| Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic |
| Project Name: | Shoreline Stabilization in Chesapeake Bay Area
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| Location: | Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maryland
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| 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.
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| Contact: | Mark Rose
Coordinator
Southern Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Board
443-482-2910 somdrcd@verizon.net
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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: | Disney Wilderness Preserve Partnership
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| Location: | Southeastern: Florida
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| Summary: | An innovative partnership to restore and protect natural wetland and upland communities affected by past drainage operations, lumbering and cattle ranching.
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| 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
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| Midwest/Northern High Plains |
| Project Name: | Confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers
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| Location: | Midwest/Northern High Plains: North Dakota
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| 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.
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| 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
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| Project Name: | Iowa Buffer Team
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| Location: | Midwest/Northern High Plains: Iowa
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| Summary: | A unique group of public and private partners joined forces to promote the establishment of buffers on agricultural lands.
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| Website: | www.treesforever.org |
| Contact: | Shannon Ramsay
Trees Forever
319-373-0650 sramsay@treesforever.org
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| Project Name: | Careless Creek Watershed
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| Location: | Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
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| Summary: | The successful, voluntary participation of landowners and community groups represents the careful balance between irrigated agricultural production, water use and conservation.
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| 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
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| Project Name: | Yaak Valley Forest Council
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| Location: | Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
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| 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.
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| Website: | www.yaakvalley.org |
| Contact: | Robyn King
Executive Director
Yaak Valley Forest Council
(406) 295-9736 info@yaakvalley.org
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| South-Central/South-West |
| Project Name: | Partnerships for Bat Conservation
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Texas
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| Summary: | Targeted conservation efforts involving a diverse array of partners are protecting bats and their habitats in caves and mines.
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| Website: | www.batcon.org |
| Contact: | Dr. Merlin Tuttle
President and Founder
Bat Conservation International
512-327-9721 mtuttle@batcon.org
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| Project Name: | Sonoita Valley Planning Partnership
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Arizona
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| 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.
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| 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
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| Project Name: | Bayou Bartholomew Alliance
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Arkansas
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| Summary: | The Alliance is introducing a market-based environmental assets program to support improving stream ecosystem quality.
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| Website: | www.arkansas.gov/bba |
| Contact: | Ronnie Ulmer
The Nature Conservancy
318-412-0472 rulmer@tnc.org
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| Project Name: | Owl Mountain Partnership (OMP)
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Colorado
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| Summary: | A community based, collaborative partnership to create and implement a regional land-use ethic and demonstrate sustainable resource management on a landscape scale.
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| Website: | www.northpark.org/owlmtn/ |
| Contact: | Jerry Jack
Project Manager
Owl Mountain Partnership
970-723-0020 carol.brown@state.co.us
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| Project Name: | Preserving the Desert Foothills
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| Location: | South-Central/South-West: Arizona
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| 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.
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| Website: | www.dflt.org |
| Contact: | Michael Rigney
Executive Director
Desert Foothills Land Trust
480-488-6131 mrigney@dflt.org
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| Far West |
| Project Name: | Olaa-Kilauea - Building Bridges by Building Fences
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| Location: | Far West: Hawaii
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| Summary: | The partnership uses inmate labor to build fences and conduct other conservation activities.
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| Website: | hawp.org/Partnerships.php |
| Contact: | Tanya Rubenstein
Partnership Coordinator
Olaa-Kilauea Partnership
(808) 985-6197 Tanya_Rubenstein@contractor.nps.gov
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| Project Name: | Bighorn Sheep Restoration in North America
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| Location: | Far West: California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington
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| 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.
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| Website: | www.fnaws.org |
| Contact: | Raymond Lee
President
Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (FNAWS)
(307) 527-6261 rlee@fnaws.org
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| Project Name: | Restoring the Deschutes River
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| Location: | Far West: Oregon
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| Summary: | The Deschutes River Conservancy works with farmers, communities, agencies, and various organizations to voluntarily restore the Deschutes River.
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| Website: | www.deschutesrc.org |
| Contact: | Tod Heisler
Executive Director
Deschutes River Conservancy
541- 382-4077 tod@deschutesrc.org
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| Project Name: | Brake Pad Partnership
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| Location: | Far West: California
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| 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.
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| Website: | www.suscon.org/brakepad/index.asp |
| Contact: | Connie Liao
Project Manager
Sustainable Conservation
415-977-0380 x336 cliao@suscon.org
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| Project Name: | Codornices Creek Watershed Restoration Action Plan -- CCWRAP
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| Location: | Far West: California
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| 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.
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| Website: | www.urbancreeks.org |
| Contact: | Emma B.L. Gutzler
Restoration Coordinator
Urban Creeks Council
510.540.6669 ucc_staff@urbancreeks.org
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| Project Name: | Cox Creek Cooperative Weed Management Area
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| Location: | Far West: Oregon
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| 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.
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| Contact: | Glen Brady
Project Manager
Douglas Soil and Water Conservation District
541-957-5061 glen.brady@oacd.org
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| Project Name: | Spokane District Packer Creek Hydrolic Restoration Project
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| Location: | Far West: Washington
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| 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.
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| Contact: | Todd Thompson
Wildlife Biologist
Bureau of Land Management, Spokane District
509-536-1241 Todd_Thompson@blm.gov
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| National |
| Project Name: | Cooperative Community-Based Habitat Restoration
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| Location: | National
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| 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.
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| 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
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