Cooperative Conservation Amreica
A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic
Project Name: Shoreline Stabilization in Chesapeake Bay Area
Location: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maryland
Summary: A partnership to stop shoreline erosion at Patuxent River Naval Air Station is meeting Navy facility needs while advancing the restoration of Chesapeake Bay.
Contact: Mark Rose
Coordinator
Southern Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Board
443-482-2910 somdrcd@verizon.net
 
Project Name: Habitat Restoration in the Casco Bay Watershed
Location: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary: The Casco Bay Estuary Partnership ensures ecological integrity and compatible human uses for the Bay's resources through public stewardship and effective management.
Website: www.cascobay.usm.maine.edu
Contact: Karen Young
Director
Casco Bay Estuary Partnership
207-780-4820 kyoung@usm.maine.edu
 
Southeastern
Project Name: Disney Wilderness Preserve Partnership
Location: Southeastern: Florida
Summary: An innovative partnership to restore and protect natural wetland and upland communities affected by past drainage operations, lumbering and cattle ranching.
Website: www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/florida/preserves
Contact: Robert Mindick
Education and Community Outreach Program Manager
The Nature Conservancy
407-935-0002 rmindick@tnc.org
 
Midwest/Northern High Plains
Project Name: Confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers
Location: Midwest/Northern High Plains: North Dakota
Summary: Conservation organizations and landowners partnered to acquire 1,465 acres bordering the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers, located in McKenzie County, northwestern North Dakota.
Website: www.ndnrt.com/pdf/WRP_projects.pdf
Contact: Jennifer Heglund
ASTC(Programs)
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
701-530-2095 jennifer.heglund@nd.usda.gov
 
Project Name: Iowa Buffer Team
Location: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Iowa
Summary: A unique group of public and private partners joined forces to promote the establishment of buffers on agricultural lands.
Website: www.treesforever.org
Contact: Shannon Ramsay

Trees Forever
319-373-0650 sramsay@treesforever.org
 
Project Name: Careless Creek Watershed
Location: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary: The successful, voluntary participation of landowners and community groups represents the careful balance between irrigated agricultural production, water use and conservation.
Website: www.epa.gov/owow/nps/Section319III/mt.HTM
Contact: Alice Wolff

Lower Musselshell Conservation District
406-323-2103 x101 alice.wolff@mt.nacdnet.net
 
Project Name: Yaak Valley Forest Council
Location: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary: The Council seeks to protect the last remaining roadless cores in the Yaak Valley, support the development of a sustainable local economy, and encourage dialogue among polarized groups.
Website: www.yaakvalley.org
Contact: Robyn King
Executive Director
Yaak Valley Forest Council
(406) 295-9736 info@yaakvalley.org
 
South-Central/South-West
Project Name: Partnerships for Bat Conservation
Location: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary: Targeted conservation efforts involving a diverse array of partners are protecting bats and their habitats in caves and mines.
Website: www.batcon.org
Contact: Dr. Merlin Tuttle
President and Founder
Bat Conservation International
512-327-9721 mtuttle@batcon.org
 
Project Name: Sonoita Valley Planning Partnership
Location: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary: Disparate and previously conflicted interests collaborated to develop a watershed-wide plan to promote ecological health, leading to the creation of the Las Cienegas National Recreation Area.
Website: www.sonoran.org/programs/si_sdep_sonoita.html
Contact: Jeff Williamson
CEO/President
Arizona Zoological Society, Phoenix Zoo
602-914-4325 jwilliamson@thephxzoo.com
 
Project Name: Bayou Bartholomew Alliance
Location: South-Central/South-West: Arkansas
Summary: The Alliance is introducing a market-based environmental assets program to support improving stream ecosystem quality.
Website: www.arkansas.gov/bba
Contact: Ronnie Ulmer

The Nature Conservancy
318-412-0472 rulmer@tnc.org
 
Project Name: Owl Mountain Partnership (OMP)
Location: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary: A community based, collaborative partnership to create and implement a regional land-use ethic and demonstrate sustainable resource management on a landscape scale.
Website: www.northpark.org/owlmtn/
Contact: Jerry Jack
Project Manager
Owl Mountain Partnership
970-723-0020 carol.brown@state.co.us
 
Project Name: Preserving the Desert Foothills
Location: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary: The Desert Foothills Land Trust is launching a five-year, public-private partnership to preserve some of the most ecologically and archaeologically important areas in the Phoenix Metro area.
Website: www.dflt.org
Contact: Michael Rigney
Executive Director
Desert Foothills Land Trust
480-488-6131 mrigney@dflt.org
 
Far West
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: Bighorn Sheep Restoration in North America
Location: Far West: California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington
Summary: Through research, habitat enhancements, and translocations, bighorn sheep have been restored to much of their native range. Their numbers have been increased from below 50,000 to over 200,000.
Website: www.fnaws.org
Contact: Raymond Lee
President
Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (FNAWS)
(307) 527-6261 rlee@fnaws.org
 
Project Name: Restoring the Deschutes River
Location: Far West: Oregon
Summary: The Deschutes River Conservancy works with farmers, communities, agencies, and various organizations to voluntarily restore the Deschutes River.
Website: www.deschutesrc.org
Contact: Tod Heisler
Executive Director
Deschutes River Conservancy
541- 382-4077 tod@deschutesrc.org
 
Project Name: Brake Pad Partnership
Location: Far West: California
Summary: Working together, the Partners are developing the science needed to understand the potential role of automobile brake pads in surface water quality and develop responses as needed.
Website: www.suscon.org/brakepad/index.asp
Contact: Connie Liao
Project Manager
Sustainable Conservation
415-977-0380 x336 cliao@suscon.org
 
Project Name: Codornices Creek Watershed Restoration Action Plan -- CCWRAP
Location: Far West: California
Summary: Goals are to re-establish a viable Oncorhynchus mykiss (steelhead) population in Codornices Creek by creating and sustaining a science and community based watershed protection and restoration program.
Website: www.urbancreeks.org
Contact: Emma B.L. Gutzler
Restoration Coordinator
Urban Creeks Council
510.540.6669 ucc_staff@urbancreeks.org
 
Project Name: Cox Creek Cooperative Weed Management Area
Location: Far West: Oregon
Summary: Partners collaborating to control Portuguese Broom, a noxious weed. Weed Management Area includes the coordination of 35 different landowners, including private, federal, state and county.
Contact: Glen Brady
Project Manager
Douglas Soil and Water Conservation District
541-957-5061 glen.brady@oacd.org
 
Project Name: Spokane District Packer Creek Hydrolic Restoration Project
Location: Far West: Washington
Summary: Partners worked together to restore the hydrology and associated wetland complexes of Packer Creek, while still maintaining livestock forage production, wildlife habitat and watershed needs.
Contact: Todd Thompson
Wildlife Biologist
Bureau of Land Management, Spokane District
509-536-1241 Todd_Thompson@blm.gov
 
National
Project Name: Cooperative Community-Based Habitat Restoration
Location: National
Summary: The partnership provides the framework for FishAmerica, NOAA and local organizations to restore marine and anadromous fish habitat by providing necessary technical and financial support.
Website: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/projects_programs/crp/partners/fishamerica.html
Contact: Johanna Laderman
Managing Director
FishAmerica
703-519-9691 jladerman@asafishing.org