A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Nanticoke Watershed Initiative
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maryland
Summary:: The Conservation Fund developed a vision for protecting and interpreting the natural, cultural and recreational resources of the Nanticoke Watershed.
Website:: www.conservationfund.org
Contact:: Keith O'Connor
Associate
The Conservation Fund
703-525-6300
koconnor@drhorne.com

Project Name:: Conserving Maryland’s Threatened Bog Turtle
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maryland
Summary:: The Partnership is working with private farmers and landowners to help recover the threatened bog turtle.
Website:: www.bogturtles.org
Contact:: Tim Male
Senior Ecologist
Environmental Defense
2023873500
tmale@ed.org

Project Name:: Willow Living Snow Fence
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: Willow living snow fences effectively trap drifting and blowing snow. They reduce vehicular accidents and consumption of winter resources, beautify the countryside and increase biodiversity.
Website:: www.esf.edu/willow
Contact:: Mary Brophy
Environmental Specialist II
NYS DOT
607-721-8138
mbrophy@dot.state.ny.us

Project Name:: Kirkwood Farm Protection Project
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania
Summary:: A collaboration between Willistown Conservation Trust, Delchester, Group, Inc., PA DCNR, Chester County, Willistown Township and 11 community lenders to permanently protect 324 priority acres.
Website:: www.wctrust.org
Contact:: Betsy Block
Director of Development
Willistown Conservation Trust
610-353-2562
bhb@wctrust.org

Project Name:: Octoraro Creek Watershed Restoration and Protection
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania, Southeastern: Florida
Summary:: Restoration project focuses on wetlands and streams owned by Older Order Amish, and assists these watershed stakeholders through educational outreach to create sustainable farms and farm practices.
Website:: www.owanet.com
Contact:: Pat Fasano
Secretary
Octararo Creek Watershed Association
717-529-2132
owa1@epix.net

Southeastern

Project Name:: Land Conservation Works in Augusta, Georgia
Location:: Southeastern: Georgia
Summary:: Through partnerships with governmental, private, corporate, and non-profit orgs, this partnership is building a successful land conservation movement in Augusta, GA
Website:: www.csrlt.org
Contact:: Hazel Langrall
Program Manager
Central Savannah River Land Trust
(706) 312-5263
hazel@csrlt.org

Project Name:: South Florida Ecosystem Restoration
Location:: Southeastern: Florida
Summary:: Governments, Tribes, NGO’s and others cooperate to restore the Everglades while addressing water supply and flood control needs of rapidly developing region.
Website:: www.sfrestore.org
Contact:: Greg May
Office of the Executive Director
South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
305-348-1665
gmay@sfrestore.org

Project Name:: Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Programmatic Safe Harbor
Location:: Southeastern: South Carolina
Summary:: Safe Harbor agreement was established in South Carolina to address landowner concerns and to provide sufficient assurances to engage them in woodpecker habitat conservation.
Contact:: Michael Bean
Sr. Attorney, Ecosystems Program
Environmental Defense
202-387-3500 ext. 3312
michael_bean@environmentaldefense.org

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Kankakee Sands Restoration Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Indiana
Summary:: The Kankakee Sands Restoration works with state and federal partners to re-connect 4 protected pristine areas in Newton County, thereby restoring a large segment of native prairie to Indiana.
Website:: www.nature.org/indiana
Contact:: Chip O'Leary
Kankakee Sands Project Director
The Nature Conservancy
(219) 285-2184
co'leary@tnc.org

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Inter-agency coordination effort restores key commercial navigation channel, using dredged materials to create two islands and over 4,000 acres of wetlands in Galveston bay.
Website:: www.betterbay.org/html/home.html
Contact:: Scott Aspelin
Environmental Affairs Compliance Coordinator
Port of Houston Authority
713-670-2589
saspelin@poha.com

Project Name:: Salt Cedar Brush Management
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Texas Landowners with federal cost-share funds are eradicating Salt Cedar in sections of the Canadian River to increase flow and benefit listed fish species.
Website:: www.crmwa.com/news13ars.htm
Contact:: Norman Bade
Assistant State Conservationist (Programs)
USDA-NRCS
254-742-9800
Norman.Bade@tx.usda.gov

Project Name:: Ponderosa Pine Forest Partnership
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: The partnership aims to improve the health of the ponderosa pine forest and support the private timber industry, a key component of the local economy in Montezuma county.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/ponderosa.html
Contact:: Carla Harper
Coordinator
Ponderosa Pine Forest Partnership
(970) 565-6061
charper@co.montezuma.co.us

Project Name:: Red Cliffs Desert Reserve
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Utah
Summary:: The reserve provides habitat and protection for the threatened Mojave Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizi) under Washington County’s habitat conservation plan.
Website:: www.redcliffsdesertreserve.com
Contact:: Bill Mader
Administrator
Red Cliffs Desert Reserve
(435) 634-5759
info@redcliffsdesertreserve.com

Project Name:: Restoration of the San Jacinto State Battlefield
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: The Texas Coastal Wetlands Corporate Partnership seeks to restore the coastal prairie, coastal forest, and the marshes of the San Jacinto State Battlefield.
Website:: www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/sanjac/marshtour.phtml
Contact:: John Bowie
Project Manager
Duke Energy Gas Transmission
713-989-8345
jfbowie@duke-energy.com

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:: Calapooia River, Improving Water Quality and Aquatic Habitat
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Assessing riparian function and water quality in agricultural and forestry settings to promote natural resource management to improve water quality and aquatic habitat in the Calapooia River.
Contact:: Stephen Schoenholtz
Professor
Oregon State University
541.737.9112
Stephen.Schoenholtz@oregonstate.edu

Project Name:: Mercury contamination in San Francisco Bay
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Assessment of mercury contamination in mud flat sediments associated with salt pond restoration.
Website:: www.werc.usgs.gov/index.html
Contact:: Dr. A. Keith Miles
Principal Investigator
US Geological Survey
530-752-5365
keith_miles@usgs.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

National

Project Name:: National Marine Sanctuary Program
Location:: National
Summary:: The NMSP has 11 Advisory Councils that provide advice on education, outreach, research, science, regulations, enforcement, and management planning to protect marine resources.
Website:: www.sanctuaries.noaa.gov/welcome.html
Contact:: Karen Brubeck
National Advisory Council Coordinator
National Marine Sanctuary Program
206-842-6084
Karen.Brubeck@noaa.gov

Project Name:: USGS Responds to the Emergence of Infectious Disease
Location:: National
Summary:: This partnership identifies emerging wildlife diseases, such as Type E botulism, amphibian and coral reef diseases, tularemia in rabbits, and exotic parasites of endangered fishes.
Contact:: Rick Kearney
Program Coordinator
U. S. Geological Survey
703-648-4019
rkearney@usgs.gov

Current Conservation Programs