A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Old Inlet Terrapin Habitat Enhancement Project
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Delaware
Summary:: The goal of the Old Inlet Terrapin Habitat Enhancement Project is to restore nesting habitat for the Northern Diamond-backed Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin).
Website:: www.coastalamerica.gov
Contact:: MQ Riding
Director of Communications
Conectiv Energy
302-451-5528
mq.riding@conectiv.com

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:: Living Learning Collaborative
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Massachusetts
Summary:: Education that brings out the greatness in each of us in harmony with Life on Earth
Contact:: Mary Beth Merritt
Director

(413) 528-4262 x12345
fourwindsfarmgb@aol.com

Southeastern

Project Name:: Jupiter Inlet Natural Area
Location:: Southeastern: Florida
Summary:: BLM works with federal, county, municipal, educational and non-profit groups to manage a key regional landmark in northern Palm Beach County.
Contact:: Richard Walesky
Director
Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Management
561-233-2400
rwalesky@co.palm-beach.fl.us

Project Name:: Enid Lake
Location:: Southeastern: Mississippi
Summary:: The SWMA is a project to preserve a wetland habitat for plant, fish, and wildlife species, including endangered species, which are provided a protected environment for reproduction and feeding.
Website:: www.mvk.usace.army.mil/lakes/enidlake/main.php?page=mainContent
Contact:: Billy J. Samuels
Resource Manager
Corps of Engineers
(662) 563-4571
billy.j.samuels@mvk02.usace.army.mil

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Bete Grise Preserve
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary:: Partners raised funds and applied for grants to buy Bete Grise, a high quality dune swale wetland system. In 2004, two grants were awarded totaling $1,450,000 for 1104 acres.
Website:: hkconserve.com
Contact:: Sue Haralson
Administrator
Houghton Keweenaw Conservation District
906 482-0214
sue.haralson@mi.nacdnet.net

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
Location:: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary:: Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is jointly managed by BLM and the Pueblo de Cochti, with support from county and State partners.
Website:: www.nm.blm.gov/recreation/albuquerque/kasha_katuwe.htm
Contact:: Mr. Donald Suina
Monument Liaison
Pueblo de Cochiti
505-465-2244

Project Name:: Rio Grande Basin Initiative
Location:: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico, Texas
Summary:: The Rio Grande Basin is a highly productive agricultural area, with irrigated agriculture claiming more than 85 percent of its water.
Website:: riogrande.tamu.edu
Contact:: Dr. B.L. Harris
Project Director, Associate Director
Texas Water Resources Institute
979-845-1851
bl-harris@tamu.edu

Project Name:: Rigs-to-Reefs Policy
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Louisiana, Texas, Southeastern: Alabama, Mississippi
Summary:: Rigs-to-Reef Policy encourages offshore oil companies to donate decommissioned rigs for reef-building by reef-associated organisms.
Contact:: Thomas Readinger

Minerals Management Services
202-208-3530
thomas.readinger@mms.gov

Far West

Project Name:: Keizer Rapids Regional Community Park
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: The Keizer Rapids Park demonstrates how the Willamette American Heritage Rivers Initiative works with local partners to provide leverage for projects and build community capacity.
Website:: www.keizer.org/publicworks/Rapids/FactSheet.pdf
Contact:: Mark A. Brown
Willamette River Navigator
BLM
(541) 520-3886
mark_brown@blm.gov

Project Name:: Olaa-Kilauea - Building Bridges by Building Fences
Location:: Far West: Hawaii
Summary:: The partnership uses inmate labor to build fences and conduct other conservation activities.
Website:: hawp.org/Partnerships.php
Contact:: Tanya Rubenstein
Partnership Coordinator
Olaa-Kilauea Partnership
(808) 985-6197
Tanya_Rubenstein@contractor.nps.gov

Project Name:: Chester Creek Rehabilitation Project
Location:: Far West: Alaska
Summary:: An urban town-center development project has made conservation its top priority. The project's partners have restored an important natural resource for the people and animals who call the area “home.”
Contact:: Mark Pfeffer
CEO
Venture Development Group
907-646-4644

Project Name:: Endangered Species Conservation Partnership
Location:: Far West: Hawaii
Summary:: Marine Corps links training maneuvers to conservation by using amphibious assault vehicles to control invasive plant species to help restore the Hawaiian stilt.
Website:: www.fws.gov/endangered/pubs/marines.html
Contact:: Mr. Jeff Mikulina
Director
Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter
808-538-6616
mikulina@lava.net

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:: Private landowners and conservation partners join to protect abandoned farmland
Location:: Far West: Nevada
Summary:: Conservation partners are working to find ways, both vegetative and non-vegetative, to permanently protect farmland soils from wind erosion after irrigation water is removed.
Website:: www.nv.nrcs.usda.gov
Contact:: Liz Warner
Public Affairs Specialist
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
(775) 857-8500 x 105
liz.warner@nv.usda.gov

Project Name:: Southern Nevada Agency Partnership Project (SNAPP)
Location:: Far West: Nevada
Summary:: Partners have formed interagency program areas and interagency teams around strategic goals, resulting in successful on-the-ground projects.
Website:: www.publiclands.unlv.edu/whatwedo.html
Contact:: Angie Lara
Associate Field Manager
Bureau of Land Management
702-515-5025
angie_lara@blm.gov

Project Name:: Upper Deschutes Resource Management Plan
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Resource Management Plan was developed and consensus was reached between rancher advocates and environmental groups on a grazing matrix that categorizes allotments for use.
Website:: www5.or.blm.gov/Prineville/Deschutes_RMP/Home.htm
Contact:: Teal Purrington
Project Manager
Bureau of Land Management, Prineville District
541-416-6772
tpurring@or.blm.gov

Project Name:: West Coast Collaborative
Location:: Far West: Alaska, California, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: Partnership between leaders from federal, state, and local government, the private sector, and environmental groups committed to reducing diesel emissions along the West Coast.
Website:: www.westcoastcollaborative.org
Contact:: Dennis McLerran
Executive Director
Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
206-689-4004
dennism@pscleanair.org

National

Project Name:: Freeport LNG Conservation Easement
Location:: National
Summary:: 77+ acre wetland held for mitigation on LNG facility development, preserving key wetland habitat from further encroachment and to educate the public on the importance of wetland areas
Contact:: Darrell H. Schwebel
President
Cradle of Texas Conservancy, Inc.
(979)285-2173
dhschwebel@dow.com

Project Name:: Native American Fish and Wildlife Society (Society)
Location:: National
Summary:: The Society exists for the protection, conservation and enhancement of Native American fish & wildlife resources.
Website:: www.nafws.org/
Contact:: Ira New Breast
Executive Director
Native American Fish and Wildlife Society
303-466-1725
iranb@nafws.org

Current Conservation Programs