office
CF Industries
202.371.9279
jperalta@cfindustries.com
Project Name:
Tools and Techniques for Assessing the Risk of Aquatic Invaders
Location:
National
Summary:
The partnership has developed a dynamic alert system that helps natural resource managers manage the impact of invasive species on native species and habitats.
Website:
nas.er.usgs.gov
Contact:
Sharon K. Gross
Program Coordinator
U.S. Geological Survey
703-648-4076
sgross@usgs.gov

 

 

Current Conservation Programs

Home | About CCA | Contact | Donate | Become a Member of LandCAN | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy
©2017 Land Conservation Assistance Network. All rights reserved.