| Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic |
| Project Name: | GIS Environmental Master Plan
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| Location: | Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania
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| Summary: | Assisting Smaller Communities with environmental remediation, land use planning, and other activities by supplying GIS data and technical expertise.
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| Website: | www.pagis.org |
| Contact: | Alex Rogers
Navigator
Upper Susquehanna American Heritage River
570-826-6340 arogers@epix.net
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| Project Name: | Sterling Forest
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| Location: | Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Vermont
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| Summary: | Headwaters to Sterling Falls Gorge protected by 2,150-acre land purchase by Friends of Sterling Valley and the Sterling Falls Gorge Natural Area Trust.
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| Contact: | Gar Anderson
(802) 253-9035 gander07@realtor.com
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| Project Name: | Connecticut Lakes Headwaters Partnership
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| Location: | Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Hampshire
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| Summary: | In northern New Hampshire 171,000 acres of forestland were purchased to enhance recreational opportunities and benefit the local economy through sustainable forestry.
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| Website: | www.tpl.org |
| Contact: | Tom Sadler
Director of Program Development
Trust for Public Land
202-543-7552 tom.sadler@tpl.org
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| Project Name: | Habitat Restoration in the Casco Bay Watershed
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| Location: | Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
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| Summary: | The Casco Bay Estuary Partnership ensures ecological integrity and compatible human uses for the Bay's resources through public stewardship and effective management.
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| Website: | www.cascobay.usm.maine.edu |
| Contact: | Karen Young
Director
Casco Bay Estuary Partnership
207-780-4820 kyoung@usm.maine.edu
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| Southeastern |
| Project Name: | Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science in Tampa Bay
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| Location: | Southeastern: Florida
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| Summary: | Scientists collaborate across disciplines to acquire scientific data on Tampa Bay that will help managers conserve and protect its resources.
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| Website: | gulfsci.usgs.gov/tampabay |
| Contact: | Holly Greening
Senior Scientist
Tampa Bay Estuary Program
727-893-2765 hgreening@tbep.org
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| Project Name: | NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program
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| Location: | Southeastern: North Carolina
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| Summary: | A nationally recognized program for its efforts to restore, enhance and protect the environment and foster responsible economic growth.
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| Website: | www.nceep.net |
| Contact: | Bill Gilmore
Director
NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program
917-715-1412 bill.gilmore@ncmail.net
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| Midwest/Northern High Plains |
| Project Name: | Missouri SWCD/NRCS Partnership
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| Location: | Midwest/Northern High Plains: Missouri
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| Summary: | Missouri NRCS' partnership with local soil and water conservation districts is tops in reducing soil erosion and protecting water quality.
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| Contact: | Roger A. Hansen
State Conservationist
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
573-876-0901 roger.hansen@mo.usda.gov
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| Project Name: | Conservation Security Program in the St. Joseph Watershed
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| Location: | Midwest/Northern High Plains: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio
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| Summary: | The Conservation Security Program in the St. Joseph watershed rewards agricultural landowners for superior conservation and stewardship practices.
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| Website: | www.mi.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/cspstjoe.html |
| Contact: | Robin Ryan
District Administrator
Hillsdale County Conservation District
517-849-9890 x 191 robin.ryan@mi.nacdnet.net
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| Project Name: | Muddy Creek Coordinated Resource Management Project
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| Location: | Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming
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| Summary: | Muddy Creek project raised $2 million for habitat restoration to address natural resource management issues.
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| Contact: | Larry Hicks
Natural Resource Coordinator
Little Snake River Conservation District
307-383-7869 lsrcd@yahoo.com
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| South-Central/South-West |
| Project Name: | Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Texas
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| 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.
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| Website: | www.betterbay.org/html/home.html |
| Contact: | Scott Aspelin
Environmental Affairs Compliance Coordinator
Port of Houston Authority
713-670-2589 saspelin@poha.com
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| Project Name: | Canyon De Chelly National Monument
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Arizona
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| Summary: | Canyon De Chelley National Monument is an early example of shared stewardship between the National Park Service and the Navajo Nation.
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| Contact: | Scott Travis
Superintendent, Canyon De Chelley National Monument
National Park Service
928-674-5500 ext 224
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| Project Name: | Greater Ruidoso Area Wildland Urban Interface Group (GRAWUIG)
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
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| Summary: | Through collaboration and cooperation among its diverse members, GRAWUIG has improved over 22,000 acres, and developed a Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
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| Contact: | Jose M. Martinez
Forest Supervisor
USDA Forest Service
505-434-7200 jmmartinez@fs.fed.us
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| Project Name: | Public access management as an adaptive wildlife management tool
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Colorado
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| Summary: | Developing an adaptive management approach to understand and address impacts of motor vehicle traffic and growing elk population on declining Gunnison Sage Grouse population.
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| Contact: | Raymond D. Watts
Research Scientist
U. S. Geological Survey
970-226-9378 rwatts@usgs.gov
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| Project Name: | Valles Caldera National Preserve
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
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| Summary: | The goal is to preserve the working landscape and protect the biological, geologic, recreational, and cultural resources of the region.
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| Website: | www.vallescaldera.gov |
| Contact: | Julie Grey
Communications Manager
Valles Caldera National Preserve
(505) 661-3333 jgrey@vallescaldera.gov
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| Far West |
| Project Name: | Metropolitan Greenspaces Program
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| Location: | Far West: Washington, Oregon
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| Summary: | This program supports environmental education, habitat restoration and protection, environmental planning, and ecological studies throughout an urban greenspaces system.
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| 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
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| Project Name: | Fish Friendly Farming Environmental Certification
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| Location: | Far West: California
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| Summary: | The FFF program integrates economic use of farmland with the production of environmental benefits. The land manager is the central figure in achieving and sustaining environmental improvements.
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| Website: | www.fishfriendlyfarming.org |
| Contact: | Laurel Marcus
Executive Director
California Land Stewardship Institute
510 832 3101 laurelm@ix.netcom.com
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| Project Name: | Columbia River Basin Restoration Collaboration
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| Location: | Far West: Washington, Oregon
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| Summary: | Strategies from 58 locally-developed subbasin plans will guide off-site federal hydropower mitigation funding to protect and restore fish and wildlife.
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| Contact: | Doug Marker
Fish and Wildlife Division Director
Northwest Power and Conservation Council
503-222-5161 dmarker@nwcouncil.org
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| Project Name: | Community-Based Alliance for Training and Sustainable Stewardship
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| Location: | Far West: Oregon
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| Summary: | A partnership between the Alliance of Forest Workers and Harvesters and Lomakatsi Restoration Project to link worker training with on-the-ground project implementation in ecological restoration.
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| Contact: | Denise Smith
Director
Alliance of Forest Workers & Harvesters
530-629-3353 alliancefwh@pcweb.net
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| Project Name: | Lakeview Stewardship Group
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| Location: | Far West: Oregon
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| Summary: | The group seeks to develop new restoration-oriented management goals for the Lakeview Stewardship Unit in Fremont Winema National Forest in Lake County Oregon.
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| Website: | www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/lakeview.html |
| Contact: | Jim Walls
Executive Director
Lake County Resources Initiative
(541) 947-5461 jwalls@gooselake.com
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| Project Name: | Northern Nevada Stewardship Group
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| Location: | Far West: Nevada
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| Summary: | Sagebrush ecosystem restoration and sustainable mining.
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| Contact: | Helen Hankins
BLM Field Manager
Bureau of Land Management
775-753-0200 Helen_Hankins@nv.blm.gov
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