Cooperative Conservation Amreica
A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic
Project Name:
Vermont Family Forests Community Forests Project
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Vermont
Summary:
The Vermont Family Forests Partnership has created The Little Hogback Community Forest LLC, made up of 16 area residents who will collectively own and manage a 115-acre, conserved forest in VT.
Website:
www.familyforests.org
Contact:
Deb Brighton
Project Leader
Vermont Family Forests
802-453-7728
info@familyforests.org
Project Name:
Lick Run Project - Chancellorsville, VA
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:
After a year-long struggle to prevent the upzoning of land connected with the 1863 battle of Chancellorsville, preservation groups joined forces with local government to create a battlefield park.
Website:
www.chancellorsville.org
Contact:
Jim Campi
Policy and Communications Director
Civil War Preservation Trust
202-367-1861
jcampi@civilwar.org
Project Name:
Creating a Natural Resource Plan for Philipstown NY
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:
The natural resource protection plan will include an inventory of existing natural resources in Philipstown, identify protection goals and present implementation strategies to achieve those goals.
Website:
www.hhlt.org
Contact:
Andrew Chmar
Executive Director
Hudson Highlands Land Trust
(845) 424-3358
andrew.chmar@hhlt.org
Southeastern
Project Name:
Catawba River Streambank Conservation Easements
Location:
Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:
An unprecedented, voluntary effort by Crescent Resources, LLC is protecting nearly 200 miles of stream banks in North Carolina and South Carolina.
Website:
www.duke-energy.com/news/releases/2001/may/2001052303.html
Contact:
Kathryn Blanchard

Crescent Resources, LLC
7043763434
kblanchard@crown-com.com
Project Name:
Culebra Habitat Restoration Project
Location:
Southeastern: Puerto Rico
Summary:
The Culebra Mayor is working with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Partners Program on mangrove restoration and using Housing and Urban Develpment funds to restore downtown sea side areas.
Contact:
Silmarie Padron
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program Coordinator
US Fish and Wildlife Service
787-851-7297
silmarie_padron@fws.gov
Project Name:
NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program
Location:
Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:
A nationally recognized program for its efforts to restore, enhance and protect the environment and foster responsible economic growth.
Website:
www.nceep.net
Contact:
Bill Gilmore
Director
NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program
917-715-1412
bill.gilmore@ncmail.net
Midwest/Northern High Plains
Project Name:
Wildlife Forever – Minnesota Twins Bass Fishing Classic
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota
Summary:
The Wildlife Forever - Minnesota Twins Bass Fishing Classic raises funds for natural resource conservation and youth education projects while promoting the conservation of Twin Cities Metro lakes.
Website:
www.wildlifeforever.org
Contact:
Pete Wuebker
Director of Marketing
Wildlife Forever
763-253-0222
pwuebker@wildlifeforever.org
Project Name:
Action Teams for the Environment
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary:
The Action Team Project assists college students in developing an awareness of environmental issues. Students build the skills necessary to take action on environmental/conservation issues.
Contact:
Lynn Dominguez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

(989) 774-7305
domin1la@cmich.edu
Project Name:
Little River Drainage Fish Passage Restoration Project
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Kansas, South-Central/South-West: Oklahoma
Summary:
Timber companies and the OK Dept. of Wildlife Conservation are currently working on fish passage for the threatened leopard darter and the Ouachita shiner (species of concern).
Contact:
Brent Bristow
Oklahoma Fishery Resources Office
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
580-384-5710
Brent_Bristow@fws.gov
South-Central/South-West
Project Name:
White Mountain Apache Tribe
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:
The White Mountain Apache Tribe has created innovative strategies for balancing economic development and resource conservation.
Contact:
John Caid
Director, Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation Division
White Mountain Apache Tribe
928-338-4385
JohnCaid@wmat.nsn.us
Project Name:
New Mexico Collaborative Watershed Projects
Location:
South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary:
The New Mexico Collaborative Watershed Projects are cooperative community based efforts to improve water quality in New Mexico.
Contact:
Sarah Walen
Senior Mediator
Meridian Institute
970-513-8340 ext. 221
skwalen@merid.org
Project Name:
Cimarron Watershed Alliance
Location:
South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary:
The Alliance seeks to improve and maintain both the quality and quantity of water in the Cimarron watershed through collaborative community activities involving all stakeholders.
Website:
www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/cimarron.html
Contact:
Jim Hollis
Cimarron River Water Master
New Mexico Office of the State Engineer and the Interstate Stream Commission
(505) 376-2918
cimwater@cimarron.springercoop.com
Project Name:
Diablo Trust
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:
The purpose of the Diablo Trust is to maintain Diablo Trust ranches as long-term, economically viable enterprises managed in harmony with the natural environment and the broader community.
Website:
www.diablotrust.org
Contact:
Hadassah Holland
Administrative and Program Manager
Diablo Trust
(928) 523-0588
info@diablotrust.org
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
Far West
Project Name:
Soap Lake Science and Community Collaborative
Location:
Far West: Washington
Summary:
Science and education are bridging environmental goals and community economic development interests for the benefit of a unique natural resource.
Website:
www.thelake.org
Contact:
Jerry Vice
Chair
Soap Lake Conservancy
206-229-2066
gavice@comcast.net
Project Name:
Community-Based Collaboration and Kenai Winter Access Planning
Location:
Far West: Alaska
Summary:
The Chugach National Forest is working with communities using a collaborative learning approach to craft a winter access management plan on the Seward Ranger District of the Kenai Peninsula.
Contact:
Rebecca Talbott
Public Affairs Officer
Chugach National Forest
(907) 743-9508
rtalbott@fs.fed.us
Project Name:
Cosumnes River Preserve
Location:
Far West: California
Summary:
The objective of this effort is to safeguard and restore the Cosumnes River and surrounding habitat, increasing migratory waterfowl populations and providing for agricultural and recreational use.
Website:
www.cosumnes.org
Contact:
Rick Cooper
Manager
Cosumnes River Preserve
(916) 684-2816
Rick_Cooper@ca.blm.gov
Project Name:
Mt. Emily Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Reduction Project
Location:
Far West: Oregon
Summary:
Complementary projects on private and public lands – including stewardship contracting on public lands – reduce fire risks on home sites and forest land.
Contact:
Kurt Wiedenmann
District Ranger
La Grande, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
541-962-8582
kwiedenmann@fs.fed.us
Project Name:
Vegetation in the Central Mojave Desert
Location:
Far West: California
Summary:
Consortium of land managers classifies and maps vegetation distribution in eastern Mojave Desert to manage invasive species, protect habitat, and plan for fires.
Website:
www.mojavedata.gov/
Contact:
Kathryn Thomas
Ecologist
U. S. Geological Survey
928 556-7327
Kathryn_A_Thomas@usgs.gov
National
Project Name:
Presidential Quail Initiative
Location:
National
Summary:
Natural resource management agencies and groups developed a national, habitat-based recovery plan to reverse decline in bobwhite quail populations.
Website:
www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/publications/facts/html/quail04.htm
Contact:
Donald McKenzie
Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative Coordinator
Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative
501-941-7994
wmidm@ipa.net

 

 

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